BREAKING: Nigerian Lecturer Kill In Office A lecturer of the Department of Physical and Health Education at the University of Maiduguri has been killed by unidentified criminals. The lecturer, identified as Dr. Kamal Abdulkadir, was gruesomely murdered in his office at the university on Sunday. According to one of his students, the assailants also took away his vehicle after killing him. At the time of filing this report, authorities from the university did not make any comment. However, ASP Nahum Daso Kenneth, the spokesman of the police in the state said the police is aware of the incident. He also…
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BREAKING: Nigerians Storm Palliatives Warehouse, Loot Bags Of Rice, Others Residents of Kebbi State attacked a government warehouse in the Bayan Kara area of Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, on Saturday night, looting food items. The looters also broke into some private facilities, overpowering the security forces on guard and making off with essential food items. The latest incident in Kebbi State follows a similar event that happened earlier in Abuja and Suleja, Niger State. This looting spree could be attributed to challenging economic conditions stemming from the removal of petrol subsidies and the floating of the naira. Chairman of…
Drama As Father Report Son As Motorcycle Thief To Nigerian Police The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a motorcycle thief after the father of the suspect reported to the police. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Monday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “On March 29, we received information from the father of the suspect that he saw his son, Sani Nafiu, with a motorcycle suspected to have been stolen, that the motorcycle was stolen from Abuja.” He explained that on receipt of the information, police operatives arrested the suspect of Tijjani Kaya quarters in…
FLASHBACK: Hold Me Responsible If El-Rufai Fails Kaduna State, Gov Sani Said Over World Bank Loan It appears Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has scored an own goal when he lampooned his predecessor, Nasir El-Rufai over loans the latter obtained for the state when he was a senator. Sani, who was a political disciple of El-Rufai and was anointed to take over the state few years later, stood ‘surety’ for the former FCT minister as chairman Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, in 2020, when the Senate was considering granting El-Rufai’s application for loan. In fact, Sani…
Man Kills Elder Brother Over ‘Sholi’ The police command in Bauchi has arrested Isyaku Babale, 30, of Anguwan Dawaki in Bauchi Metropolis, for stabbing his brother to death. The spokesperson for the command, SP Ahmed Wakil, said this in a statement on Sunday. He said the suspect was arrested following a report received by the divisional police officer, Township Police Station, Bauchi, and detectives from the division were drafted to the scene immediately. “They rushed the victim to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), but he was certified dead by a medical doctor. The development prompted the detectives to initiate…
Akwa Ibom: Asoebi Girls Caught Stealing Towels From Hotel On Saturday, March 30, 2023, at a hotel in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, guests at a wedding reception were left in shock after an altercation broke out between the bride and groom. The bride’s friends, all of whom were wearing asoebi outfits, were accused of stealing towels from the hotel where the bride and groom were staying. When the groom and his friends demanded that the missing towels be returned, the friends denied taking them. An altercation ensued, and the groom accused his wife of befriending dishonest. As the situation…
Peter Obi Introduced 2 Dangerous Things Into Politics – Say Tinubu’s Presidency The Presidency has accused the 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, of introducing “two dangerous things” into Nigerian politics in the last elections. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, accused Obi of flaming religion and ethnicity during the last elections in Nigeria. Onanuga declared that Tinubu’s administration is not focused or concerned with Obi and his followers, the Obidients. Featuring on Mic On with Seun Okinbaloye, the presidential aide assured that Tinubu’s administration remained focused and undistracted. He said: “As of…
Panic As Man Dies Inside Car During Church Service A middle-aged man named AJ was discovered dead in his car in Mechanic Village in Lagos State’s Idimu region on Friday, causing concern. The deceased was attending a Good Friday service at a local church when the tragedy occurred. The late AJ, a church member, apparently left the ceremony to pick up something from his car, which was parked on the premises. An eyewitness who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity stated that another member who saw him in the car some moments later expressed pleasantries with him…
FG Puts Presidential Jets For Sale Information reaching Ibom Focus says that FG Puts Presidential Jets For Sale Three Presidential Air Fleet (PAF) jets are set to be auctioned, according to reports from the weekend. An official told our correspondent that this is one of the cost-cutting measures implemented by the Tinubu administration. The fleet currently consists of ten aircraft—six jets and four helicopters—which will be reduced to seven if the planned action is carried out. During President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the proposal to sell two planes from the fleet was not realized. In October 2016, a Dassault Falcon 7x…
Governor Sani, El-Rufai In Serious War Over Kaduna Debt The simmering rift between the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State Malam Nasir El-Rufai and his successor incumbent Governor Senator Uba Sani which came to the fore over the weekend over the debt profile of the state, assumed a new dimension yesterday as the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State suspended its women leader, Hajiya Maryam Suleiman over an alleged defamation of the character of the governor. The suspended women leader is a known loyalist of el-Rufai, who is one of the leaders of the party in the state. Sources…