The Kaduna state givernment says suspected bandits have killed two and injured six residents in Chikun and Kajuru local government areas of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday. Aruwan said security agencies reported that bandits invaded Mazari, a community close to Buruku in Chikun local government area of the state. According to the report, one person was killed in the attack and three others injured. He disclosed that in another incident, bandits attacked Doka village in Kajuru local government, killed one person and injured three…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has advised that popular Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James (alias Baba Ijesha), should be charged with child molestation. A statement signed by the Attorney-General of Lagos State, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), and made available to newsmen on Tuesday said that a prima-facie case had been established against the embattled actor. “After due consideration of the facts in the case file, the DPP issued legal advice on the 4th of May, 2021, to the effect that a prima-facie case has been disclosed against Mr Olanrewaju James, and recommended he be charged under the following…
The United Nations has disclosed that no fewer than 22,000 Nigerian children get infected with HIV annually. The UN system made the statement on Tuesday, at the National dialogue meeting for the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Nigeria otherwise known as vertical transmission of HIV. Speaking on behalf of the UN was Mr Claes Johansson, Chief of management for results, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), who described the meeting as a crucial one for Nigeria to continue onward dialogue on what can be done and the ways of eliminating the vertical transmission of HIV. “We are…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba has deployed CP Abutu Yaro from Zamfara police command to Imo, as the new Commissioner. A statement by the spokesperson of the Force Headquarters, CP Frank Mba on Tuesday, also said Hussain Rabiu has been posted to replace Yaro in Zamfara command. The statement added that Nasiru Mohammed from who Yaro took over in Imo, has been posted to Western Port Authority in Lagos. Mba stated that the deployment was in line with the efforts of the police leadership to strengthen security, tackle violent crimes and enhance optimal coordination of policing operations…
The Nigerian Air Force on Monday, neutralized a group of bandits congregating in a location to carry out attacks in Birnin Gwari local government government area, following credible intelligence information. The Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs had on Sunday, 2nd May 2021 received intelligence of bandits congregating at the outskirts of Kugu in the local government area, which is also proximal to some villages in Shiroro local government of Niger state. A statement by the Kaduna state Commissioner of the Ministry, Samuel Aruwan on Tuesday said “On receipt of the intelligence – which was dispatched to the military…
The House of Representatives has pledged to appropriate more funds for the Army University Biu, located in Borno state. The Chairman of the Committee on Army, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas told VANGUARD on Tuesday that the committee would push for adequate funding of the institution in order to produce highly skilled security manpower, to tackle the menace of insecurity in the nation. “Going by the importance of that university in wiping out security challenges in the country in a short and long run, we are working hard, to ensure adequate funding for it; though it was established before the Act, came…
The Director General of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba has said no genetically modified (GM) beans or fruits is on sale in Nigerian market. He stated this when he addressed newsmen media on the state of Biosafety in Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday. “I want to restate here that the fruits and beans available in the Nigerian market presently are not genetically modified as insinuated rather they are either hybrids or improved.” According Ebegba, the federal government through NBMA, is always poised to protect the health of its citizens and the environment by providing case by…
The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has dismissed six year application number ECW/CCJ/JUD/08/21, filed by the registered trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the federal government of Nigeria. In a judgment delivered on 26th April, 2021, the Court presided over by Justice Edward Asante and two other members including Justice Gberi-Be Outtara and Justice Januaria Silva Costa, declared the application inadmissible. SERAP had on 4th April, 2016, filed an application at the ECOWAS against “violation of human rights of Nigerians and other individuals”, through its solicitors Olufunmilola Falana,…
Jose Mourinho has been appointed coach of Roma as from next season in succession of Paulo Fonseca, the Serie A club said on Tuesday. The 58-year-old Mourinho has won 25 major titles in his coaching career, highlighted by the UEFA Champions League success of 2004 with FC Porto. He also won the treble in 2010 with Inter Milan, the other Italian club he has coached. The Portuguese had to go two weeks ago at Tottenham Hotspur, and is now to turn the fortunes of Roma from 2021/2022 onwards on a three-year contract. “We are thrilled and delighted to welcome Jose…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday, begun a five-day training of trainers on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for Gender-Based Violence Survivors (GBVS) amidst COVID-19 and insecurity. The Programme Coordinator and Head of Office, UNFPA Decentralized Office for Northern Nigeria, Ms Mariama Darboemade this known in an interview in Kaduna on Tuesday. Darboe said that the participants consisted of medical doctors, social and frontline workers working directly with GBVS in Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna and Sokoto States. Others, according to her, are civil society organisations and officials from ministries of health and women affairs from the states. She…