FLASHBACK; 2012: Buhari Reveals Boko Haram Sponsors Back in 2012 when President Muhammadu Buhari was still finding a way to fulfill his ambition as Nigeria president, Muhammadu Buhari, a presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), had revealed the sponsors of Boko Haram group terrorizing the country. Buhari Reveals Boko Haram Sponsors President Buhari allegedly accused the leadership of former President Goodluck Jonathan as the biggest sponsor of Boko Haram in an interview in 2012 He wondered why the Jonathan- led government, with all the military and resources, could not end the insurgency and was calling upon him…
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Abuja: Abandoned Newborn Baby Found In Public Latrine, Photos A yet-to-be-identified woman has dumped a newborn baby boy in an abandoned pit latrine at Bako village, Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Abandoned Newborn Baby A resident of the community, Ishaya James, said the incident happened around 8:12 pm after a man, identified as Bitrus, who went to defecate near the abandoned toilet, discovered the baby. He said the cry of the baby attracted the man, who alerted other members of the community. He said the police were called, and they rescued the baby. Read Also: Isa…
Govt Employs Dogs To Secure Boarding Schools Insecurity: Govt Employs Dogs To Secure Boarding Schools The Katsina State Government have approved the employment of dogs by the security personnel deployed to secure the state’s boarding schools. This went, according to the Katsina State Commissioner for Education, Dr Badamasi Lawal Charanchi is to complement the efforts of the security personnel attached to each boarding schools. “We were advised to deploy these dogs at each school because they have special abilities to detect intruder faster than human beings in many instances. “These dogs, when deployed will alert the students and other security…
Unpaid Salaries: Workers Block Nasarawa Deputy Governor’s Convoy Aggrieved workers in the Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Friday staged a protest over the non-payment of their two months’ salaries and the alleged disappearance of N20million deducted from their salaries by the Federal Mortgage Housing Scheme. Workers Block Nasarawa Deputy According to Daily Trust, the workers blocked the convoy of the Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, who is an indigene of Doma. Akabe, alongside the embattled Council Chairman, Mr. Rabo Sani, had met with the workers to plead with them to remain calm. Workers Block Nasarawa Deputy They…
2015: Real Reason Northerners Did Not Support Jonathan Finally Exposed. Why Northerners Did Not Support Jonathan? A Former Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, has given reasons why Northern Governors refused to support former President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid in 2015. He said it was because they felt the North would be disadvantaged if Jonathan returned to power. Speaking in Minna on Friday, Aliyu claimed there had been an agreement that Jonathan would complete the remaining tenure of former President Musa Yar’adua’s tenure and contest the 2011 election as a sole candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said…
6 Shot Dead At Drinking Joint. The police say not less than persons have been killed during an attack by gunmen on a beer parlour in Wereng in the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The police spokesperson in the state, Ubah Ogaba, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday in Jos. According to Mr Ogaba, the incident occurred on Thursday night at the drinking joint. 6 Shot Dead At Drinking “The command is aware of the unfortunate attack at a beer parlour in Wedrreng village of Riyom where six persons lost their lives. “The Commissioner of Police,…
Full List: 9 Governors Diverting Local Government Funds, NULGE Set For Protests. Information reaching us that, 9 Governors Diverting Local Government Funds The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees has alleged that about nine governors are diverting local government funds in violation of the guideline issued by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit in May 2019. 9 Governors Diverting Local Government Funds The union said on Friday that the governors’ actions were depriving the people of the benefits that they should ordinarily have access to, as it threatened to shut down the 774 councils in the country if their demands were…
7 Soldiers Arrested For Supplying Weapons, Others To Bandits. Information reaching us that 7 Soldiers Arrested For Supplying Weapons The Zamfara State Government has revealed that seven serving military officers have been arrested by the state police command for conniving with bandits and supplying logistics and weapons to them. The state Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Magaji Dosara, disclosed this in Gusau, adding that nine military bulletproofs, four sets of military camouflage uniforms and a Nigerian Army Identity card were some of the exhibits recovered by the police from the bandits and their collaborators. The commissioner explained that the military personnel…
We Needs More Funds For ‘Broke’ NDDC, Akpabio Senator Godswill Akpabio, Niger Delta Affairs Minister, said, on Friday, that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was broke, and asked that its funding be improved to enhance the infrastructural development of the region. Funds For ‘Broke’ NDDC, Akpabio Akpabio, in his keynote address during the NDDC strategic capacity building workshop in Uyo, said the funding system was poor because budgetary provisions for the commission were staggered and did not come as and when due Similarly, the minister called for the amendment of the laws establishing the agency should the need arise,…
2021: Top 10 Richest Politicians In Nigeria. The top 10 Richest Politicians in Nigeria 2021 list has been compiled So, who are the richest politicians in Nigeria? In every state or country of the world, there is a government that controls the affairs of the state/country. 10 Richest Politicians In Nigeria. This government is often made up of people called politicians. They hold different posts in the government and they all have a common goal That goal is to serve the people by bringing development and well-being to them. 10 Richest Politicians In Nigeria. Read Also: Woman Kills Her 3-Year-Old…