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By Ibrahim HassanWuyo About 300 female students of GSS Jangebe in Zamfara state have been abducted by gunmen last night, the BBC HAUSA Service has reported. The state government or police authorities, are yet to react to the development. READ ALSO: Bandits invade police station, kill DPO, inspector in Sokoto village However, the BBC HAUSA
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By Nwafor Sunday Barely nine days Kagara students were kidnapped in Niger state, gunmen Friday stormed GSS Jangebe, Zamfara state and abducted a good number of schoolgirls. The number of the kidnapped students could not be ascertained as at the time of filling this report. But BBC Pigin confirmed the story. Details later: Breaking! We
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By Nwafor Sunday Barely four days after the Imo state police command arrested and released the senator representing Imo West constituency, for breaking into a government sealed ‘Royal palm spring estate’, High Court in Owerri on Thursday ordered an interim forfeiture of all properties allegedly ‘acquired illegally’ by Rochas Okorocha, while he was in
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By Wole Mosadomi Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has accused the Federal Government of abandoning the state to its fate in efforts to rescue abducted students and staff of Government Science College, Kagara. At least 27 students, three teachers and 12 family members were abducted by bandits who stormed the school penultimate Wednesday.
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MINISTER of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Sylva, said, yesterday, that the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, would unlock several midstream gas opportunities and enhance domestic gas utilisation. Sylva spoke at the ongoing 12th Nigerian Gas Association, NGA, International Conference 2021, in Lagos. He said the Federal Government was ready to collaborate
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By Anayo Okoli, Dapo Akinrefon, Davies Iheamnachor, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Chinonso Alozie & Ibrahim HassanWuyo President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, ruled out amnesty for bandits and insurgents terrorising the country. The President stated this at the meeting of northern governors and traditional rulers in the north over the security situation in the region at Sir Kashim Ibrahim
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*As victims of NAF jet crash are buried *NAF still in palpable shock over loss of gallant officers —CAS *Says their death’ll spur military to expose, fight agents of destabilisation, extremism By Kingsley Omonobi Mrs Omolola Olawunmi, mother of two boys and spouse of late Flight Sergeant Olasunkanmi Olawunmi, the electronics and radar maintenance expert
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Benue state government, Thursday released to their owners 210 cows impounded from Fulani herders who earlier in the month violated the state Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law of 2017.
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By Donu Kogbara MY Governor, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has – in his inimitable no-nonsense style – criticised the National Assembly for confirming hated former service chiefs as worthy of ambassadorial postings. I recently, on this page, accused them of allowing Nigeria to be overwhelmed by security challenges and said that they (ex-Chief of
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THE Voice of Reason, VOR, Lecture Series are dedicated to the memory of the late Goke Omisore, businessman and scion of one of the great aristocratic families from Ile-Ife, Arole Olagoke Omisore was born on February 19, 1949. He passed away on October 7, 2018, age of 69. I never had the privilege of meeting
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