Gunmen attacked Dong Community in Jos South local government area of Plateau on Sunday and killed seven persons. “At about 8 p.m. on Sunday, we received a distress call that gunmen invaded Dong Village and killed seven persons, police spokesperson in Plateau, ASP Ubah Ogaba, said in a statement issued on Monday in Jos. “A combined team of policemen, personnel of Operation Safe Haven, and vigilance operatives, raced to the scene but the hoodlums had fled into the bush. “Investigation is on-going, frantic effort is on to arrest the fleeing suspects. “Meanwhile security has been beefed up in that area…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto has announced the passing on of one of his Commissioner, Arkiza Tureta. The announcement is contained in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Monday. “With sublime submission to the will of Allah (SWT), on behalf of the government and good people of Sokoto state, I hereby announce the death of our Commissioner for Agriculture, Muhammad Arzika Tureta (1959-2021). “Tureta, who had variously served as Commissioner in the state before his last appointment, battled with protracted illness recently, died yesterday night. “An agricultural entrepreneur, administrator and politician, he attended Ahmadu Bello…
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) has published the names of a total 90 returning traveling Nigerians and foreigners who evaded the mandatory seven-day quarantine for persons arriving from restricted countries. A statement by the PSC Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha on Sunday, revealed that the erring persons comprised 63 Nigerians and 27 foreigners. The committee had issued a travel advisory on May 1 for passengers arriving in Nigeria from Brazil, India, and Turkey, as measures taken to mitigate the risk of importation of variants of concern and break the chain of transmission to…
The federal government has directed public buildings and facilities to fly the National Flag half-mast in honour of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other military officers. The fag will fly half-mast from Monday to Wednesday, according to a statement. The statement issued in Abuja by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha said that President Muhammad Buhari gave the directive. The statement said that the directive is to honour Attahiru and other 10 senior military officers who lost their lives in the plane crash on May 21. Boss said that the president…
Bandits have killed 20 people and injured many others when they attacked five communities in two local government areas of Zamfara state. Residents of the affected communities confirmed the attacks and the casualties to ChannelsTV in an interview on Sunday. According to the report, the gunmen who invaded the communities in large numbers on Saturday afternoon and started shooting sporadically, killing innocent residents in the process. The affected communities – Gabaken, Rigiya, Donroyi, Torawa, and Riwoji are located in Zurmi and Kaura Namoda local government areas of the state. “They (the bandits) attacked a village called Gabaken and killed five…
Gunmen on Saturday, killed the kindred head of Tse Ancha and nine other persons in Agan council ward, Makurdi local government area of Benue state. While the spokesperson for the Benue state police command, Sewuese Anene confirmed the attack via a text message, a resident of Tse Ancher and a journalist attached to the Benue state government house, who does not want his name mentioned also confirmed the attack to ChannelsTV. “The attackers started their operation at Tse Ancha and almost penetrated down to my school before some Youths with local weapons like machete and arrows stopped them but they…
The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), USA Chapter, has called on the Federal Government to urgently probe the recent recurring military plane crashes in the country. NIDO, in a statement by its Chairman, Dr Eromosele Idahosa, and the Executive Director, Ms Patience Key, on Sunday said the incident was a “national disaster”, adding a thorough probe is necessary to avert future occurrences. The statement said there was the need to unravel the root causes of the crashes, expressing worry that the Nigerian Army had in the past three months recorded three plane crashes. In February, a NAF aircraft crashed in…
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of founder of the NASCO Group, Ahmed Nasreddin, as “a great loss not only to Plateau State, but also to the entire country”. The president made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday. Buhari noted that “the pioneering role of the industrialist in the development of agriculture in Northern Nigeria since 1963 was a historic giant stride for which he would never be forgotten. ”Late Nasreddin was a man of vision who built the company from strength to…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has said that the 2021 first quarter 0.40 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increase, though a pleasant surprise, is not reflective of the manufacturing sector current realities. The Director-General of LCCI, Dr Musa Yusuf said this in reaction to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) GDP Q1 2021 report on Sunday, in Lagos. According to the report, the nation’s GDP rose from 0.11 per cent in fourth quarter of 2020 to 0.51 per cent in first quarter of 2021, translating to a 0.40 per cent increase. Yusuf said the recovery of…
The Police Command in Zamfara on Sunday said several bandits were neutralised in the state on Saturday night when criminals attempted to attack Magami village of Gusau local government area. This is contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Shehu Mohammed, in Gusau. “Yesterday night, the command received a report that bandits in their large numbers stormed Magami town in Gusau LGA with intent to attack the community. “The Commissioner of Police, CP Hussaini Rabiu, directed Police Tactical units, comprising of PMF/CTU/Special forces and Operation Puff Adder based in the area to…