Corruption: APC National Chairman Suspended

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCorruption: APC National Chairman Suspended

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 15, 2024

The Dawakin Tofa LGA chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano has suspended Abdullahi Ganduje, national chair of the party, over corruption allegations. Halliru Gwanzo, legal adviser of the ward announced the suspension during a briefing with journalists in Kano on Monday. “Members resolved to suspend his membership after a vote of no confidence passed on the acting National Chairman of the party due to his inability to clear his name from a wide range...

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Midnight Inferno Consumes Yola Main Market

NewsNigeriaMidnight Inferno Consumes Yola Main Market

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 15, 2024

A midnight inferno has consumed part of Yola’s main market, administrative headquarters of Yola South local government area of Adamawa state with properties worth millions of naira destroyed, though no casualty was recorded. It was gathered that as at the time of the incident, there was no electricity from the public power supply. The report has that some traders who lost millions of naira cash being proceeds of Sunday’s sale in the fire disaster have...

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Defend Tinubu’s Govt, Matawalle Tells Baba-Ahmed, Other Northern Appointees

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDefend Tinubu’s Govt, Matawalle Tells Baba-Ahmed, Other Northern Appointees

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 15, 2024

…Speaks Against Misrepresentation Of President’s Achievements Bello Mohammed Matawalle, Minister of State for Defence has asked Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Special Adviser on Political Matters in the Presidency and former Spokesperson of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), and other appointees in President Bola Tinubu’s government to defend the current administration from unjust and vicious attacks. It will be recalled that the former Zamfara State Governor recently blasted Northern Elders for saying that they regretted supporting Tinubu in...

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A Decade On: Nigeria Remembers Chibok Girls’ Abduction

NewsNigeriaA Decade On: Nigeria Remembers Chibok Girls’ Abduction

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 15, 2024

Nigeria solemnly marked the 10th anniversary of the Chibok schoolgirls’ abduction on Sunday, 14th April 2024. On 14th April 2014, Boko Haram militants stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, kidnapping 276 girls in a horrific act that shocked the world. A decade of raw grief and unwavering hope collided on Sunday as parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls marked the 10th anniversary of their daughters’ disappearance. Today, 91 girls remain missing....

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Nigerian Army Thwarts Terrorist Attack in Kaduna

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Army Thwarts Terrorist Attack in Kaduna

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 14, 2024

In a successful counter-terrorism operation, Nigerian Army troops thwarted a potential attack in Kaduna State on Saturday, 13th April 2024. Acting on credible intelligence, the military targeted a group of terrorists known to use motorbikes to carry out attacks in the region. The ambush took place in Rafin Sariki village of Giwa Local Government Area. Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Public Relations for the Nigerian Army, said, in a press statement on Sunday, that...

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Gunmen Attack Benue Politician, Abduct Wife and House-help

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Attack Benue Politician, Abduct Wife and House-help

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 14, 2024

A former gubernatorial aspirant in Benue State, Terwase Orbunde, was reportedly attacked by gunmen on Friday while returning from his farm. Mr Orbunde, who contested under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections, was allegedly shot in the right arm during the assault. More troubling, however, is the abduction of his wife, Abigail Kashimana and house help, Patience Ogute by the attackers. Police spokesperson, SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the incident and assured...

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Insecurity: Christian Group Blame “foreign invaders”

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInsecurity: Christian Group Blame “foreign invaders”

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 14, 2024

The National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, held a press conference on Friday accusing “foreign invaders masquerading as religious extremists” of being the true cause of the perpetual violence in Nigeria. “Nigerians have no problem with each other. It is external forces that are seeking to tear the country apart for a hostile takeover of the land and its resources,” said NCEF. The NCEF chairman Samuel Gani and pastor Bosun Emmanuel insisted that these invaders target...

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Budget Padding: CSO Threatens Mass Protest Against Akpabio

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBudget Padding: CSO Threatens Mass Protest Against Akpabio

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 13, 2024

A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), National Association For Peaceful Coexistence and Good Governance has threatened to organise a massive protest against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio over allegation of budget padding leveled against him by suspended Senator Abdul Ningi. Comrade Isiaku Balogun Nathaniel, founder of the organisation stated this in a press statement on Saturday, pointing out that the Senate President couldn’t justify the padding of the budget. Recall that Ningi had alleged that the...

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NAFDAC Seal Supermarket Over Alleged Selling Of Fake Products

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNAFDAC Seal Supermarket Over Alleged Selling Of Fake Products

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 13, 2024

One of the supermarkets in Ibadan, PINNACLE, located in Dugbe area was sealed by National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC over alleged selling of fake products. A NAFDAC staff member who preferred anonymity said on Friday that the enforcement unit of the agency sealed the supermarket. According to the source, the owner of the supermarket was earlier refused to honour an invitation by the regulatory agency. The source added that sealing...

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Troops Kills188 Terrorists, Arrest 330 In One Week

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Kills188 Terrorists, Arrest 330 In One Week

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 13, 2024

No fewer than 188 terrorists were killed and 330 arrested during operations conducted by the Nigerian Army across the northern parts of the country in the last one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen Edward Buba, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, also, said a total of 133 kidnapped persons were rescued by troops deployed across the country within the period under review. He noted that the recent achievements of the troops had...

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