Poverty Is A Direct Cause Of Insecurity In Nigeria- Mrs. Zainab

National SecurityNigeriaPovertyPoverty Is A Direct Cause Of Insecurity In Nigeria- Mrs. Zainab

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 24, 2021

KADUNA — The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has declared that poverty is a direct cause of insecurity in the country vis-à-vis the relationship that exists between governance, poverty, and insecurity. Ahmed, while delivering the 19th convocation lecture of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), titled, “The Governance, Security, and Development Nexus in Nigeria: Innovative Financing as an Essential Enabler,” on Thursday noted that insecurity, in turn, further exacerbates poverty and...

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PDP Urges United Nations General Assembly To Query President Buhari Over Terrorism, Corruption, Others

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityPoliticsPDP Urges United Nations General Assembly To Query President Buhari Over Terrorism, Corruption, Others

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 24, 2021

NEW YORK — Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Friday address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, UNGA, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the world to query the President over his role in the escalation of terrorism, violation of rights, electoral malpractices, corruption, national division and economic ruin of Nigeria in the last six years. The party noted that the Buhari administration has violated the sanctity of human lives, freedom, respect...

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Banditry: North West Governors Recruits 3,000 Vigilantes

Crime & SecurityNewsBanditry: North West Governors Recruits 3,000 Vigilantes

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 22, 2021

KATSINA — Chairman of the Northwest Governor’s Forum and governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, say Governors of the North-West geopolitical zone have concluded plans to recruit 3,000 vigilantes to battle banditry in the region. Speaking at a consultative briefing on security in Katsina while playing a host to the minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and royal fathers in the state, the governor said the suspension of mobile telecommunication networks in 13...

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8,000 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrendered

Boko HaramNational Security8,000 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrendered

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 22, 2021

MAIDUGURI — The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Brig.-Gen. Abdulwahab Eyitayo, says more than 8,000 Boko Haram terrorists have so far surrendered to troops Eyitayo, who is also the Commander, Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai, disclosed this during a visit by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu and a team of Defence Correspondents from Abuja on Tuesday, in Maiduguri. He said the terrorists surrendered from their enclaves in Sambisa Forests, as...

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Retired Policemen In Niger State Protest

LabourPoliceRetired Policemen In Niger State Protest

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 22, 2021

MINNA — Retired policemen in Niger State on Tuesday have joined their colleagues nationwide on a peaceful protest to demand their exit from the Contributory Pension Scheme. The protesters march from the Police Officers Mess in Minna through the Government House Road to the state police headquarters. The retired officers presented a letter containing their demands to Deputy Commissioner of Police Shehu Abdullahi for onward transmission to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba. CSP Madu...

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Forty Seven Contenders Petitions The Selection Of Sarkin Sudan Of Kontagora

Culture & TraditionLocal GovernmentForty Seven Contenders Petitions The Selection Of Sarkin Sudan Of Kontagora

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 22, 2021

Forty-seven out of 48 contenders for the stool of Sarkin Sudan of Kontagora have questioned the emergence of the alleged winner of the election which was held by the Electoral College on Sunday. The petitioners claimed that the exercise handled by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftain Affairs, Bar. Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, was shrouded in mystery, which smacks of a lack of transparency. They called for his redeployment for being incompetent. Incomprehensive and lacking the...

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Woman Who Defrauds People Using Fake Alerts In Police Net

Crime & SecurityPoliceWoman Who Defrauds People Using Fake Alerts In Police Net

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 22, 2021

KANO — A 32-year-old woman who had specialized in defrauding people in Kano and environs has been arrested by the police. DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, spokesman of the Kano State Police command confirmed the arrest of Fati Umar Dikko, of Rijiyar Zaki Quarters, Gwale LGA in a statement. Kiyawa said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect specialized in showing fake alerts to her victims. According to the statement, police received complaints from many people that...

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Fifteen Arrested For Operating Private Hospitals Below Standard

HealthStandards & Consumer ProtectionFifteen Arrested For Operating Private Hospitals Below Standard

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 22, 2021

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health Ondo State, Mrs. Folukemi Aladenola has confirmed that 15 persons have been arrested for allegedly operating private hospitals below the required standard. The suspects were accused of operating unethically and violating the stipulated rules and regulations guiding the operation of health facilities in the state. According to Aladenola, the move became necessary towards sanitizing the health sector of the state against quackery which will enhance qualitative healthcare delivery in...

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Mob Burnt 13 Bandits To Ashes In Sokoto

Crime & SecurityMob Burnt 13 Bandits To Ashes In Sokoto

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 21, 2021

SOKOTO — An angry mob on Saturday have killed and later burnt 13 bandits to ashes, after attacking divisional police headquarters in the Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The bandits were said to have invaded the town around 8 pm on Friday where they killed two people including a shopowner, which angered the youths on Saturday to joined police officers from the area to go after the bandits. In the process 13 of...

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Seven Health Workers Diverts 5,450 Insecticides Treated Nets In Gombe

CorruptionWellnessSeven Health Workers Diverts 5,450 Insecticides Treated Nets In Gombe

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 21, 2021

GOMBE — Seven employees of Kwami and Billiri Local Government Primary Healthcare Departments in Gombe State have diverted 5,450 Insecticides Treated Nets (ITNs) meant for free distribution in their communities. The free distribution of the nets as part of the state government effort with support from Global Fund, the Catholic Relief Services, and the National Malaria Elimination Programme to fight malaria disease in the state. Dr. Habu Dahiru, Commissioner for Health in Gombe State while...

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