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Law & JusticeLifestyleYola Court Orders Seven ‘Witches’ To Restore Health of a 3 year Old Girl

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 27, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ There was a drama and surprise as a Criminal Area Court I, in Yola Adamawa state capital slammed a 24-hour ultimatum to seven suspected witches arraigned before it to restore the health of a 3-year-old girl they bewitched, or else incur the wrath of the law. The alleged witches including a 60-year-old woman, Halima Jonta of Dumne town in Song Local Government Area and five kids who are between...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Arrest Arms Supplier to Bandits in Katsina

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 26, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ The Katsina State Police Command says it has arrested an alleged supplier of arms and ammunition to bandits in the state. The police alleged that one Haruna Yusuf, 47, and other suspects found with two machine guns and 179 anti-aircraft ammunition, were arrested. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sanusi Buba, announced this during a news conference in Katsina. Buba said that the suspects were arrested in their hideouts at Sawarya...

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NewsMedia Chiefs Brainstorm On Accountability In Fight Against Gender Violence, GBV

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 26, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ Nigeria’s Media Executives will today   Tuesday discuss issues at a Round-table organized by the joint EU-UN Spotlight Initiative through UNICEF Nigeria to brainstorm on issues aimed at increasing accountability for funding and implementation of the “Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) program”. The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between European Union and United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls by 2030....

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Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaMedia Chiefs, Spotlight Initiative Brainstorm On Accountability In Fighting GBV

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 26, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ Nigeria’s Media Executives will today Tuesday discuss issues at a Round-table organized by the joint EU-UN Spotlight Initiative through UNICEF Nigeria to brainstorm on issues aimed at increasing accountability for funding and implementation of the “Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) program”. The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaUPDATE: Gunmen Kill Taraba LG Boss, Salihu Dovo

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 24, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz,  Regional Correspondent ______ The Chairman of Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State, Hon. Salihu Dovo has been killed by gunmen who kidnapped him early hours of Sunday, local residents have said. The kidnappers have called an official of the Local Government to announce the killing of the local government boss. Already, community members are suspecting a case of hired assassins. A source said “they called an official of the Council to...

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Housing & DevelopmentNewsNigeriaBoko Haram: Commission Embarks On Construction of Housing Units for IDPs in Adamawa

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 24, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons has embarked on  construction of massive housing units to resettle  Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the country. Sen. Basheer Mohammed, a Federal Commissioner in the commission said this in Yola during the distribution of items to people of concern from Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa. Mohammed, who was represented by Hajia Zainab Dahiru, Head of Yola Field Office of...

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NewsNigeriaPeopleAmid Tears, Former IGP Gambo Jimeta Laid To Rest

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 23, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ Former Inspector General of Police Alhaji Gambo Jimeta has been laid to rest at the Gudu Cemetery in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja. Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri was among dignitaries who witnessed the final prayers in honour of the late Police Chief at the National Mosque shortly after Juma’at prayers attended by former Vice President Namadi Sambo, serving and former Inspectors General of Police, former Governor’s Murtala Nyako and...

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BusinessLocal GovernmentNewsYobe Govt. Launches Trader Money Scheme With N12m For Women, Youths

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 23, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ The Yobe government has launched the Buni-Guban Trader Money Employment Scheme with the disbursement of N12 million to women and youth in Fune, Potiskum, Fika and Nengere Local Government Areas of the state. Speaking at the occasion in Damagum, headquarters of Fune, the state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Idi Barde-Gubana, said N3 million was earmarked for each of the local governments, with over 200 people billed to receive between N5,000...

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CoronavirusNewsNigeria13 Health Workers Contract COVID-19 in Taraba

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 23, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ No fewer than 13 health practitioners, including three medical doctors and nine nurses, have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, Taraba State. Acting Head of Clinical Services at the hospital, Dr. Ishaya Kwala confirmed the development in Jalingo after an emergency meeting of the technical committee on COVID-19 in the State. He said the health workers were undergoing treatment. The Chief Medical Director of the...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBandits Kill Seven Soldiers in Nasarawa State

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 23, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Bandits have killed seven soldiers from the 177 guards battalion Shitu Alao barracks, Keffi, Nasarawa State in an ambush. The soldiers were gruesomely murdered by the bandits during a rescue operation in a forest along Mararaba Udege road in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. AIT reports that the slain soldiers were part of the team of 13 soldiers led into the forest by Felix Kura, a captain....

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