Men of Operation Farauta Torture 17 Year Old To Death In Adamawa 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMen of Operation Farauta Torture 17 Year Old To Death In Adamawa 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 11, 2023

Men of Operation Farauta in Yola, Adamawa State has tortured to death a 17 years old Abdullahi Tukur Abba Popularly called Abdallah, resident of Wuro-Dole ward in Yola South local Government area over allegedly stealing cellphone (i-Phone 7). The security outfit comprises Soldiers, Civil Defence, Police, and other voluntary organisations was set up in 2019 by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri with a mandate to fight banditry, kidnapping and other criminal activities of Shilla group armed...

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Conventional Myths Remain World’s Most Notable Controversies

ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionConventional Myths Remain World’s Most Notable Controversies

PilotnewsAugust 10, 20232

And we believe in all of them…except the last one on this list. The one I figured out. _________________________ I will be called out, castigated, roped, and dragged through a stony terrain to be thrown off a ten-thousand cliff, that is if you read on and arrived at the very last haymaker of the controversy of all controversies. First, here is the list of all the major arguments humans have swallowed hook, line, and sinker....

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Southern, Middle Belt leaders tell Tinubu to settle Niger crisis peacefully, urgently

National SecurityNewsNigeriaSouthern, Middle Belt leaders tell Tinubu to settle Niger crisis peacefully, urgently

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has told President Bola Tinubu to settle the Niger crisis peacefully and urgently. The Forum in a press statement on Wednesday signed by Chief Dr. E. K. Clark, Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Leader, Afenifere, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, President-General, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr. Pogu Bitrus, President, Middle Belt Forum and Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien, National Chairman PANDEF, noted that it  observed that for the past two weeks, the nation and...

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Ondo Amotekun partners Edo to tackle inter-border kidnapping

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaOndo Amotekun partners Edo to tackle inter-border kidnapping

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

To tackle insecurity, Ondo State Security Network, also called Amotekun Corps has sought the cooperation of security agencies in Edo State to comb the various communities for criminals and check inter-border kidnapping. Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, Corps Commander disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, while fielding questions during a programme, Platform, organised by the correspondents’ Chapel of  the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state. Akogun stated that some...

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Black Heritage Day: Oyo government to collaborate with Brazil

Arts & CultureNewsNigeriaBlack Heritage Day: Oyo government to collaborate with Brazil

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

Ahead of the Black Heritage Day, the Oyo State government is set to collaborate with the Brazilian custodian of culture, Oba Awurela, Kabiyesi Sangokunle Adekunle Alayande. Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism while receiving Oba Awurela in his office, on Tuesday, declared the Oyo State government’s readiness to parley with Brazil on promotion of culture and tourism. Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun lauded Oba Awurela for his plans to expand the frontiers of tourism...

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UNICEF charges Bauchi govt, others  on conducive environment for breastfeeding mothers

HealthNewsNigeriaUNICEF charges Bauchi govt, others  on conducive environment for breastfeeding mothers

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), has called on the Bauchi State government and employers to create a conducive environment for working mothers to carry out six months exclusive breastfeeding of their newborn babies. Dr Tushar Rane, the UNICEF Chief of Field Office Bauchi State, made the call during the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week Media Dialogue with theme “Enabling Breastfeeding: Making a difference for working parents” which held at Jamil Hotel in  Azare, headquarters of...

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Jandor confident of victory at Lagos election petition tribunal

NewsNigeriaPoliticsJandor confident of victory at Lagos election petition tribunal

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

Dr. Olajide Adediran, popularly called Jandor, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Lagos State, has expressed confidence that he’ll have victory at the election tribunal sitting in Lagos. The PDP candidate is seeking the disqualification of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. He noted that he would win because everything that he submitted at the...

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VP Kashim Shettima Says Nigerian Government Losses $7bn To Floods

NewsNigeriaPoliticsVP Kashim Shettima Says Nigerian Government Losses $7bn To Floods

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 10, 2023

The Nigerian Government has said over 600 lives were lost as a result of floods in 2022 and the direct economic damage caused by the disaster is amounting to $7bn. Vice President Kashim Shettima who disclosed this on Tuesday at an event of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Abuja, described the situation as the worst effect of climate change in Nigeria. Represented by his Deputy Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Hassan, Vice...

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NCDC Confirms 1,534 Diphtheria Cases In Ten States

HealthNewsNigeriaNCDC Confirms 1,534 Diphtheria Cases In Ten States

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 10, 2023

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says 1,534 cases of diphtheria have been confirmed in the country, with 4,160 suspected cases reported in 139 local government areas in 27 states. “The confirmed cases were distributed across 56 LGAs in 10 states. The majority [1,018 (66.4 per cent)] of the confirmed cases occurred in children aged one to 14 years,” NCDC said. The NCDC which released the diphtheria situation report from May 2022 to...

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Top Bauchi State Civil Service Commission Expelled Over N3m Pension Scam

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTop Bauchi State Civil Service Commission Expelled Over N3m Pension Scam

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 10, 2023

The Chief Secretarial Assistant attached to Bauchi State Pension Board Ibrahim Garba has been sacked over alleged “serious misconduct of salary and pension scam”. The Information Officer, Bauchi State Civil Service Commission (BSCSC), Mr Saleh Umar in a statement in Bauchi on Tuesday said Garba’s action violated the Public Service Rule (PSR) 0327(XI) which deals with the issues of financial embezzlement. Part of the statement reads: “The commission approved the termination during a sitting of...

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