President Tinubu Appoints New NEMA DG

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Zubaida Umar as the Director-General (DG) of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The new DG of NEMA has over 20 years of work experience in diverse fields, including Human Resources, and Finance and Administration. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and the Institute of Credit Administration. She holds ACCA certifications in Public Financial Management and Digital & Sustainability Financing. As Executive...

Foundation Advocates Capital Punishment For Kidnappers

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO),  dedicated to fostering the growth of minorities and advancing quality education, Africa Youth Growth Foundation (AYGF), has recommended capital punishment for kidnappers. The group which condemned the incessant kidnapping of school children in the country, stressed that such would send a wrong signal to the parents who might become afraid of sending their children to school thereby increasing the number of out of school children in the country. It also condemned...

Kogi Govt Says Charges Against Yahaya Bello By EFCC Fictitious

Accuses Commission Of Executing Political Agenda Appeals To Tinubu To Probe EFCC’s Activities In Kogi The Kogi State Government has said that the charges against former Governor Yahaya Bello by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are false and fictitious, stressing that the Commission is executing political agenda rather than fighting corruption. The government also asked the commission to come clean on the reason behind its unrelenting persecution and media trial of the immediate...

This Man Raped His Nine Year Biological Daughter

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested a 42-year-old father for allegedly raping his nine-year-old daughter. The incident was said to have taken place in Kabang, Mubi South Local Government Area of the state on Monday, March 11. This was made known in a statement shared on the command’s X account on Thursday. “On March 12, 2024, the Adamawa State Police Command arrested a 42-year-old man Auwalu Isa for raping his nine-year-old biological...

Court Sentences Man To life sentence For Introducing Minor To Porn

The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Lagos on Thursday convicted and sentenced one Nurudeen Nasiru to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his Neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter and introducing her to pornography. According to the prosecutor, the convict committed the offences on February 23, 2021, at about 3.45pm on Aminu Street, Alapere, Ketu, Lagos. During the trial, the State Counsel, Mr Olusola Soneye, called three witnesses, a social worker, the survivor, and her father while...

Terrorists demand N1 billion to free abducted Kaduna school children

…wants payment made in 20 days or victims will be killed The terrorist gang holding about 287 school children and teachers captive have given the condition for their freedom: N1 billion or the hostages will be killed. The demand was made known to Jubril Aminu, a friend of the school principal who was also abducted along with the pupils, on Tuesday, Pilot News has learnt. Aminu said he got a phone call from the terrorists...

Terrorists Kill 2, Communal Clash Consumes 3 In Adamawa

Suspected terrorists have killed two people in Dabna village of Hong local government area of Adamawa state and properties worth thousands of naira were set ablaze by suspected terrorists. Also, three people were killed in a communal clash in Numan and Demsa local government areas of the state. Dabna, is a village to close Sambisa forest in Borno state, den of Borno state of Borno State come under heavy attack in July 2021 and April...

FG files criminal charges against Miyetti Allah’s leader for forming Fulani vigilante group

The federal government is accusing the leader of the Miyetti Allah, Bello Bodejo, of forming an unlawful ethnic militia. Authorities say the creation of the nomadic vigilante group is a threat to “national security and public safety.” Bodejo was arrested seven days after launching the group on 17 January in Nasarawa State capital, Lafia. He had said during the ceremony that the group would aid the police and the military in tackling mass abduction of...

Defence Headquarters Faults Kidnapped IDPs in Borno

Victims went far from camp in search of firewood The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, blames the abducted Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Gamboru Ngala town, one of the least secure parts of the troubled Borno State, for their abduction. The IDPs, mostly women and children, went missing on February 29 when they were out searching for firewood for cooking. The unusual disappearance sparked fears of possible abduction by Islamic extremist rebels. DHQ’s spokesperson Major General Edward...

Tinubu: We won’t pay a dime to kidnappers for freedom of schoolchildren, others

The government of Nigeria is full of hopes that the hundreds of citizens in the kidnappers’ den would be freed while saying it would not pay “a dime” to any criminal group as a ransom. Terrorists who are on a rampage in Nigeria, targeting schools, villages and highways often release their victims after weeks or months in captivity following negotiations with families or authorities, though officials deny ransom payments are made. Families and entire communities...

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