By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri Borno State Police Command on Saturday night, engaged critical stakeholders in a peacebuilding meeting at the command’s headquarters in Maiduguri, to forestall any unrest that might disrupt the peace of the ravaged state of the North-East sub-region, following the eruption of protest in Sokoto state as a result of the arrest of two persons linked to the murder of Deborah Samuel for alleged blasphemy. The Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar said shortly after the meeting with stakeholders that an intelligence report indicated that certain elements were already gearing up for a shutdown in the city in…
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Fake news and hate speech are escalating the already tensed situation in Sokoto, following the gruesome killing of a female student, Deborah Samuel over alleged blasphemy and the subsequent violent protest in Sokoto State, PRNigeria reports. One of the fake news items was shared by the Catholic Broadcast Commission Nigeria on its Facebook page that has over 90,000 followers. The CBC made a post earlier that the Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese, Matthew Kukah’s house was set ablaze by rioters. The post read: “Carnage in Sokoto today: Aftermath of violent protest in Sokoto today. Holy Family Catholic Cathedral, Bishop Kukah’s…
As the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary elections draws closer, the party’s panel headed by Ambassador Usman Baraya on Sunday, screened Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello for the Niger North Senatorial District. The screening exercise was carried out at the Fraser Suites, Abuja. Speaking shortly after the screening, Sani Bello described the exercise as seamless. He expressed delight over the smooth conduct of the exercise and commended the screening panel for a job well done, while explaining that going through the procedure is an experience. “It is well organized, you can see the environment and I am happy about…
South Asia was in the grip of an extreme heatwave on Friday, with parts of Pakistan reaching a temperature of 50 degrees Celsius as officials warned of acute water shortages and a health threat, AFP has reported. Swathes of Pakistan and neighbouring India have been smothered by high temperatures since April in extreme weather that the World Meteorological Organization has warned is consistent with climate change. On Friday, the city of Jacobabad in Sindh province hit 50C (122 degrees Fahrenheit), the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said, with temperatures forecast to remain high until Sunday. “It’s like fire burning all around,”…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has sued President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to probe the allegations that over N1.48 trillion had been spent on the maintenance of four non functioning refineries. SERAP in the suit number FHC/L/CS/806/2022 filed last week at the Federal High Court Lagos, claimed that the funds purported to have been spent between 2015 and 2020 may have been stolen, mismanaged or diverted into private pockets. According to SERAP in a statement by Kolawole Oluwadare, its assistant director on Sunday, the federal government spent N10.23 billion in June 2020 on three refineries that produced…
In the wake of tension following alleged case of blasphemy and the killing of a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, the Niger state governor and Chairman North Central Governors Forum (NCGF), Abubakar Sani Bello has appealed to Nigerians for calm. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mary Noel-Berje on Sunday, also directed the police and other security agencies in the state, to deal decisively with any individual or groups, who attempt to exploit the current situation to foment trouble. Deborah was buried in Tungan Magajiya, Rijau local government area of…
ASHENEWS – May 15, 2022: The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 203, 879 tablets of various pharmaceutical opioids and illicit substances in raids across Abia, Kaduna, Yobe and Kogi States. The NDLEA said this in a statement by its spokesperson, Mr Fem Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the agency also foiled fresh bids by drug cartels to export Tramadol, Ecstasy MDMA and Cannabis to Milan, Italy and Dubai, United Arab Emirates through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. He said that five members of a syndicate, in the business of conducting fake…
As discussions around the killing of a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Deborah Samuel Yakubu rage on, renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has said that the Holy Prophet Muhammad, was insulted by non Muslims at several points during his lifetime but refused to attack or even kill persons who assassinated his characters. Gumi made the comment during a religious teaching in his Kaduna Juma’at mosque. The Kaduna-based scholar, in a video clip obtained and translated by PRNigeria, said the prophet’s refusal to avenge the insults that non-Muslims were raining on him while he was alive,…
By Samuel Owooso The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), has alerted Nigerians that hackers can now unlock to steal vehicles. This was contained in a statement titled: “Hackers can unlock, steal your vehicles, NCC alerts Nigerians” signed by the director, public affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde on Sunday. According to NCC, the ongoing cyber-vulnerability allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and make away with cars. The latest NCC advisory is released by the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), the Cybersecurity Centre for the telecom sector established by the Commission. “The fact that car remotes are categorized…
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has said that university unions would consider the intervention of the Nigeria Interreligious Council (NIREC) and call off the lingering strike of university workers. The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke made this known through the ASUU’s Twitter handle @ASUU_NGN. According to him, that the unions would consider the appeal and make its decision known. He confirmed that NIREC appealed to the striking unions on Thursday, which he said were not new to ASUU. “It is an appeal and our members would consider it. It is not a request but…