The recently abducted 27 students of Government Science College, in Kagara, Niger State, have been released by their abductors to a Kaduna-based Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, alongside others, Thursday everning. Tribune Online reported that the lucky secondary school students who had been held captive in the hideout of...
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Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has said Nigerians should be licensed to carry sophisticated arms like AK-47 if Fulani herdsmen are permitted to secure themselves with the same type of weapon. He said this on Thursday when he visited Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, who is popularly...
Despite growing clamour for reforms to make it a people-friendly institution, the Nigerian Police has continued to operate in a manner that suggests it is not ready to turn a new leaf. Reform of the Police was one of the demands of #EndSARS protests that virtually brought the country...
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Restitution and Inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality especially involving officers of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has begun awarding compensations to petitioners. In a petition involving Mrs. Kudirat Adebayo Abayomi, who was killed by a police stray bullet...
The former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, on Friday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that his leg would have been amputated if he did not travel to Niger Republic for medicare. Maina, in his affidavit to support the bail application filed before Justice Okon...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ondo State Command, said that it had arrested five suspects dealing in illicit drugs and also seized 1, 292 kilograms of cannabis sativa, otherwise called marijuana, and its seeds. In a statement on Friday, The NDLEA State’s Commander, Mr Haruna Gagara, said...
The recently released Q4-20 GDP report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) surprised positively as Nigeria narrowly exited its second recession in four years. The fourth quarter’s improvement in economic activities was quite remarkable as GDP grew by 0.11% y/y (Q3-20: -3.62% y/y), a marked deviation from the...
Six Ugandan soldiers were handed prison sentences of up to three months by a military court on Thursday for taking part in the brutal beating of local journalists covering the country’s opposition leader. The seven injured journalists were covering an effort by opposition leader Bobi Wine to file a...
Thirty-one people have died in an outbreak of plague that erupted in northeastern DR Congo three months ago, health officials and experts said on Friday. “We have more than 520 cases… of which more than 31 have been fatal,” Patrick Karamura, health minister in Ituri province, where plague is...
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission Proffessor Umar Danbatta, has emphasized the important role played by women in the country’s socio-economic and political space while underscoring the need to empower them in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as an enabler for social change. Professor Danbatta stated...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Thursday in Abuja, visited the Minister of Power, Engr. Saleh Mamman, to discuss how to fast track ongoing repairs of a transmission line along Maiduguri-Damaturu road, which was destroyed by Boko Haram. The destruction which was done...
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Friday defended his comment about armed herders, explaining that he used AK-47 as a figure of speech for protection. Recalled that Governor Bala’s comment on armed herders had generated series of heated debates in Nigeria. In his defense, The Governor who spoke...
Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Gumi, has called on the Federal Government to give bandits willing to make peace ‘blanket amnesty’ if the current security situation must be tackled. The Islamic scholar disclosed this on Friday while addressing journalists in Minna, Niger State capital. This was after the cleric visited...
The US says it is ready to talk to Iran about the two countries returning to a 2015 accord that aimed at preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that the Biden administration was seeking to revive the so-called Iran nuclear...
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has expressed excitement on the growth rate of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector which recorded the highest growth rate of all sectors of the Nigerian economy in both the 4th quarter of 2020 (Q4 2020) and...
Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, met with abductors of the staff and students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State. According to TVC News, the meeting took place at Tagina forest in Niger State on Thursday, February 18. The bandits wielding their guns, were led by their leader,...
Former Italy international, Antonio Cassano, has slammed Juventus forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, ahead of the Bianconer’s Serie A clash with Crotone on Monday. Cassano said Ronaldo is a ‘selfish’ player that doesn’t give a damn about his teammates scoring goals. According to him, Ronaldo would struggle to adapt to Juventus...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 877 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 150,246. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle late Thursday. It also registered additional 16 COVID-19 deaths, raising the total fatality...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Jigawa State’s Command, said it has arrested 36 suspected drug traffickers in Kirikasamma, Guri and Hadejia LGAs of the state in two days. In a statement on Friday, The Agency’s Commander, Hajiya Maryam Gambo, said that the suspects were arrested between Feb.15...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- A middle-aged man, Adamu Sule, has been arrested by the Police for reporting the discovery of over 300 ammunitions in a house he rented in Bauchi metropolis. Sule, who spoke to journalists while being paraded at the Police Headquarters on Thursday, alongside three others, denied knowledge...