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Governor of Katsina State,Alhaji Bello Masari, governor of Katsina state, says the abduction of some students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, was “conducted and executed” by local bandits, contrary to the claim of Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram. On December 11, gunmen invaded the school, shooting into the air to scare away people…
A one time Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Sani Yarima Bakura has declared his intention to contest for president in 2023. Yarima made his intention known at a press conference in Abuja, where he stated that the time was right after he buried his ambition severally in the past. He also dismissed claims of zoning…
Justice N.I. Buba of the Federal High Court, Enugu, Enugu State, committed Dr Isidore Ojukwu Nwankwo to prison for fraud. Nwankwo, former Rector, Enugu Polytechnic, Ndeabor, Ani-Nri, Local Government Area, was prosecuted by the Enugu Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on six-counts charges, bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money under…
The Executive Director, Risk Management Directorate, Keystone Bank Limited, Alhaji Tijjani Aliyu, has been appointed the patron of members of the Lokoja Indigenous Newspaper Publishers and Bloggers, (LINPB), of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi State Council. The chairman of the LINPN, Alhaji Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab, stated this in a statement issued yesterday…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, suggested that he sacked a former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika, because he (Ihejirika) was not doing the right thing. Jonathan said he was not under any pressure to sack Ihejirika from office, adding that he cannot sack a person who is doing the right thing no…
Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s First Lady, has reportedly abandoned the Aso Rock Presidential Villa for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, over security concerns. The First Lady has not returned to the country since September after the wedding of her daughter, Hanan. Mrs. Buhari has spent three months in Dubai and not in a hurry to return,…
In his quest to enhance security on inland waterways, the Managing Director National Inland Waterways Authority ,Dr George Moghalu, has assured the presidential Amnesty Program coordinator,Col. Milland Dikio Dixion (Rtd) of NIWA quest to enhance security on inland Waterways in Niger Delta Area. Moghalu made the promised during a courtesy visit to the co-ordinator of…
The Executive Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State, Hon. Muhammed Dan’Asebe Muhammed, on Tuesday witnessed the swearing in of the 10 councillors newly elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the local council elections held on Saturday, December 12. The swearing-in and oaths of allegiance were administered by the…
Protocols. First and foremost, I would like to give gratitude to Almighty Allah for His infinite mercy on us and for sparing our lives andmaking it possible to witness this epoch-making ceremony. In the same vein, I wish to use this occasion to appreclateOur dynamic, workaholic, pragmatic and the youngest Governor in Nigeria, His Excellency,…
Following the defection of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara to the All Progressives Congress, PDP, the Bauchi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the Court to declare his seat vacant. Dogara, who represents Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal constituency, was elected on the platform of the PDP. The…
