Thousands Pray for Rain in  Maiduguri

Thousands have converged on Ramat Square, on the outskirts of Maiduguri, and performed two Rak’at Prayers for Rain, as directed by His Royal Highness, the Shehu of Borno state, Dr. Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbe El-amin El-kanemi. The worshippers offered prayers to seek divine intervention due to the scarcity of rainfall being witnessed in the state. Farmers in Borno state have resumed farming activities this year with the gradual return of peace for their sustenance and...

Anambra Police Arrests Eleven Suspects For Rape, Defilement

Anambra State Police Command has arrested and detained eleven (11)  suspects in various cases of Rape and Defilement reported in the last one week. According to a release by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochi Ikenga, on 11/7/2023 an obscene video clip that went viral showed a young lady aged 19 years being gang raped by a group of boys. Investigation revealed that the incident happened at Orama-etiti, Anam. The Police at Otuocha...

Omisore, APC national secretary, shut out Of NWC meeting

The National Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Iyiola Omisore, has been prevented from entering the meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party currently holding in Abuja. Omisore was reported to have arrived at the national secretariat venue of the emergency meeting but was prevented from entering the meeting hall after the commencement of the meeting presided over by the Deputy National Chairman, Senator Abubakar Kyari. It was reported earlier that...

Adamu’s role during APC presidential primaries responsible for his predicament – Sagay

Following recent happenings in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Itse Sagay, chieftain of the party and chairman Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, has said that Senator Abdulahi’s Adamu’s role during the presidential primaries of the party last year is responsible for his predicament. Sagay who spoke to our reporter on Monday stated that Adamu was careless with his recent utterances concerning the National Assembly elections where he condemned...

NYSC DG urges corps members to embrace vocational skills

The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed has advised serving corps members to acquire vocational skills through the scheme’s skill acquisition and entrepreneurship development, SAED, programme. The DG made the admonition in his address to corps members at the Katsina State orientation camp as well as the Borno State orientation camp on Sunday. He said the SAED in-camp training for corps members was designed to expose them to entrepreneurship...

Intersociety demands the removal of Anambra CP Aderemi Adeoy

Claims  CP lacks “professional emptiness in matters of skillful, detailed criminal investigations.” The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has demanded the immediate redeployment or removal of the new commissioner of police, CP, in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye. The West African Pilot earlier reported that the new CP, last Wednesday, charged criminals in the State to leave immediately or turn a leaf as the Anambra State Police Command is left with...

Victory Gbakara wins Nigerian Idol Season 8        

Victory Gbakara has emerged as the winner of season eight of the Nigerian Idol. Gbakara was crowned winner of this year’s edition of the talent hunt reality television show on Sunday night. He defeated another contestant, Precious Mac to clinch the N100 million grand prize, part of which is N35 million in cash and a brand-new car. The prize also includes a music record deal, a video shoot and a Tecno-sponsored all-expense paid trip to...

Olubadan suspends Egungun festival indefinitely over insecurity

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Sen. Lekan Balogun, CFR, Alli Okunmade II, on Sunday, suspended the ongoing Egungun festival in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital over some reported cases of violence, arson and looting of shops by hoodlums. The monarch expressed sadness over the reported cases of violence accompanying the annual festival. He described the development as an affront to his palace because he vehemently warned against the festival being turned into an avenue to...

Asaba: Rolls Like A Coyote: Barks Like A Hound Dog

I came here June the third, toting a baggage filled with movie paraphernalia and a stream-rolling set of props, believing that these gadgets were not available in Nigeria, and couldn’t be available in a distant city four hundred miles removed from Lagos. Prop guns, stilettos and swords were carefully packaged. I was ready, I thought. Blood phials I bought from a store on Highway 99 in Richmond and a couple of make-up boxes were in...

Shehu Of Borno Mobilise People To Prayers For Rainfall 

The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Garbai El-Kanemi has started mobilising the public for special prayers for rain, known as “Salatul Istisqa’a”. The special prayers is to seek God divine intervention over imminent drought due to lack of steady rainfall. A statement signed by the Shehu of Borno’s Private Secretary, Malam Zannah-Umar Ali, urged Muslims to troop out irrespective of age, gender and status for the special prayer on Monday at Ramat Square Maiduguri...

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