A 33-year-old suspect, Hassan Ebere, has revealed how he sold 6,000 dead poultry to residents of Maiduguri for five years so as to raise money for his livelihood since he lost his father. Ebere made the revelation while speaking after being paraded by the Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), on Wednesday. “I usually go to the Ngadabul river, behind Borno Radio Television (BRTV) complex, to pick the carcasses of poultry that are thrown away from poultry farms. “So every week, I pick at least ten or even more than that, then process it and…
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The United States (U.S.) National Guard has been deployed to the capital, Washington after pro-Trump protesters stormed the Capitol Building to protest the results of the country’s November presidential election, according to the White House press secretary. “At President @realDonaldTrump’s direction, the National Guard is on the way along with other federal protective services. “We reiterate President Trump’s call against violence and to remain peaceful,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany wrote in a Tweet. The U.S. Capitol building is on lockdown and the debate over whether to certify the results of the November U.S. presidential election, which president-elect Joe…
U.S. President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter, his megaphone, to execute damage control after his supporters invaded the Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Congress was meeting to certify the election of Joe Biden when thousands of Trump’s supporters breached the building, forcing a lockdown with lawmakers inside. “I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! “Remember, WE are the Party of Law and Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. “Thank you!,” the president tweeted. In a similar tweet at the start of the breach earlier, Trump pleaded…
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger, has vowed to deal ruthlessly with traditional rulers and other local collaborators conniving with bandits to wreak havoc on innocent citizens in the state. The governor stated this when he briefed State House correspondents after having a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in the Aso Rock Villa. According to him, the bandits are being invited by some locals to rob and kidnap innocent citizens in the state. He revealed that already some village heads had been apprehended by security agencies for aiding and abetting criminal activities including kidnapping and banditry in…
Nigeria’s national under-17 male football team on Wednesday began their campaign in the WAFU U-17 Tournament with a 1-0 loss to Cote d’Ivoire at the Stade Municipal Stadium in Lome, Togo. The Golden Eaglets started the match on a sluggish note and their Ivorian counterparts duly dominated play. Cote d’Ivoire almost took the lead in the 31st minute but were denied by Nigeria’s goalkeeper Destiny Emuwahem who produced a fine save. The Eaglets gradually grew into the game with their first real opportunity coming in the 37th minute. Joseph Arumala’s low cross into the opponents penalty area did not find the…
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has eliminated several Boko Haram terrorists in an air attack on the Wamdeo-Chul axis in the Southern part of Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja said the air strike also destroyed two gun trucks belonging to the terrorists. Enenche said the feat was achieved on Tuesday, when the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter gunships was deployed to provide close air support to ground troops as they repelled terrorists. He said the terrorists attempted to breach the two locations…
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has confirmed the death of eight persons in another motor accident in Kogi. The casualty figure brings to 22, the number of people that lost their lives in road accidents in the state on Wednesday. The state Sector Commander, Mr Solomon Aghure, had earlier in the day confirmed the death of 14 persons including 11 women and three men in an accident on Lokoja-Kabba road. Aghure said in Lokoja that the second crash occurred on Kabba-Ayere road at about 11:30 p.m. He said that the accident involved a truck and a Toyota Hiace passenger…
Speaker of Kaduna House of Assembly, Yusuf Zailani has challenged a National Assembly, NASS, on quality representation for the people of Kaduna Central senatorial constituency. Speaking in the Hausa language at a stakeholders meeting in Igabi local government of the state, the Speaker said the people of all constituencies expected dividends of democracy from their representatives because of the trust reposed in such representatives. While chiding some politicians who he alleged go into hiding after electing them into office, Zailani said using facilitation of loans for constituents as dividend of democracy, was not an achievement but liabilities hung on their…
Some lawyers in Lagos on Wednesday urged the judiciary to fully implement virtual court sittingas a strategy to control the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. They expressed their views in interviews in Lagos, regretting that the judiciary abandoned virtual court proceedings when COVID-19-induced restrictions were eased. A former Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Ikorodu Branch, Mr Bayo Akinlade, said that virtual court proceedings had not impacted justice delivery as it should. According to Akinlade, virtual or remote court sitting is still a concept that is `hanging out’ there. He said that the concept had yet to be…
The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Pof. Chris Bode on Wednesday has said that the COVID-19 second wave was ravaging our land and claiming many lives. Bode, who made the assertion at a news conference in Lagos, said: “The resurgence of COVID-19, through the newly mutated form, is ravaging our land, claiming many lives. “Unlike what we witnessed in the first wave, this one is even more easily transmitted and deadlier too. “It is, therefore, imperative for everyone, first and foremost, accept that COVID-19 pandemic is not over, and we must prepare to confront it all…