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The Niger State Government on Tuesday started the demolition of illegal structures on roads in Minna, the state capital. The Acting General Manager, Niger State Urban Development Board, Muhammed Bawa, told newsmen in Minna that the exercise, which started from the state capital, would extend to other urban cities in the state. He said the…
As you celebrate today 17th, February 2021 as the day you were born, Engineer Danladi Muhammad Yahya Farouk, Forget the past; it is gone. Do not think of the future; it has not come. But live in the present because it’s a gift and that’s why it’s called the present. Be happy, for today; you…
Lokoja Forum of Patriots has on Saturday visited the Dan Darma of Lokoja,Barr Naseer Ahmed in Abuja. Spokesman of the forum, Alh Nda Umar, told Barr Ahmed that the visit was to thanked him for chairing the 2019 Boat Rigatta and intimate him on the level of preparations towards 2021 edition. “We are here led…
Bandits have killed a student of Government Science College Kagara in Niger State and abducted several others, including teachers. The attack on the school occured at about 2am on Wednesday. Details of the incident is still sketchy but the Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) Alhaji Ibrahim Inga confirmed the incident….
The Kano State Hisbah has set up a five-man committee to investigate one of its operatives, Sani Rimo, who was allegedly caught with a married woman in a hotel room. The Commander-General of Hisbah, Harun Ibn-Sina, confirmed that the committee was given a 3-day mandate to investigate the matter. “I have set up an investigative…
The Senate has commenced an amendment to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 2004 with a view to close the loopholes in the drug law. The move began in earnest on Tuesday with the consideration of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2021, presently before the National Assembly. The bill,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said he was acting in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act 2004.Bawa, 40, is a…
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Monday raised the alarm that soldiers are now targets of bandits in the Northwest geo-political zone. The bandits are becoming bolder; they attack military camps and ambush those on patrol, he said. The governor, who praised the gallantry of the Armed Forces, lamented the killings of soldiers on duty….
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command at the weekend arrested Sobola Olatunji, 46, a staff of Remo North Local Government for stabbing his 38 years old wife to death on mere suspicion of infidelity. The suspect was arrested following a complaint by the father of the deceased, Alhaji Ambali Yinusa who reported at Owode-Egba…
Governor Nasir El Rufai has given reasons why Fulani herdsmen who go into banditry ever repent Hear him “My administration is at war with the bandits and so we cannot negotiate. Eliminating them is the only solution to banditry. “I never believed that a Fulani herdsman who ventured into banditry and is collecting millions of…
