NSCDC, Benue Command Parades 10 Persons Over Alleged Vandalism Of Rail Lines

The Benue State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC on Tuesday, paraded 10 persons over alleged vandalism of rail lines at Udei in Guma Local Government Area of the state. The command also paraded seven other suspected illegal miners of lead zinc stones at Ugba in Logo Local Government Area of the state. Sule Okeji, NSCDC Commandant in the state told newsmen that the suspects were apprehended by the personnel posted...

Nigerian Army Withheld Salaries Of 45 Soldiers

Authorities of the 7 Division Nigerian Army Maiduguri have withheld the salaries of 45 soldiers. According to sources, the soldiers, who were among the 149 troops of the 153 Task Force Battalion withdrawn from Marte, Borno State, after spending three years in counterinsurgency operations, were accused of abandoning their duty posts. A source said necessary changes were made and troops who served with the battalion were moved to different formations in Maiduguri before a new...

Gunmen Abducts 13 Passengers, Killed A Driver In Nasarawa State

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a driver identified as Adamu Usman and abducted 13 passengers along Shafa-Abakpa -Umaisha road in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The Daily Trust learnt that the deceased, who was shot thrice on the abdomen, died while being treated at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, on Tuesday night. Ibrahim Saidu, a driver, who narrowly escaped the attack, said the incident happened around 5pm. He said the...

Thugs Attack Striking Workers, Governor El-Rufai Dismisses All Nurses Below Level 14

The five-day warning statewide strike embarked by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kaduna state has taken a new dimension as thugs have attacked the striking workers, while the state Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai announced the dismissal of all nurses below level 14. The governor’s action is linked to a tweet he made earlier when he stated that Barau Dikko Teaching hospital had reported that nurses disconnected oxygen from a two-day-old baby in an incubator on...

EFCC Invites Former Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed For The Second Time

ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the immediate past governor of Kwara, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, for questioning. His invitation is in connection to the diversion of N9 billion from the coffers of the Kwara State government, while he was governor and when he served as the Commissioner for Finance in the administration of former Governor Bukola Saraki. Ahmed had governed the state between 2011 and 2019 The spokesperson for the...

Vice President Osinbajo Yet to Declare Interest For 2023 Presidential Race- Akande

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said he remains focused on operating in his present office and has not declared any interest in the 2023 Presidential race. Osinbajo was reacting to a website calling on Nigerians to join a volunteer group mobilising support for him ahead of the 2023 presidential election. In a statement issued by his media aide, Laolu Akande, the vice president said details of the website and the solicitation of the group are...

STRIKE: Governor El-Rufa’i Directs Civil Servants From Grade 14 to Resume Work

Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai has described the five-day warning strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress as a campaign of economic and social sabotage. The state government said that the conditions that compelled its decision to right-size its workforce had not been altered by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC’s) five days warning strike. The Special Adviser on Media and Communication to the Governor, Muyiwa Adekeye, described the action of the labour as infringement on the...

Defence Headquarters Requires N825bn Annually To Fight Insecurity In Nigeria

ABUJA — The Director of Production, Defence Headquarters, Air Vice Marshall M. A. Yakubu says on Monday that the Defence Headquarters required $2bn (N825bn) annually to fight insecurity in the country. Yakubu revealed this in Abuja at the public hearing on the Armed Forces Support Trust Fund Bill, declared that the sources of funding which the bill recommended were inadequate to address the insecurity in the land. “Every year, how do we get our budget, capital...

Paramount Traditional Ruler of Mbula Kingdom Dies At 81, Gov Fintiri Condoles The Chiefdom

The Paramount traditional ruler of Mbula kingdom in Adamawa state, His Royal Majesty Joel Joram Fwa is dead. He died at the age of 81 at the Federal Medical Center Yola, Sunday morning after battling prolonged health challenges. Meanwhile, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has offered his condolences to the Mbula traditional council, the Royal family and the entire Mbula kingdom over the demise of His Royal Highness Joram Joel Fwa. A statement by Press Secretary...

Gunmen Kidnapped UNIJOS Lecturer, Her Husband

JOS — Plateau State Police Command has confirmed that gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, on Monday morning kidnapped a Professor with the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Grace Ayanbimpe alongside her husband. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Ubah Gabriel Ogaba who confirmed the abduction said the Command has deployed operatives to ensure the victims are rescued. “The Command received a report of kidnapping of a man and his wife, behind...

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