MNJTF Troops Neutralized Several Boko Haram Terrorists, ISWAP Insurgents

Boko HaramNewsMNJTF Troops Neutralized Several Boko Haram Terrorists, ISWAP Insurgents

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 1, 2022

KADUNA — Troops of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), sector 1 Cameroon, said several members of Boko Haram terrorists and ISWAP insurgents were neutralized, while many fled with gunshot wounds. The feat was recorded following operations conducted in Vretet-Zamga-Ngoshe triangle in the general area of Kirawa on the Nigeria/Cameroon borders Chief of Military Public Information HQ MNJTF N’Djamena Chad, Colonel Muhammad Dole, in a statement made available to journalists in Kaduna, said during the...

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Senate Approves Financial Autonomy For State legislatures, Judiciary, Local Governments

Law & JusticeLocal GovernmentNewsSenate Approves Financial Autonomy For State legislatures, Judiciary, Local Governments

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 1, 2022

ABUJA — The Senate on Tuesday has approved financial autonomy for state legislatures, judiciary and local governments in Nigeria, but rejected pension for presiding officers of the legislature. Also rejected were bills to override Presidential veto in Constitution Alteration and to override Presidential veto in respect of ordinary money bills. Similarly, the Senate, rejected bills to provide for the Removal of Presiding Officers of the Legislature; and to Change the name of Barikin Ladi Local...

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Nigeria Governors Forum Rejected Electricity Bill 2022

InfrastructurePowerNigeria Governors Forum Rejected Electricity Bill 2022

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 1, 2022

ABUJA — The Nigeria Governors Forum has rejected the Electricity Bill 2022, which they argued, is against the interest of the states because it seeks to re-establish a centrally-controlled electricity sector. This is contained in a letter by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Dr. Kayode Fayemi, addressed to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, Gabriel Suswan. The NGF spokesman Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo in a statement noted that Fayemi, who is Ekiti...

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Explosion Rocks Beer Parlour In Kaduna With 80 Football fans Inside

Accidents and SafetyExplosion Rocks Beer Parlour In Kaduna With 80 Football fans Inside

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 1, 2022

KADUNA — An explosion suspected to be Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) rocked a liquor joint at Kabala West, along the Nnamdi Azikiwe Western bypass in Kaduna South Local Government Area of the state on Sunday leading to confusion. The incident was said to have occurred when several football fans were watching the League Cup final (Carabao Cup) between Chelsea and Liverpool football teams at about 9.00 pm. An eyewitness said when the owner of the...

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Cameroonian Authority Encroaches Land In Nigeria, Triggers Protest From Community

Local GovernmentNewsCameroonian Authority Encroaches Land In Nigeria, Triggers Protest From Community

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 1, 2022

YOLA — Kwaja community in Mubi South Local Government Area of Adamawa State has staged a protest over alleged encroachment of their land by the Cameroonian authorities and demanded Federal Government urgent intervention. The community alleged that Cameroonian officials on 14 February 2022 Cameroonian authority had erected demarcation signs in Kwaja, Kinga, Jugrma, and Fajawa Girziya villages of Mubi South Local Government Area known for the cultivation of Irish potato. The protesters carried placards with...

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Jama’are Emirate Council Gets New Emir

Culture & TraditionNewsJama’are Emirate Council Gets New Emir

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 28, 2022

Bauchi State Governor, Sen. Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir on Monday approved the appointment of Alhaji Nuhu Ahmed Wabi, one of the sons of the late Emir of Jama’are as the new Emir. Governor Abdulkadir, while announcing the appointment on Monday in Jama’are said that the appointment of Alhaji Nuhu Ahmed Wabi followed “due and careful consideration of the names recommended by the Kingmakers of Jama’are Emirate Council”. Represented by the Secretary to the State Government Barr...

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Senate Directs Vice Chancellor Uni-Uyo To Recover N635.7m

CorruptionEducationSenate Directs Vice Chancellor Uni-Uyo To Recover N635.7m

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 28, 2022

UYO — The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uyo, Prof. Nyaudoh Ndaeyo has been directed to recover the sum of N635.7 million over-paid to the staff of the institution in 2017. The Auditor-General in its 2017 report which is currently being considered by Senate, alleged that the Management of the University under ‘Pay as You Earn’ (PAYE) Tax deducted ₦635,700,792.65 from staff salaries and emoluments of workers in 2017. Senator Matthew Urhoghide, chairman of, Senate...

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4,000 Nigerians Stranded In Ukraine- Presidency

Foreign PolicyNews4,000 Nigerians Stranded In Ukraine- Presidency

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 28, 2022

ABUJA — The Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) Garba Shehu has disclosed that 4,000 Nigerians are stranded in Ukraine and unable to cross its borders into neighbouring Poland. In a statement on Sunday night, Garba noted that Ukrainian police and security personnel are refusing to allow them to board buses and trains heading towards the Ukraine-Poland border. The statement reads: “While efforts to begin talks between Russia and Ukraine are underway,...

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INEC Releases Timetable For 2023 General Elections

Nigeria ElectionsINEC Releases Timetable For 2023 General Elections

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 27, 2022

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday released a new timetable for the 2023 general elections. The release of the new timetable followed the signing of the new electoral bill into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. According to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu while addressing Journalists in Abuja said presidential and National Assembly elections would now hold on February 25 next year instead of the earlier announced date of...

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18-Year-Old Girl Kidnap Teenager For Ritualists In Mubi

Law & JusticeNews18-Year-Old Girl Kidnap Teenager For Ritualists In Mubi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 27, 2022

YOLA — An 18-year-old girl, Blessing John of Michika Local Government Area, Adamawa who abducted a 9-year-old Elkanah Samuel was arrested by the Police in Adamawa while eyeing a ritualist to sell a boy she kidnapped. Elkanah was declared missing on the 19th February 2022 by his parents and all effort to locate his whereabouts proved futile, until on the 21st February 2022 when the girl who abducted him was arrested with the boy in...

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