High Court Orders Reinstatement Of Suspended Council Chairman

Local GovernmentNewsPoliticsHigh Court Orders Reinstatement Of Suspended Council Chairman

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 29, 2021

The High Court sitting in Kuta, Shiroro Local Government has ordered the immediate reinstatement of the embattled Chairman of the local government, Mallam Sulieman Chukuba after four months of suspension by Council Councillors. Giving a ruling on Monday, the presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Mohammed, declared as illegal, null and void the Commission of Inquiry constituted by the state Governor on the matter. The court held that his alleged suspension and removal were null and void....

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Nigeria Debt Stock Stood At N32.92 Trillion-NBS

EconomyNewsNigeriaNigeria Debt Stock Stood At N32.92 Trillion-NBS

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 29, 2021

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said on its website that States and Federal debt stock stood at N32.92 trillion as of December 2020. The data captioned “Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt (Q4 2020)” said while N12.71 trillion was external, representing 38.60 per cent of the total debt stock, N20.21 trillion, representing 61.40 per cent was domestic. According to NBS “States and Federal Debt Stock data as of 31st December 2020 reflected that the country’s total...

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Shrinking Of Lake Chad Affected Lives of More Than 30 Million People-Buhari

AfricaNewsShrinking Of Lake Chad Affected Lives of More Than 30 Million People-Buhari

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 29, 2021

President Muhammad Buhari said the shrinking of the Lake Chad has adversely affected the lives of more than 30 million people. President Buhari, who spoke at the State House in Abuja, while hosting the President of the Republic of Chad, Marshal Idris Deby Itno, on a one-day official visit, also pointed out that the lake had lost more than 90% of its original size to the shrinking. According to a statement issued by his Special...

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Another Market Fire Outbreak Recorded In Nigeria

Accidents and SafetyMarketsNewsNigeriaAnother Market Fire Outbreak Recorded In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 29, 2021

Fire outbreaks have been ravaging markets across Nigeria, the latest was the popular Namu Central yam market in Quan pan Local government Area, of Plateau state on Sunday night. Recall that Gashua Hay market in Yobe state, Katsina Central market, Tudun Wada Market in Zamfara State have experienced fire outbreaks in the last few days. A resident of Namu community, Alhaji Kabiru Buba told Reporters that food items and other valuables worth millions of naira...

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Katsina Police Command To Prosecutes Three Spirits

Law & JusticeNewsKatsina Police Command To Prosecutes Three Spirits

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 28, 2021

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested three persons for posing as spirits (Aljannu) to scam people in the state. This is the second time such an arrest was made in the state. Recall in January, the command arrest Kabiru Bashir and Sadiq Ashiru for posing as evil spirits to defraud citizens in the state. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Command Gambo Isah in a statement that the suspects were trailed and got...

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Governor Zulum Backs Southern Nigeria To Produce Next President

NewsNigeriaPoliceGovernor Zulum Backs Southern Nigeria To Produce Next President

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 27, 2021

The Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has said it is the turn of the South to produce the President in 2023, argued that every part of the country should be given a sense of belonging. Zulum spoke at the golden jubilee lecture and the public presentation of a book titled: ‘Strategic Turnaround’, written by the former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, saying there must be a demarcation between competency...

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Federal High Court Kano Jailed Two Binomo Investment Employees for Cryptocurrency Fraud

Crime & SecurityInvestingNewsFederal High Court Kano Jailed Two Binomo Investment Employees for Cryptocurrency Fraud

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 27, 2021

The Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday convicted one Okungbowa Collins and Florence Omorodion accused of obtaining money by false pretense. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has charged the convicts before the federal High Court, Kano on separate counts of obtaining money by false pretense. Okungbowa Collins is to restitute the sum of N420,000 to his victims, while Omorodion was ordered to restitute her victim the sum of N218,000. They allegedly used their...

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Police Insp In Kano Rejects N1m Bribe, Police Command Honours Him

NewsPolice Insp In Kano Rejects N1m Bribe, Police Command Honours Him

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 27, 2021

The police in Kano state have honoured Inspector Garba Rabo serving with Police State Command who rejected one million naira offered him as bribe was honoured by the police in Kano. Garba Rabo and Jamilu Buhari were serving on the task force of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) in the state when they were offered the bribe. The state Commissioner of Police, Sama’ila Dikko, while presenting a reward of one million Naira to the gallant officer called on...

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Arms Deal: Federal Government Tenders $1.3m, Other Currencies Before Federal High Court Abuja

CorruptionCrime & SecurityNewsArms Deal: Federal Government Tenders $1.3m, Other Currencies Before Federal High Court Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 25, 2021

The Federal Government on Thursday tendered before a Federal High Court in Abuja cash amounting to $1.3million and other currencies recovered from a member of the Presidential Committee on the Procurement of Arms and Equipment in the Armed Forces, Air Commodore Umar Mohammed (rtd). Umar and his firm, Easy Jet Integrated Services Limited, are being tried on three-count charges of alleged money laundering, illegal possession of firearms and classified documents without authority. He and the...

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Security Persnnel Attacks Polytechnic Students In Adamawa, Management Shut Down The Institution

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaSecurity Persnnel Attacks Polytechnic Students In Adamawa, Management Shut Down The Institution

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 25, 2021

Some structures at the main campus of Adamawa State Polytechnic Yola (SPY) were set ablaze as several students were reported to have been injured as a result of beating with clubs and machete by combined forces of military personnel and police officers on students on Thursday. It was reported that security forces who chased the students up to their hostels,  used cubs and cutlasses on them thereby causing injuries to some students getting ready for...

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