Jangebe girls: PDP tasks Buhari presidency to speak up on alleged complicity
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the Buhari-led Presidency to speak clear the air on the alleged complicity of the military and unnamed officials of the Presidency in the abduction of 300 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara state by terrorists.
Boko Haram: Rescue of Pastor Yakuru, others will be litmus test for new service chiefs — CAN
THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said securing the freedom of Pastor Bulus Yakuru, and other Boko Haram captives will be a litmus test for the new Service Chiefs, saying the world is watching to see whether they will live up to expectations or not.
Indian rooster kills owner with cockfight blade
A rooster fitted with a knife for an illegal cockfight in southern India has killed its owner, sparking a manhunt for the organisers of the event, police said Saturday. The bird had a knife attached to its leg ready to take on an opponent when it inflicted serious injuries to the man’s groin as it […]
Five electricity workers injured in IED planted by Boko Haram in Borno
Five Workers struggling to repair the vandalized T159 kilovolt tower along Maiduguri-Damaturu road have sustained various degrees of injuries when their operational vehicle stormed a planted Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by insurgents on Saturday.
South Africa receives second batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines
South Africa on Saturday received its second consignment of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines, the health minister said, as the continent’s hardest-hit country scrambles to shore up its inoculation drive. The country of almost 59 million people, which has seen nearly 50,000 succumb to the virus, has been widely criticised for a slow procurement of vaccines […]
President Buhari mourns Justice Kafarati
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his condolences to the Government and people of Bauchi State on the death of former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adamu Kafarati. The President made his feelings known in a condolence message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Saturday in Abuja. Kafarati died at the age […]
Teachers sack: Court dismisses NUT’s suit against El-Rufa’i
The Kaduna Division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria has dismissed the case between the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) and Governor Nasir El Rufai for lack of merit and substance.
NDLEA seizes 46.8 kg of Tramadol capsules worth N50m in Adamawa
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 46.8 kilograms of suspected Tramadol capsules worth N50 million in Mubi, Mubi North Local Government area of Adamawa. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Idris Bello, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Yola. Bello said that […]
Release Ganduje’s aide now, criticism is not a crime, SERAP tells security agents
By Nwafor Sunday The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has condemned the alleged arrest of Salihu Tanko Yakasai, ex-aide to the Kano state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Salihu on Friday criticized President Muhammadu Buhari, and other Nigerian governors over the spate of killings, abductions, rape and other insecurity issues in the country. He demanded […]
FG focused on securing release of kidnapped ‘Jangebe Girls’ — APC
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has welcomed the safe release of the school children, teachers and their family members who were abducted from Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, saying the government is now focused on securing the release of girls kidnapped from their school in Jangebe, Zamfara state.
Buhari mourns Justice Kafarati
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his condolences to the Government and people of Bauchi State on the death of the former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adamu Kafarati.
