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A Kano State High Court sitting at Audu Bako presided over by Justice Usman Na’abba has sentenced a school proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko, to death by hanging for the kidnap and killing of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar. Isyaku Hashim, his conspirator, was also sentenced to death by hanging for concealment and kidnapping of the five- year-old. The … [Read more…]
The Federal Government says it will sanction Trust TV, a television owned by Media Trust Group, and the BBC over their stories on bandits in the North. In separate documentaries, Trust TV and BBC Africa Eye exposed the activities of the gangs making life difficult for Nigerians. Speaking with journalists on Thursday, Minister of Information … [Read more…]
President Muhamadu Buhari is currently chairing the third National Security Council (NSC) meeting within three weeks at the State House, Abuja. The NSC meeting at the Council Chambers is being attended by Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Boss Mustapha; the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and the National Security … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s oil production may have suffered further decline of not less than 22,000 barrel per day, as employees of Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria, APN, have downed tools over perceived anti-labour practices. Addax, owned by China’s Sinopec Group, has four Oil Mining Licences, OML 123, 124, 126 and 137, operating the assets in Production Sharing Contract … [Read more…]
The 36 states’ governors have called for the review of the National Water Resources Bill to accommodate all concerns of states. The governors decried the situation where the interest of states were not adequately addressed in the contentious water bill. Their position was contained in a communique issued at the end of the teleconference meeting … [Read more…]
The wind of insecurity blowing across the country, especially in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, gathered pace yesterday, sending panic through the whole of Abuja and its environs. This led to the shutting down of Veritas University, as the terrorists, who had written the Abuja Campus of the Nigerian Law School. also demanded ransom on … [Read more…]
Worried by worsening security situation, senators elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and other opposition parties, yesterday, threatened to commence an impeachment proceeding against President Muhammadu Buhari. They gave him six week to address the country’s security challenges or be impeached. No fewer than 18 of … [Read more…]
Barely seven weeks after terrorists attacked worshippers at Owo, in Ondo state, some unknown gunmen, have again attacked the ancient town. Many people were said to have been injured in the attack which took place Wednesday evening, at Folahami Junction, where a construction company called Craneburg Construction Company was located. Eyewitness reports had it that … [Read more…]
Senators, mainly of the minority extraction on Tuesday staged a walkout after demanding the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening insecurity in the country. According to reports, the senators chanted a solidarity song, ”All we are saying is Buhari must go, Lawan must Go” and left the chamber after President of the Senate, … [Read more…]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said it will sue Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government over the sentence of human rights lawyer, Ihibehe Effiong. The group made this disclosure in a statement issued via its verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. The statement reads, “We’re suing Akwa Ibom State … [Read more…]
On Saturday, July 23, 2022, Frank Nweke Jr, the Enugu State All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, governorship candidate, sat with Uchenna Anioke, holding conversations to address his ambition to become the Enugu State Governor in 2023. The interview touched on different issues as regards the election and pertinent concerns in the State. Here are excerpts. … [Read more…]
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Abubakar Lawal, has presented cheques, totaling N11.3 million, to the families of dead policemen in the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement in Enugu on Tuesday, said that the presentation was done on July 26. According to Ndukwe, the development is in … [Read more…]