Igbos Are Not Ready for Another War – MASSOB

NewsPeacePoliticsIgbos Are Not Ready for Another War – MASSOB

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 2, 2021

The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazurike, has warned that the Igbos are not ready for another war. The MASSOB leader, who was also the founder of the Biafra Independence Movement said this on Monday in Owerri. Uwazurike also cautioned the leader of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to stop inciting Igbo youths against the country’s security agencies. He called on the...

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Sen. Ekwunife Donates Gas Cookers to Rural Women in Anambra

NewsPhilanthropyPoliticsSen. Ekwunife Donates Gas Cookers to Rural Women in Anambra

PilotnewsMarch 1, 2021

AWKA — Sen. Uche Ekwunife, representing Anambra Central in the National Assembly on Sunday donated gas cylinder stoves to 650 women across the state. She said that the donation was her own way of empowering the women in the 326 political wards and to also encourage a cleaner environment in the state. Ekwunife, an aspirant for the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the items...

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Governor Ganduje Sacks His Media Aide Over Tweet

PoliticsPress * MediaGovernor Ganduje Sacks His Media Aide Over Tweet

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 27, 2021

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has relieved his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, of his appointment. The commissioner of Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who communicated the governor’s directive through a statement on Saturday, said the dismissal is based on Yakasai’s “continued unguarded comments and utterances which are deemed contrary to the stand of the All Progressive Congress (APC) government which he is serving.” He said the sack is with immediate effect. “Yakasai...

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Livestock Vaccination Campaign To Gulp Over N32m In Bauchi State

LocalNewsNigeriaLivestock Vaccination Campaign To Gulp Over N32m In Bauchi State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 26, 2021

Bauchi State Government is to spend the sum of 32,147,500,000 million naira for the conduct of Livestock vaccination campaign in the State which will cover vaccines, equipment and allowances of the personnel. Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed today made this known while performing the official launching of the 2021 Annual Livestock vaccination Campaign at Galambi Cattle Ranch. A statement by Lawal Muazu Bauchi, Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Bala Mohammed said, the governor disclosed...

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Doctors Without Borders Treat 2,260 Malaria-Inflicted Kids in Borno State

LocalNewsNigeriaDoctors Without Borders Treat 2,260 Malaria-Inflicted Kids in Borno State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 26, 2021

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) also known as Doctors Without Borders, has treated 2,260 children afflicted by malaria in Dusuman and Zabarmari villages near Maiduguri within the past six months. MSF has been operating in Borno, particularly in areas affected by insurgency since 2014. Mr Abdulkareem Yakubu, Field Communication Officer of MSF in a statement said the affected children were attended to by the organization’s mobile team. Yakubu said that MSF has been using various measures...

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

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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Kidnapped Adamawa United Football Club Driver Regain Freedom

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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Northern Governors, Traditional Rulers Holds Security Meeting In Kaduna

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNorthern Governors, Traditional Rulers Holds Security Meeting In Kaduna

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 26, 2021

Due to security challenges bedeviling the Northern region, Governors of the 19 Northern States and traditional rulers of the region are meeting in Kaduna over the issue. At their last meeting on Nov. 2, 2020, the Northern Governors had set up two committees to push for statutory roles for traditional rulers and another on youth and civil societies. In a message to the two-day meeting, which opened on Thursday at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House Kaduna,...

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2023 Presidential Election Rages as Posters of Kogi State Governor Bello Floods Yola

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023 Presidential Election Rages as Posters of Kogi State Governor Bello Floods Yola

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 26, 2021

In a build-up to 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, posters of some serving Governors in the North have started manifesting indicating their interest to vie for the exalted position in the area. The latest is that of Kogi state Governor Yahaya Bello whose posters for the President were seen around strategic locations in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. Last week, Governor El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state dismissed the insinuations that he will vie for the presidency...

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El-Rufai Can’t Be Jonathan’s Running Mate in 2023 – Omokri

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEl-Rufai Can’t Be Jonathan’s Running Mate in 2023 – Omokri

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 26, 2021

Ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has said that the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, can never be Jonathan’s running mate in the 2023 presidential elections. Omokri added that his former boss has no intention of running for president in 2023. He added that the former boss has no intention of dumping the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Omokri spoke on Wednesday in a Punch Online’ The Roundtable,...

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