The Department of State Services (DSS) has been told to arrest the Chief Imam of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Sheikh Abubakar Jibril, for inciting Muslims against the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah. The call was made by the Human Rights Writers Association...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has relaxed the 24 hours curfew declared in Sokoto as a measure to forestall breakdown of law and order following the uproar that greeted the gruesome murder of Miss Deborah Samuel last week. Deborah, a student of the...
The National Assembly has countered a suit filed by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on the controversial Section 84(12) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2022. While the President and minister asked the Supreme Court to interpret the provision...
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, have filed a suit at the Supreme Court, seeking an interpretation of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2022. In the suit filed on April 29, the President and AGF, who...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has carried out the training of 130 unemployed youths in Cross River State in its effort to reduce the rising unemployment rate in the state Speaking at the Opening Ceremony on Monday, The Director General, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu...
The parents of the late Deborah Samuel of Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Sokoto State have described the death of their daughter as sad and painful, saying they have left her killers to God. Recall that the remains of Deborah were laid to rest in her hometown, Tungan Magajiya...
The Federal Government is working on a funding structure for public universities in the country as part of moves to tackle the incessant strikes by lecturers in these institutions. This is according to the former Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba who noted that the government’s funding of...
The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has rallied a global action against Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), including a call for global framework on IFFs similar to corruption. Owasanoye made this call at a side event of the ongoing hybrid 54th Conference...
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) has condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto who was killed on allegations of blasphemy. Chairman of the forum Simon Lalong and Governor of Plateau State in a statement expressed the governors’ concern about the development...
Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), on Sunday said that automation would be the backbone of efficiency in the ports. Bello-Koko who said this at a media chat with maritime journalists in Lagos noted that modern ports were all moving towards automation. He stressed the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Guzamala Social Media Forum has raised alarm over threats of loosing their Jobs for supporting their choice of political party other than the All Progressive Congress (APC), ruling party of aspirants that are currently serving in office. The Chairman of Guzamala Social Media Forum,...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Father Matthew Kukah, has denied the reports that an angry mob burnt down his Sokoto residence on Saturday. There has been tension in the state since the killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, over alleged...
Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, said that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW), was at several points during his lifetime insulted by non-Muslims, yet he refused to attack or even kill persons who assassinated his characters. Gumi made this known while conducting a religious teaching class in his Kaduna...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Zone 6 Police Headquarters have commenced medical screening exercise for police constables from Akwa Ibom and Cross River States who were successful in the just concluded Computer-Based Test (CBT) in the ongoing 2021 recruitment. The police spokesman, DSP Nelson Okpabi said in a statement...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC), Ondo State Command, has rewarded 103 officers for exceptional service in the fight against pipeline vandalism, illegal bunkering and other vices in the state. Dr Hammed Abodunrin, the state Commandant, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHCDA), says about 1.7 million children are targeted for immunisation against polio virus in the ongoing round of immunisation campaign in the state. Dr Kabir Ibrahim, the Executive Secretary of the agency, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on...
Sokoto State Government has announced the suspension of the resumption of basic and secondary schools in the state by one week. The News of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the schools are supposed to resume on Sunday and Monday, for boarding and day students. The suspension was announced via...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over N1.48 trillion reportedly spent on maintaining the country’s four refineries between 2015 and 2020 may have been stolen, mismanaged or diverted into private pockets.” The government reportedly...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra says Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the terrorist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is unhappy with the killings and enforcement of the protracted sit-at-home order in the South-East. The order has always been enforced by groups claiming to act on his...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, has appealed to Christians in Sokoto to remain law abiding and pray for the return of normalcy in the state. Bishop Kukah made the appeal in his reaction to the current development in Sokoto,...