NSCDC Seeks Media Support In Tackling Vandalisation Of Critical National Assets

Crime & SecurityInfrastructureNSCDC Seeks Media Support In Tackling Vandalisation Of Critical National Assets

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 20, 2021

MAIDUGURI — Commandant Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Borno state, Mr. Musa Farouq has called for the support of the media in tackling incessant vandalism of critical national assets and infrastructure. Farouq during a visit to the leadership of Nigeria Union Journalists at NUJ Secretariat in Maiduguri decried the level of vandalism of critical infrastructure which plunged most parts of the state into darkness for nearly ten months. “NSCDC with the core mandate...

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Gunmen Killed Two Traditional Rulers In Imo, Others Sustain Gunshot

Crime & SecurityGunmen Killed Two Traditional Rulers In Imo, Others Sustain Gunshot

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 20, 2021

OWERRI — Yet to be identified gunmen on Tuesday have killed two traditional rulers and left three others in a critical condition following an attack at Nnenasaae council headquarters of Njaba Local Government Area of Imo state. Traditional rulers killed are Ihebinowere community, Eze Sampson Osunwa and that of Okwudor, Eze Anayo Durueburuo. About 20 traditional rulers from the area were said to be having a stakeholders meeting when gunmen struck the venue and opened...

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Nigerian Troops Kills Four Boko Haram/ISWAP Fighters

Boko HaramCrime & SecurityNigerian Troops Kills Four Boko Haram/ISWAP Fighters

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 19, 2021

MAIDUGURI —The North East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) and the Cameroonian Defence Force have eliminated four Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters on Monday at the Forward Operating Base (FOB) in the Wulgo area of Borno State. In a statement, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations said the soldiers foiled an attempted attack on the military base. According to the statement, the Troops chased the terrorists after they retreated, neutralizing three with reinforcement from the...

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Bandits Stormed Goronyo Weekly Market Killed Over 40 People

Crime & SecurityBandits Stormed Goronyo Weekly Market Killed Over 40 People

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 19, 2021

SOKOTO — Bandits who were believed to be working as a team massacred dozens of people at Goronyo market in Sokoto State on Sunday night. The bandits were said to have stormed the weekly Goronyo market in different directions and were shooting sporadically. According to locals, the market was filled to the brim when the terrorists, riding on over 100 motorcycles, surrounded the place and opened fire on buyers and sellers that led to the...

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ENDSARS UPDATE: Panel Ends Sitting Award N410 million To 71 Petitioners

Law & JusticeENDSARS UPDATE: Panel Ends Sitting Award N410 million To 71 Petitioners

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 19, 2021

LAGOS — The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)-related abuses and the October 20 Lekki Tollgate shootings has ended its assignment. The Panel of Enquiry was set up by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu last year to adjudicate cases of police brutality in the state. Justice Doris Okuwobi, who presided over the nine-man panel, ended the sitting with compensations for victims and recommendations to the government. She said...

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Lawmaker Donates Writing Materials, Bus To Schools

EducationLawmaker Donates Writing Materials, Bus To Schools

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 18, 2021

LAGOS — Solomon Adeola, chairman of the Senate Committee of Finance has promised to intensify the facilitation of educational materials and skills acquisition for his constituents in Lagos West. Adeola disclosed this while distributing textbooks, exercise books, mathematical sets, school bags, and modern writing boards with 10,000 students/pupils as beneficiaries and a 16-seater school bus for teachers in the senatorial district at Vantage Event Centre, Ikeja. The lawmaker added that the project was a means...

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Cancer Disease Accounts For 72,000 Deaths Annually In Nigeria

HealthWellnessCancer Disease Accounts For 72,000 Deaths Annually In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 18, 2021

ABUJA — Hajiya Aisha Buhari, Wife of Nigerian President, has urged Nigerians to take action against cancer, as cancer accounts for an estimated 72,000 deaths annually, and 102,000 new cases are diagnosed from its population of about 200 million people in Nigeria. She made the plea at the annual five-kilometer “Walk Away Cancer” organised by Medicaid Cancer Foundation (MCF) at the weekend in Abuja, maintaining that cancer is a major leading health ailment with an...

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Sokoto State Government Commences Verification Of Motorcycles, Tricycle Riders

TransportationSokoto State Government Commences Verification Of Motorcycles, Tricycle Riders

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 18, 2021

SOKOTO — To ensure the safety and security of members of motorcycle and tricycle riders association and the passengers, the Sokoto State Government on Sunday, flagged off the registration and verification of motorcycles and tricycle riders across the state. In a statement, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Special Duties, Alhaji Saidu Gumburawa, said the registration became necessary due to the security situation in the state. The statement further said “The contribution of the...

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Coalition Of Northern Youths Drums Support For Osinbajo

PoliticsCoalition Of Northern Youths Drums Support For Osinbajo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 18, 2021

KANO– As the political drum is gathering momentum daily ahead of 2023 general elections in Nigeria, a coalition of Northern Youths in Kano has launched an awareness campaign to galvanize support for Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo to contest for president. According to the group under the auspices of Osinbajo Awareness Campaign (OAC) it mobilizes 20 million youths across the 19 Northern states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in solidarity with the Vice President as...

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UK Government Warns Its Citizens Against Travelling To Twelve States In Nigeria

Crime & SecurityForeign PolicyUK Government Warns Its Citizens Against Travelling To Twelve States In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 18, 2021

The United Kingdom (UK) has warned its citizens against travelling to twelve states in Nigeria due to the high threat of kidnapping for ideological, financial, or political gain. The states are Borno, Yobe, Bayelsa, Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Katsina, Delta, Rivers, Cross River, Zamfara, and Adamawa states. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) published in its travel advisory, warning its citizens to stay away from these twelve states. The FCDO also advised its citizens...

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