Boko Haram terrorists, on Saturday killed 43 farmers in Kwashebe Zamarmari of Jere local government area of Borno state. The victims were harvesting rice when the terrorists unexpectedly pounced in the latest episode of insecurity across the country. The terrorists were said to have tied up the victims of the latest attack before slitting their throats. Forty three dead bodies have been recovered, all of them slaughtered, along with six others with serious injuries,” said militia leader Babakura Kolo, who helped the survivors. “It is no doubt the handiwork of Boko Haram who operate in the area and frequently attack…
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American news-based television channel, Cable Network News (CNN), has retracted its initial report, which claimed that troops of the Nigerian Army killed 38 EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos state. Dubbed “Lekki Massacre”, PRNigeria reports that the incident which occurred on October 20, 2020, is fraught of lots of misinformation, disinformation and fake news to which a lot of reputable local and international media organizations, were found culpable, including CNN and the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC. After heated controversy and strategic interventions, CNN has officially backtracked its initial report via a tweet on its Twitter handle which was…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi The people of Duguri community in Alkaleri local government area of Bauchi state have called on the state government to, as a matter of urgency, establish a hospital to treat patients with snake bite. AsheNews reports that the hospital built by Senator, now governor Bala Mohammed some years back, is yet to be put to use, a situation that has forced snake bite victims to travel to Kaltungo in Gombe or Kanamycin in Plateau, for treatment. Rabiatu Adamu was bitten by a snake eight weeks ago while on her way back from the farm with friends.…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on December 1 roll out the autogas scheme in Abuja as the Federal government moves to create alternative fuel for automobiles and other prime movers in Nigeria. Dr Mohammed Ibrahim, Chairman, National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP), made the announcement at a meeting with media stakeholders on Saturday in Lagos. Ibrahim said the autogas scheme and deepening domestic utilisation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) would create about 12.5 million direct and indirect jobs for Nigerians. He disclosed that cars in the presidential fleet had been converted to run on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)…
The Governor of Central Bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Friday expressed optimism that Nigeria could emerge from recession by the first quarter of 2021. He also projected a GDP growth of 2.0 percent in 2021. Emefiele spoke at the 55th Annual Bankers Dinner organised by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) in Lagos. The first ever blended bankers dinner where participants joined both physically and virtually, was powered by CBN, all Nigerian Banks and Nigeria Deposit Insurance Commission. The event saw CBN governor giving an insight into the actions of the apex regulatory body in the present year…
The police command in Ekiti on Friday confirmed the killing of a police officer as gunmen allegedly abducted a Chinese expatriate in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The abductee was one of the engineers working with the Chinese company handling the new Ado-Iyin road. The Command Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on telephone, said the incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. along the new Ado Ekiti-Iyin Ekiti road. He said that the abducted Chinese was one of the Engineers handling the new road network project awarded by the present administration. Abutu said…
Two state governors on Friday night in Abuja received the 2020 Peace Achievers International Awards. The recipients were Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State and Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that award ceremony of the ninth edition of the annual event was held at the Nigerian Air Force Conference Centre. Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, Alhaji Abubakar Mallami, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and Alhaji Manir Dan’iya, the Deputy Governor of Sokoto State were also named among the Peace Achievers ‘Roll-Call.’ The Governors of Nasarawa and Kano States both received…
Six people have been confirmed dead in an accident which involved a truck and a Honda Pilot Jeep in the Ogere area on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. One other person was badly injured in the accident. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed on Saturday in Abeokuta. According to Umar, the incident happened around 7 a.m. and was caused by excessive speeding on the part of the jeep driver. The sector commander explained that eight men and a woman were involved in the accident, noting that five of the men and the woman succumbed.…
John Effiong Etim, a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today narrated how a Point of Sale, PoS, fraud suspect, Austin Christopher Essiet, who is standing trial before Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court Sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State for stealing N150,000 was apprehended. Led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Agbo S. Abuh, Etim who runs a PoS business, told the court that the defendant made fraudulent withdrawals on two occasions, through cardless transfer on the PoS issued to him by Access Bank, forcing the bank to freeze his account. He said following…
Abubakar Mohammed Sani, a serving Deputy Comptroller of Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, was today arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Hadiza Sabi’u Shagari of the Federal High Court Katsina on a six count charge of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretense. The defendant allegedly used his position as an officer of the Katsina Command of the Nigerian Prisons Service (as it then was) and obtained a total sum of N2,850,000 from some persons under the guise of helping them secure employment into the Prison Service. Upon receipt of the complaints against the Officer, the Commission…