Conflicting Court Orders Affects INEC Jobs-Prof. Yakubu

Law & JusticeNigeria ElectionsConflicting Court Orders Affects INEC Jobs-Prof. Yakubu

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 6, 2021

ABUJA — Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu says the conflicting orders emanating from courts of coordinate jurisdiction are making the job of the electoral body difficult. Yakubu who stated this in Abuja on Monday at the third quarterly meeting with political parties said the more INEC strives to improve the credibility and transparency of the electoral process, the more extraneous obstacles are put in its way through litigations. “On the issue...

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Miyetti Allah Kauta Hore Sought Stoppage For Implementation Of Anti-Grazing Laws

BusinessLaw & JusticeNewsMiyetti Allah Kauta Hore Sought Stoppage For Implementation Of Anti-Grazing Laws

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 6, 2021

The National Secretary of a Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kauta Hore, Engr Saleh Alhassan has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to stop state governors (especially in the South) from implementing the various anti-grazing laws. Alhassan while addressing a press conference said Nigeria should adopt strategies in responding to the challenges of climate change as it affects livestock production. He described the anti-grazing laws as satanic and a ploy to cripple...

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Adamawa State Government Shut Down 30 Boarding Junior Secondary Schools

NewsNigeriaAdamawa State Government Shut Down 30 Boarding Junior Secondary Schools

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 5, 2021

YOLA — With the increase of kidnapping of students by bandits in Nigeria, the Adamawa state government has de-boarded thirty (30) Boarding Junior Secondary Schools out of the existing thirty four (34) with effect from 6th September, 2021. A statement signed by the Commissioner Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development Mrs Wilbina Jackson called on stakeholders, PTA, ANCOPs and others to ensure compliance the government policy. The statement said schools that are not affected...

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Telecommunications Providers Shut Down Services In Zamfara State

NewsNigeriaTelecommunications Providers Shut Down Services In Zamfara State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 5, 2021

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunications providers in Zamfara State to shut down their services for two weeks as part of measures to tackle insecurity. This decision is coming six months after the Federal Government declared Zamfara State a ‘no-fly zone’ and banned all mining activities in the state. The state has been plagued by criminal attacks ranging from kidnapping and banditry. Last week, the government shut down schools after the abduction of...

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Former Adamawa SSG, Others Joins PDP

NewsNigeriaPoliceFormer Adamawa SSG, Others Joins PDP

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 5, 2021

Political atmosphere is gathering momentum in Adamawa state ahead of 2023 general elections in Nigeria, as politicians are inclining themselves with political parties they considered would be relevant in actualizing the dream of that political party at the polls. Former Secretary to Adamawa state Government, Mr Kobis Ari Thimnu and Daniel Bwala, as well as Commador Sali Bodes alongside their supporters on Saturday at Mahmud Ribadu square Yola, made the formal defection from other political...

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NDLEA Personnel To Gets Barracks After 32 Years In Existence

NewsNDLEA Personnel To Gets Barracks After 32 Years In Existence

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 4, 2021

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd) says President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the construction of barracks for workers of the agency across the country. Marws while speaking to State House correspondents after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the agency at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday said the building of barracks for staff of the agency had become imperative to protect them and their families from...

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COVID-19: Seven Christians In Bauchi Prevented From Embarking On Holy Pilgrimage To Israel

HealthNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Seven Christians In Bauchi Prevented From Embarking On Holy Pilgrimage To Israel

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 4, 2021

Seven intending Christian pilgrims from Bauchi State who refuse to be vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine have been prevented from embarking on holy pilgrimage to Israel. However, 18 dons from two universities in the state have volunteered to take doses of the vaccine with the rolls out of the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination. The Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed while speaking with journalists in Bauchi on...

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Stop Glorifying Terrorism In Media Reportage – University Don

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaStop Glorifying Terrorism In Media Reportage – University Don

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 4, 2021

Dr. Abubakar Alhassan, a university don has observed that glorifying terrorism in media reportage is an inspiration for terrorists to continue their nefarious acts. Alhassan who made the disclosure during a two day humanitarian reporting workshop organized by the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC), in Yola, urged media practitioners to instead portray terrorists as the true villains they are. “In order to make their report look good, journalists are in the habit of...

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EFCC Nabs 402 Suspected Internet Fraud Syndicates

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEFCC Nabs 402 Suspected Internet Fraud Syndicates

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 4, 2021

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it arrested  no fewer than 402 suspects of internet fraud syndicates at Lekki, Lagos between April and June. In a statement by the anti-graft agency spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, in Abuja on Friday explained that data from the investigation activities of the Lagos command of the commission for the second quarter of 2021 indicated that Lekki was the preferred location for all manner of cyber fraud syndicates. The...

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Government Employees Turns Bandits Arrested In Katsina State

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeGovernment Employees Turns Bandits Arrested In Katsina State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 3, 2021

KATSINA — Katsina Police Command has arrested three employees of Katsina State Government suspected of bandits who claimed to have repented. They were arrested after an attempted robbery attack instead of doing their job as expected, they were rather using it to rob and defraud people. The suspects were said to have been offered employment by the Katsina State Government and were working in collaboration with the office of the Special Adviser to the state...

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