A Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court, Abuja on Monday, admitted Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and leader of #RevolutionNow movement, bail to bail in the sum of N20 million. The court also admitted Peter Williams, Sanyaolu Juwon, Emmanuel Bulus and Damilare Ademila who were arraigned with Sowore, to bail on liberal terms in the sum of N1 million each. As part of the bail condition for Sowore as granted by Chief Magistrate Marble Segun- Bello, she ordered that one of his sureties must be a Federal civil servant on not less GL 12. Segun-Bello in addition ordered that Sowore…
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Most Rev. Dr. Ignatius Kaigama, Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, has condemned incessant kidnapping of catholic priests and other ministers of God, describing it as molestation of the church. Kaigama, in his homily on Sunday at St. Anthony’s Parish, Yangoji, Abuja, said an act of kidnapping was criminal, ungodly and degrading to humanity. Kaigama, who spoke at a mass to mark Solemnity of Baptism of the Lord, said it should be clear to the kidnapers that the mission of Catholic Church was to bring good news to the needy and poor. “Whatever may be the motive of the kidnappers, monetary…
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has commended the Nigerian military forces for repelling Saturday’s Boko Haram attack on Gujba area of the state. The commendation is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Damaturu by Mamman Mohammed, the Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to the Governor. Buni stated that the determination of the security forces in pursuing the insurgents would change the narratives in the fight against insurgency with positive results. “The resilience and gallantry of the military is highly commendable and must be appreciated to spur them to do more,” he stated. The governor urged Nigerians to…
The Speaker of Delta House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, says he has been certified free from COVID-19 after being down with the disease in the last few weeks. The speaker said this in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Dennis Out, and made available on Sunday in Asaba. Oborevwori, who said that he had been down coronavirus in the last few weeks, said that she was now back on his feet, hale and hearty. “Weeks ago, I experienced overt COVID-19-related symptoms and promptly self-isolated before opting for test. The test result came out positive and medical…
The Ebonyi government has described the killing of three police officers by unknown gunmen at Onueke Police station in Ezza-South Local Government area of the state on Friday as ‘shocking and disheartening’. The Commissioner for Internal Security, Mr Stanley Emegha condemned the act in an interview in Abakaliki on Sunday. NAN reports that two male inspectors of police and a female officer were involved in the incident. Emegha urged security agencies to investigate the matter and bring the perpetrators to book. “The incident is an act of terrorism and Ebonyi people are not known for terrorism. The act is condemnable…
Dangote Industries Ltd, says its cement expansion plan and fertilizer investments are strategies aimed at opening new trade routes for Nigeria under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). President, Dangote Industries Ltd, Mr Aliko Dangote, said this in a statementbon Sunday in Lagos. Recall that the AfCFTA, which took off on Jan. 1, aimed at creating a single market, for the movement of capital, goods, people and investments to further deepen the economic integration of the continent. According to him, the cement company with an installed capacity of 29.3Mta in Nigeria, is targeting an expanded entity in Cameroon. He…
The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi, says a National Personnel Audit, NPA, recently conducted reveals Nigeria has a shortage of 277,537 teachers at the basic level. The audit was conducted on Public and Private Basic Education Schools in the country. In a statement issued by the commission’s spokesperson, Mr David Apeh, and made available to newsmen, in Abuja, on Sunday, Bobboyi said that the NPA indicated that while 73 per cent of those teaching in public schools were qualified teachers, only 53 per cent of teachers in private schools were qualified to teach. “Our hope…
Pope Francis has condemned the storming of the Capitol building in Washington earlier this week and called on people to reject such violence, in a television interview to be broadcast later on Sunday. There will always be people who oppose community, democracy and the common good, the pope said in comments to channel Tg5 shown ahead of the broadcast. He said he had been taken aback by the events in Washington but it was easy to see what had led to them. He urged people to learn from the situation and from history, in order not to repeat it. Such…
Indonesia, on Sunday, detected signals that could come from a flight recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from the capital Jakarta. This is also as human body parts and suspected pieces of the plane were retrieved. The Boeing 737-500 with 62 passengers and crew was headed to Pontianak in West Kalimantan before it disappeared on Saturday from radar screens four minutes after takeoff. It is the first major air crash in Indonesia since 189 passengers and crew were killed in 2018 when a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max in 2018 also…
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, on Saturday, eliminated no fewer than 50 bandits at Kuriya village in Kaura Namoda local government area of Zamfara, Defence Headquarters says. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche said in a statement on Sunday that the troops also recovered 334 rustled livestock from the bandits during the encounter. Enemche said the operation was carried out by the gallant troops with close air support by the air component. The operation followed actionable intelligence on the activities of the bandits in the location. He said that four soldiers were wounded in the encounter. According to…