Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state on Tuesday, accused some members of the traditional institution in the state of being compromised, thereby posing threats to the lives and property of the people. The governor made the accusation in Darazo local government area of the state, while distributing some empowerment items and cash to youth and women in the area. He warned that henceforth, anyone found wanting would be seriously dealt with, adding that the state government would no longer tolerate any compromise that would keep endangering the lives and property of its citizens. Mohammed assured that the government was prepared…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Nigerians to disregard a letter purportedly suspending Sen. Rochas Okorocha, a former Imo governor, from the party as fake. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), made the call in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He described the said letter as fake and the handiwork of fifth columnists who were prepared to cause crisis within the party. “It has come to the attention of the APC National Secretariat that a fake letter of a purported suspension of Sen. Rochas Okorocha from the party is circulating in…
The police in Bayelsa on Wednesday launched a ”discreet” investigation into the alleged killing of an undergraduate of the Niger Delta University (NDU), murdered by her soldier boyfriend. SP Asinmin Butswait, Police Public Relations’ Officer in Bayelsa in a statement said that Mr Mike Okoli, the Commissioner of Police, gave the order in Yenogoa. The police have recovered the decomposing corpse of the 23-year-old victim, Jennifer Ugadu, a second year student in the faculty of Education. ”The corpse was discovered on July 13. Preliminary investigation reveals that the deceased was shot in her apartment by her boyfriend, James Matol, who…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded 154 new COVID-19 cases. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Wednesday morning. The new infections indicate a decline from the 161 cases recorded a day earlier. The NCDC said Lagos State, the epicentre of the deadly virus recorded 119 cases, followed by Akwa Ibom-11, Rivers-six, Ekiti-four, Ogun-four, the FCT and Gombe reported two each while, Kwara state registered one. “Our report include; five cases from Oyo state for July, 11,” it stated. The centre noted that 147 people who recovered from the infections have been discharged from isolation…
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is a lucky country and Nigerians should congratulate themselves despite facing challenges that could have torn them apart. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari stated this when he received the report of the National Security Summit held on May 26, by the House of Representatives. The report was submitted by a team of House members, led by the Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday. President Buhari urged leaders to respect the people, from the lowest to the highest, “so that it becomes a duty to…
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is ready to use everything within its powers to end insecurity in the country and bring perpetrators of criminal activities to book. The president stated this at a Presidential Dinner with the 469 members of the National Assembly, held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, on Tuesday. According to him, insecurity, manifesting as insurgencies, banditry, kidnapping and urban crime of all sorts is the single most difficult challenge facing the nation. He expressed concern that insecurity had inhibited government’s ability to build infrastructure, provide the much needed social services to the people, and…
Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday, announced the allocation of land for the domestication of the federal government’s RUGA project in the state. He made the announcement when he visited the minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Nanono in Abuja on Tuesday. The governor informed the Minister that he had already approved the allocation of land in Borno for the ruga project that is under the National Livestock Development Plan. He explained that in addition to the ongoing ranching project (ruga) sited in the central part of Borno, the state was in another collaborative project that would be…
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday, slammed an indefinite suspension on the lone People’s Democratic Party, PDP member, Jimoh Raheem. The suspension of the member representing Ilorin South Constituency, was said to be over alleged Contempt/Abuse of Privilege. The suspension followed a motion by the House Leader, Abubakar Olawoyin during Tuesday plenary. According to Olawoyin said in the motion that the Assembly is an institution that must be respected. The House Leader accused Agboola of making a comment on a radio programme that suggested calling out the masses to stage a protest against the government and the House…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, re-arraigned a former Governor of Kaduna state, Muktar Yero, before Justice M.G Umar of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, on an eight-count amended charge of money laundering. Yero is being prosecuted by the EFCC alongside Nuhu Wya (a former minister), Ishaq Hamsa (a former Secretary to Kaduna State Government) and Abubakar Haruna (a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state) for their alleged involvement in the sharing of N700 million said to have been provided by former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke to influence the outcome…
Airstrikes by the Nigerian Airforce on Monday, killed at least, 120 armed bandits at Sububu Forest in Zamfara state, PRNigeria learnt. The airstrikes were executed, after some locals alerted security personnel on the arrival and movements of a large number of bandits within Sububu axis. An intelligence operative told PRNigeria that a reconnaissance aircraft was deployed for spotting, collection of imagery and observation of the bandits, before precision airstrikes were carried out on the targets. “Following an intelligence, on 12 July 2021, that groups of bandits were amassing around Sububu, Jajani and Dammaka, a reconnaissance aircraft was dispatched to recce…