Sterling Bank Open Fixed Deposit For Kwara State Government Without The Knowledge Of Government- Asiru

The Kogi State Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Asiwaju Idris Asiru, has alleged that Sterling Bank opened the controversial fixed deposit account in the name of the state government without the knowledge or directive of the state. Asiru made the allegation on Tuesday when he appeared before the Kogi State House of Assembly alongside the state Accountant General, Jibril Momoh, and Auditor General, Yakubu Okala on the controversial loan. The House during the...

Killings Of Shekau, Al-Barnawi Will Not End The Insurgency In The North East-Sani

Senator Shehu Sani, who represented the Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the last Senate has said the killings of the leaders of Boko Haram and ISWAP, Abubakar Shekau and Abu Musab Al-Barnawi respectively, will not end the insurgency in the North East. Sani, while featuring on Trust TV’s Politics Daily noted that though the death of the two terrorist commanders was a morale booster for the military and the populace, terrorist groups find a way...

Ganduje Advocates For Legislation To Halt Street Begging

KANO — Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has called on the federal legislation to expedite action in enacting a law prohibiting street begging in all parts of the country. The governor who stated this during the 2nd national conference organised by the Faculty of Education, Bayero University Kano, explained that the law would compel parents/guardians to enroll their children/wards in school. The Governor decried the attitude of some parents in the northern part of the...

Bandits Abduct Four University Staff, Children In Abuja

ABUJA — Suspected bandits in the early hours of today (Tuesday) have attacked the staff quarters of the University of Abuja abducting four staff and their children. A resident, Dzarma Idris, said sporadic gunshots started at 12:14am before some members staff were took away. He said the gunmen operated for over two hours before abducting seven persons. Dr Habib Yakoob, Head of Information and Public Relations of the University who confirmed the development in a...

Federal Govt Yet To Disburse N7.3 Billion To 774, 000 Special Public Works Programme

ABUJA — The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said that the federal government is yet to disburse the N7.3 billion to the remaining beneficiaries of the government’s 774, 000 Special Public Works Programme. Keyamo during budget defence in Abuja organised by the Senate Committee on Labour and Employment for Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) attributed the delay to bank issues and promised that the ministry would ensure that the funds...

Governorship Candidates Agreed To Dialogue With IPOB, As Prof Soludo Accuses Politicians For Security Crisis In Anambra

AWKA — The governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Andy Uba; the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chukwuma Soludo, and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Valentine Ozigbo, have agreed on dialogue as a way to end the agitations in the South East being championed by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The candidates spoke Monday during the Anambra governorship election debate organised by the Arise Television...

Nigerian Army Troops Foil Attempt to Kidnap Most Rev. Ukwuoma

ORLU — Troops conducting Exercise Golden Dawn under Sector 3 on Sunday have foiled an attempted kidnap and robbery of Most Rev. Augustine Ukwuoma at the Orlu Diocesan Catholic Secretariat at Orlu in Imo State. In the statement on Sunday in Abuja by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said troops in response to a distress call at about 2:30am on Sunday swiftly moved to the scene, forcing the assailants to take...

UNICEF, Adamawa Govt Train 76 Master Trainers On New Teaching Approaches

YOLA — The Adamawa State Universal Basic Education in collaboration with UNICEF has trained 76 master trainers on new teaching approaches. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the 10 days training on Saturday in Yola, Mr. Joel Jutum, UNICEF Education consultant said participants included education administrators, teacher-trainers, and teachers who were recruited by Cambridge Education. He said the training would also help teachers to address learners’ needs for meaningful learning to take...

Release Kanu For Peace In South East- Traditional, Religious Leaders To FG

Traditional and religious leaders in South-East Traditional under the auspices of the South East Council of Traditional Rulers and the Representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops have called for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist group. In a joint statement signed by the chairmen of the traditional rulers’ council in all the southeastern states and Christian leaders, said the release of Kanu would de-escalate the...

Nigerian Army Eliminate Scores of Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorists In Borno State

MAIDUGURI — The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, says the Nigerian Army joint troops of Operation Hadin Kai have eliminated scores of Boko Haram/Islamic States West African Province terrorists in recent encounters in Borno State. In a statement in Abuja on Sunday, Nwachukwu said the troops had on Saturday morning observed the movement of six Gun Trucks within Sambisa Forest general area, which was subsequently located at a settlement near Yuwe. “The...

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