Bandits Kills ‘Many Soldiers’, Display Armed Personnel Carrier, SUVs, Ammunition Captured From Nigerian Military, Photos Militants belonging to the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, have Allegedly killed many Nigerians soldiers in Borno State. According to the group in a statement sighted by SaharaReporters on Monday night, the soldiers were killed recently during different attacks on Nigerian troops along Auno/Jakana Road, Monguno/Cross Kauwa Road, Goniri/Gorigi Road, Gur, Mainok, and Gorigi town. The insurgents also released a picture showing about seven soldiers allegedly killed during one…
Author: Ibom Focus
FOOD BLOCKADE: No Going Back, Afenifere Information reaching our desk that, The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has said nothing will stop its planned campaign against the consumption of beef in the South-West billed for Friday, March 5. Its National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, spoke with SaharaReporters on Tuesday, while reacting to reports that some trucks conveying food items had started moving from the North to the South. Odumakin confirmed partial movement of food trucks from North to the South but noted that the development would not stop the launch of its ‘Anything But Cow Day’ as a response to the…
No Facemasks: Court Sentences 32 People Edo state Court sitting in Benin has sentenced 32 people to community services for violating COVID-19 protocols by not wearing face masks. The Edo state government had made it compulsory for residents to wear face masks and obey other Covid-19 protocols in order to curb and curtail the spread of the deadly virus. According to the Prosecuting Counsel, Uyi Omoruyi, said that the 32 people were arrested within Benin metropolis and they pleaded guilty to the offence. The Chief Magistrate, Rusberth Imafidon, directed the convicts to carry out community services in line with the…
BREAKING: EFCC Finally Goes After Bola Tinubu Information reaching our desk that, The EFCC has requested Bola Tinubu’s asset declaration documents from the Code of Conduct Bureau, Peoples Gazette can report, in a politically-charged inquiry that could see the former Lagos governor and ruling party chieftain arrested and prosecuted before 2023. The anti-graft office in November 2020 asked the asset fraud investigation office to supply details of Mr. Tinubu’s asset documents as part of an ongoing probe of the politician, according to a copy of the request obtained by the Gazette. The request, dated November 6, was a follow-up to…
Trouble As Spiritual Leader Storms Abuja Court In Solidarity With Sowore
BREAKING: UN Base Attack By Jihadists, Trapping 25 Aid Workers Jihadists linked to the Islamic State have attacked a UN base and overrun a humanitarian hub in Borno, trapping 25 aid workers, security and humanitarian sources said. Scores of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters invaded the town of Dikwa in Borno State, dislodging troops from the military base and torching the humanitarian hub, a military source told AFP on Monday. “We have 25 staff sheltering in the bunker which is under siege by the militants… but so far no staff has been affected,” a humanitarian source said, speaking…
Two Men Arrested For Sending Porn To A Married Woman Information reaching our desk that, The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested two men suspected of sending pornographic materials to a married woman. A statement issued by the board’s spokesman, Lawan Ibrahim, on Monday in Kano, said the suspects were traced and arrested after the woman lodged a complaint with the board. The statement said that the married woman had informed the board’s officials that she did not know those sending the messages to her phone. It said that the Commander-General of the board, Harun Ibn-Sina, ordered full investigation into…
FLASH BACK Lady Who Met A Guy On Facebook Got Stranded, Full Details A 25years old lady who got stranded in Kubwa area of Abuja has been helped out by people around the area. She narrated how he met the guy on Facebook on Valentine’s day and promised to visit the guy in Abuja from Lagos State. She only got to Abuja to realize that the guy’s number has been switched off. She continuously dialed the number and all efforts to reach him proved abortive. Initially, the guy simply named as D-Boy has promised the lady, Sandra her transport fare…
BREAKING: Jangebe School Children Regain Freedom Information reaching us that, The kidnapped schoolgirls of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State, have been released, SaharaReporters has gathered. Friday, suspected bandits attacked the school in Talata-Mafara Local Government Area and kidnapped many students. The police in the state said 317 students were kidnapped while the Zamfara State Commissioner of Information, Alhaji Sulaiman Tunau Anka, said the exact number of abducted students was yet to be ascertained. The gunmen were said to have arrived at the school around 1am and loaded the girls in buses.
Jubilation As Movement Of Food Trucks From North To South Resumes Again Jubilation in the heart Of business operators and others as free movement of foodstuffs resumed after some Members of the public are also urged to promptly report anyone found engaged in such atrocious activities to security operatives,” the statement had said. reportedly blocked the Ilorin-Jebba Expressway over the weekend. It was earlier reported that truckloads of food items from the northern parts of the country were denied entry into Kwara State and other states of the South-West zone. Investigation revealed that some Hausa youths stationed at the outskirts…