Over 700 IDPs Children Gets Christmas, New Year’s Gift In Adamawa

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ In the spirit of Christmas celebrations, the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza has again distributed Christmas gifts to over  700  Internally Displaced Persons’ children in Adamawa State. The kind gesture is in partnership with Mission Take Heart where the internally Displaced Persons benefitted from Anguwan Kara Camp in Girei local government and St Theresa’s Camp, Yola North of Adamawa State Bishop Mamza, who doubles as...

Gov Fintiri Signs 2021 Budget As 52% Goes For Capital Expenditures, 48% Recurrent

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ Adamawa State  Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Saturday signed the 2021 budget of N140.034 billion into law.While explaining the budget, the governor said ” it is the first time in the state that the capital expenditure surpassed the recurrent expenditure.” To enhance a lot of the youth and women,  a whooping sum of N16 billion was earmarked in the budget. To this end,  Fintiri thanked the state house of assembly...

JUST IN: Kwankwaso’s Father, Majidadi, Dies at 93

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ The father of a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso who is also  Majidadin Karaye and district head of Madobi, Musa Sale, has died at the age of 93. Confirming the death on Friday morning, Mohammed Inuwa, the principal private secretary to the former governor said the traditional ruler died after a brief illness in Kano. “It is with a heavy heart and reverence to Allah (SWT) that...

Two University Professors Elected Local Government Area Chairmen in Borno

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ Two University Professors were among the twenty-seven (27) Local Government Chairmen sworn in, in Borno State, by the Governor, Babagana Zulum, himself a Professor. It was gathered that the two Professors are Adamu Alooma and Ibrahim Bukar. While Alooma, who is a Professor of Banking and Finance at the University of Maiduguri, took oath as Chairman of Damboa Local Government Area, Bukar, a Professor of Education, also at the...

Gov Fintiri Present First Class Staff of Office to Bachama Paramount Ruler Daniel Shaga

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Thursday presented first-class staff of office to his royal majesty, Hama Bachama, Dr. Daniel Shaga Ismaila, (Kpawo Nemwe, Gilongo Diya). The new monarch who is the 29th Hama Bachama was appointed on July 27, 2020 a week after the death of the immediate past Hama Bachama, Honest Irmiya Stephen, (Kwire Mana Kpafrato II). Presenting the staff of office, Fintiri commended the kingmakers for ensuring a...

Boko Haram abductions: Zulum visits Jakana, Furious Over Routine Attacks on Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday visited Jakana, one of the major towns along the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, during which he expressed serious anger for what has become routine attacks on travelers and villagers by Boko Haram, part of which was Friday’s abduction of over 30 travelers. Zulum said it was disappointing that the majority of the attacks within the last two years took place between Auno and...

Taraba Govt. Worries Over Resurgence of Kidnappings

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ Taraba state has expressed concern on the recent resurgence of kidnappings in the State. The State Commissioner for Information and Reorientation, Barrister Danjuma Adamu disclosed this during a periodic press briefing held in Jalingo, the state capital. He said Governor Darius Ishaku’s administration will continue to cooperate and collaborate with the security agencies as well as do everything within its powers to bring an end to the activity of...

JUST IN: Police, Vigilantes Dislodge Bandits, Rescue 84 Children, Recover 12 Rustled Cows In Katsina

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Police assisted by local volunteers  in Katsina State have rescued eighty-four victims of kidnap mostly Islamiyya school children from the hands of bandits in Mahuta village of Dandume Local Government Area of the state. This follows a distress call received on Saturday by the DPO Dandume, that some Islamiyya Students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, Mahuta village, numbering about eighty, were attacked while on their way back from Maulud occasion celebrated...

Controversy : We Rescued Kankara Schoolboys’ Not Zamfara Govenor or Miyetti Allah- Military Contradicts Government

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz,  Regional Correspondent _____ The Nigerian Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji successfully rescued all 344 abducted students of Government Science Secondary School Kankara, Katsina state. Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, and Bello Masari, his Katsina counterpart, had separately said the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association played a major role in the release of the schoolboys. But in a statement on Friday, John Enenche, spokesman of the defence headquarters, said...

3 People Killed, 2 Injured In Suicide Bomb Attack in Konduga

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ A female suicide bomber reportedly killed at least three people when she blew herself up in a crowd in Konduga,  Borno State, security and humanitarian sources confirmed. “We evacuated three dead bodies and two people who were seriously injured from the scene,” said aid worker Abubakar Mohammed. The attack happened in the town of Konduga, about 38 kilometres (24 miles) from the state capital Maiduguri. The attacker set off...

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