Federal Government Condemned Canada for Blocking Truckers Over COVID-19

CoronavirusForeign PolicyFederal Government Condemned Canada for Blocking Truckers Over COVID-19

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 14, 2022

ABUJA — The federal government has condemned Canada for blocking truckers who were protesting over COVID-19 mandates and other restrictions in the country as rioters. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, noted that the action of the Canadian government amounted to double standards. “Protesters who barricaded roads had been branded as threats to public safety and subjected to a number of clampdowns by the Canadian government and private Organisations. “The Ontario government had frozen...

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Nigeria ElectionsPoliticsConvention: APC National Assembly Members Protest

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 14, 2022

ABUJA — National Assembly members on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) are protesting their exclusion from the National Convention in the proposed amendment to the party’s constitution. The caretaker committee is seeking ratification for the proposed constitutional amendment at the February 26 convention. They described the action as undemocratic, unjust and illogical for the proposed amendment initiated by the National Caretaker Committee, led by Mai Mala Buni, to exclude them as statutory delegates....

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Prison Official Rape Teenager In Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNewsPrison Official Rape Teenager In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2022

YOLA — A 38-year prison warder, M.C Bello working at Yolde-Pate Nigeria Correctional Centre, Adamawa State Command has raped a 13 years old girl. The suspect was said to have on 1st February 2022 lured the girl who is mentally ill by offering her fifty naira (N50.00) to his apartment close to the Correctional Centre where he works and raped her. The suspect is currently under investigation at the Adamawa State Criminal Investigation Department CID....

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Young Man Who Attempts To Commit Suicide Arrested

NewsPeopleYoung Man Who Attempts To Commit Suicide Arrested

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2022

YOLA — The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old Tijjani Halidu, resident of Luggere in Ganye town of Ganye Local Government Area for an attempt to commit suicide. The suspect had drunk herbicides to commit suicide on the ground that he was denied of marrying a lady whom they were in courtship for years. According to the suspect, Tijjani Halidu he had paid a dowry and fulfilled some of the marriage rituals in...

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Buni Identifies Funds As Challenge To Education

EducationBuni Identifies Funds As Challenge To Education

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 12, 2022

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has identified funding as the major challenge in addressing the problems in the education sector in the state after years of insurgency and neglect. Buni, stated this on Friday while appreciating friends, colleagues and well-wishers for donating generously on Thursday at the launching of the Yobe State Education Trust Fund. In a statement by his spokesman, Mamman Mohammed, the Governor noted that the donations will contribute to improving...

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Police Service Commission Extends Probe Against DCP Kyari

CorruptionNewsPolicePolice Service Commission Extends Probe Against DCP Kyari

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 12, 2022

ABUJA — The Police Service Commission (PSC) has called for a further probe into the allegations of fraud and violations against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari. PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, said the commission was not satisfied with the initial report submitted by the Nigeria Police Force and extended the probe by a further two weeks to allow the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Alkali Baba, carry out a thorough investigation and submit...

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Supreme Court Nullifies President Buhari Executive Order 10

NewsPoliticsSupreme Court Nullifies President Buhari Executive Order 10

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 12, 2022

ABUJA — The Supreme Court on Friday has nullified Executive Order 10 initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari to grant autonomy to the state judiciary and legislature. The apex court held that the Executive Order was inconsistent with the 1999 Constitution and therefore null and void and of no effect whatsoever. The six justices also refused to grant an order by the state governors to compel the Federal Government to pay them N66 billion so far...

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Police In Katsina Rescued Over 200 Cows, 70 Sheep From Terrorists

Crime & SecurityHerdsmenNewsPolice In Katsina Rescued Over 200 Cows, 70 Sheep From Terrorists

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 12, 2022

GAURA — Over 200 cows, 70 sheep, and ceased a motorcycle were rescued on Friday evening from terrorists who attacked the Nasarawa-Bugaje community of Katsina state. SP Gambo Isah, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state made this known in a statement, explained that the terrorists, who were well armed with sophisticated weapons, stormed the community in large numbers, shooting sporadically into the air and rustled their domestic animals in the process. According to...

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Commissioner Worries Over Revenue Profile Of Local Governments In Kaduna State

Local GovernmentNational DevelopmentCommissioner Worries Over Revenue Profile Of Local Governments In Kaduna State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 12, 2022

KADUNA — The Kaduna State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Shehu Muhammad has called on local government chairmen in the state to improve their revenue generation for grassroots development. He made the assertion at a one-day Public Policy dialogue with the theme, ‘Strengthening Local Government Fiscal Sustainability and Service Delivery in Kaduna State’, organized by Local Government Accountability Mechanism (LGAM) in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government Affair. Muhammad described as disheartening the revenue...

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18 Members Endorses Impeachment Of Deputy Governor

NewsPolitics18 Members Endorses Impeachment Of Deputy Governor

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 12, 2022

As the Zamfara State House of Assembly bent on removing the Deputy Governor, Mahdi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau from office, 18 out of 24 members has voted in support of the impeachment. The vote for the impeachment followed a motion moved by the state Deputy Speaker and Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Musa Bawa Musa Yankuzo, and was seconded by Yusuf Alhassan Kanoma, from Maru North. The Speaker of the House, Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya, after...

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