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LocalNewsNigeriaBandits Attack Three LGAs in Kaduna State, Kill 18 and Abduct others

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 26, 2021

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan who confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday said the three Local Government Areas have been under constant attacks by bandits in recent times. He said some residents of the village were also abducted, and cattle rustled during the attack, while an unspecified number of injured victims are receiving treatment in hospitals. Aruwan added that many of the houses in the community were...

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LocalNewsNigeriaKidnapped Adamawa United Football Club Driver Regain Freedom

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 26, 2021

The Permanent Secretary, Adamawa State Ministry of Youths and Sports, Aliyu Jada Kabiru Mohammed, told newsmen that the driver of Adamawa United Football Club, who was kidnapped along Benin- Lagos highway, has been released by his abductors. He was abducted by gunmen at about 7:30 pm on Feb. 19, 2021 along Benin-Ore-Lagos while conveying the team for the Week 11 NPFL match against MFM FC of Lagos. Jada who confirmed the release of the driver to the News...

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LocalNewsNigeriaPoliticsAnambra’s Election Heats Up as Ngige declares Victor Umeh an “abandoned property” 

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 22, 2021

Candidates engage in war of words as Anambra election draws closer Party battle to win Anambra State in the forthcoming election may have taken a new turn with the latest exchange between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige and a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh.   Dr.  Ngige, had referred to  Chief Umeh as “an abandoned property as he answers questions regarding alleged consistent attacks...

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LocalNewsNigeriaKidnapping: Niger State Government Shuts Down Boarding Schools in Four LGAs

PilotnewsFebruary 18, 2021

The Niger state government has shut down all boarding schools in four local government areas (LGAs). The affected LGAs are Rafi, Munya, Mariga and Shiroro. The closure of the schools follows the abduction of school children at the Government Science College (GSC), Kagara in the early hours of Wednesday. Governor Sani Bello of the state gave the order at a press conference, called for clam from parents and relatives of the abducted schoolchildren. He called...

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LocalNewsNigeriaNigeria: Borno State Government Seals-off Eight NGO Offices

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2021

Borno state government has sealed eight offices and guest houses occupied by development partners for not updating their property records in different locations in Maiduguri metropolis. The offices locked include that of International Non-Governmental Organizations and local NGOs. Speaking to newsmen shortly after a Special Enforcement Operation, Executive Secretary Borno Geographic Information Service, BOGIS, Alhaji Adam Bababe said out of the 183 International and local NGOs operating in the state, only 21 are duly registered....

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LocalNewsNigeriaGov Fintiri Monitors Compliance On The Ban To Use Tricycles, Motorcycles At Night

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 16, 2021

To ensure compliance with the Executive Order banning the use of tricycles and motorcycles in the night, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Monday night led a security patrol within the state capital to arrest defaulters of the Order. The order which came into effect on Tuesday 2nd February, 2021, in Girei, Yola North and Yola South Local Governments within the hours of 10: pm to 5: am. According to the Executive Order, any person found in a Tricycle...

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LocalNewsNigeriaBenue State Will Not Receive Armed Fleeing Herdsmen from South-West – Governor Ortom’s Aide

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 15, 2021

The Benue State Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, on Sunday, said that the state will not welcome armed herdsmen that are fleeing from South-West. Akase state that the state Governor, Samuel Ortom, on several occasions, had said that any cattle owner who wanted to reside in the state must ranch his animals. A report had earlier quoted the Governor’s aide as saying that the herdsmen in the state must be ready to obey the...

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LocalNewsNigeriaAkeredolu Visits Hausa and Yoruba Clash Scene in Oyo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 15, 2021

Called on the people to consider the past and the peaceful coexistence that they have enjoyed for many decades. The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on Sunday, visited the Shasha area, the scene of Yoruba and Hausa clash in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The Ondo State governor, who was led to the Shasha market by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, appealed to the waring parties to embrace peace and dialogue. Akeredolu was in...

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LocalNewsNigeriaBandits Kills Air Force Personnel In Kaduna State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 15, 2021

Authorities of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) say bandits have killed some of its personnel in an ambush in Kaduna State. According to a statement by the NAF spokesman, AVM Ibikunle Daramola that the incident occurred, on Saturday, when the troops of the 271 NAF detachment foiled an ambush set up by a group of over 100 bandits at Ungwan Laya near Birnin Gwari. The statement read in part “the troops were able to fight...

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LifestyleLocalNewsNigeriaFrom Osun to Kogi, Drivers/Police flunk the COVID-19 orders buying their ways with cash

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 14, 2020

“From Akoko Edo to Ibilo, the checkpoints were endless” To curtail the spread of Covid-19 cases in Nigeria, on March 30, 2020, President Mohammed Buhari signed the Covid-19 Quarantine Regulation Act which regulates the conditions, time and form of quarantine compliance as well as the surveillance of individuals concerning health control measures. On April 27, Buhari ordered a nationwide dusk-to-dusk curfew and banned all interstate movement, sparing only essential interstate passengers. However, despite the standing...

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