The Commissioner of Police (CP), Kaduna State Command, Mr Mudasiru Abdullahi, has ordered a full scale investigation into the assassination of a Nigerian Pilot, Mr Abdulkarim Ibn Na-Allah. Abdullahi gave the order late Sunday in Kaduna in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, ASP Mohammed Jalige. “I have directed that a full scale investigation be carried out with a view to unraveling the identities of the culprits and bringing them to book,“ the CP was quoted as saying in the statement. Son of Kebbi Sen. Bala Ibn Na-Allah, the 36-year-old aircraft captain was allegedly murdered in his Kaduna residence…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Dangote’s $2 billion petrochemical plant located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos state is to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene. The Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Industries Ltd., Mr Devakumar Edwin, disclosed this in a statement obtained in Lokoja on Monday. The statement sent by e-mail said that Edwin disclosed this while giving an update on the petrochemical project which is nearing completion and said to be the biggest in Africa. The statement was signed by Mr Tony Chiejine, Assistant Manager, Group Communication and Branding of Dangote Group. According to the Group Executive Director, the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration is on top of events and is moving ahead with force to crush the perpetrators of the recent incidents of unrest in Plateau. The president gave the assurance in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in Abuja on Sunday. Buhari, however, maintained that to achieve success, communities must unite against these horrific attacks, saying retributive violence was not the answer. He challenged religious, traditional and other community leaders on the need to preach peace and not to allow the use of their spaces for…
By Abujah Racheal Nigeria has confirmed 93 COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the number of fatalities to 2,454. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its daily report. Th centre said 53 deaths were recorded in the country in 24 hours, an indication that the third wave of the disease is ravaging the country. The disease centre noted that the figure includes a backlog of fatalities recorded in Lagos state, which also topped the list of daily infections with 200 out of the 362 new infections recorded across 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The centre sad…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kano said the Tsamiya Bakin Gada Bridge will be closed temporarily with effect from Monday. The bridge, is located on the Kano – Kwana Huguma – Kari Road at Kano/Jigawa border. This is contained in a statement by the Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Zubairu Mato on Monday in Kano. The Tsamiya Bakin Gada on Kano-Kwanar Huguma-Kari road was recently damaged by heavy rain storm. “The extent of damage became a serious safety threat to motorists plying the route. “The bridge would be closed from 30th August 2021, traffic would be diverted…
Borno state government and stakeholders including security agencies on Sunday deliberated on ongoing surrendering by insurgents in the state. Speaking at the meeting in Maiduguri, Governor Babagana Zulum said the forum was to reach a common ground by the people of Borno on how to handle the situation for lasting peace in the state. Zulum said so far about 3,000 insurgents had surrendered, adding that reports from Cameroon indicated that about 900 surrendered to the Cameroonian authorities. He explained that a team, comprising security agencies and other relevant organisations, had been constituted to profile the surrendered insurgents in line with…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted three days cloudy and thundery weather conditions from Monday to Wednesday NiMet`s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted cloudy skies on Monday, with intervals of sunshine over northern region, with prospects of isolated thunderstorms, over parts of Jigawa, Kano, Sokoto and Kebbi States during morning hours. According to it, thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of Taraba, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Bauchi, Jigawa and Kaduna States, later in the day. ”Early morning thunderstorms are expected over parts of Kogi, Kwara and Niger states, while the remainder of the central cities are expected…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it will resolve in six months all contract issues delaying the installation of 18Left Runway Lighting at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The Managing Director of FAAN, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, disclosed this after an inspection tour with the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu, in Lagos on Sunday. Yadudu said the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, had graciously accepted to resolve the protracted contract issues and he agreed to grant them approval to quickly procure a new lighting system. The managing director explained…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says Nigeria accounts for 24,000 missing people, the largest missing caseload on the continent representing over half of those registered as missing in Africa. Mr Aliyu Dawobe, ICRC’s Public Relations Officer, said in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja, that more than 44,000 people across Africa have been registered as missing, with children accounting for over 45 percent of the cases at the time they were missing. “Eighty-two per cent of the missing are registered in seven countries in Africa, namely Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Libya, the Democratic Republic of Congo…
The people of Ugbo in Ilaje council area of Ondo State on Sunday called on the state government to urgently intervene to check sea incursion ravaging the coastal community. They lamented that many residents had been displaced and property destroyed as a result of the sea incursion in the community. The traditional ruler of the community, the Olugbo of Ugbo, Oba Fredrick Akinruntan, made the call during the inauguration of Molute/Jinrinwo Development Trust Fund in Ugbo. Akinruntan said that without urgent intervention by the government, the community would go into extinction in a couple of years. He also lamented that…