Abubakar Shekau led faction of the terror group Boko Haram has given a week ultimatum to the Federal Government to secure the release of Pastor Bulus Yakuru who was abducted on Christmas eve in Borno State. The Pastor was abducted in an attack in which about seven people were killed at Pemi village of Borno…
The Bauchi State Government has released the sum of N32m for the vaccination of over 800,000 herds of cattle in the state. The state governor, Bala Mohammed, disclosed this at the inauguration of 2020/2021 annual livestock vaccination campaign at the Galambi Cattle Ranch, Bauchi on Wednesday, February 24. “We have released over N32m…
President Buhari has said that his administration’s plan to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty did not come by accident or something they just ”bumped into,” but is a deliberate one that will be pursued with remarkable grit and determination. Speaking on Tuesday February 23 at a meeting with the Presidential Economic Advisory…
Many persons have reportedly been killed after Boko Haram members attacked Maiduguri, the Borno state capital this evening February 23. HumAngle reports that the sect members stormed the Kaleria area close to the University of Maiduguri, firing multiple rockets and killing dozens of persons. Many persons are said to have sustained serious injuries from…
Mohammed Dikko Umar, a former Chief of Air staff has been acquitted of six out of seven fraud charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Umar was first arraigned in 2016 afer the anti-graft agency accused him of being involved in money laundering and procurement fraud to the tune of about N9.7 billion,…
Kaduna state Governor Nasir El Rufai has said that Nigeria has the highest number of poor people among the countries of the world. Governor El-Rufai stated this while launching the State Social Protection Policy on Tuesday, February 23. In his words “Nigeria is going through trying times. We have the largest number of…
At least 67 inmates have died in prison riots across Ecuador as inmates used blood and knives to attack each other. The violence was said to have broken out over a power dispute between criminal gangs, according to local media. In a tweet, Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno said gangs had carried out “simultaneous acts…
Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has said that negotiating with bandits is not a sign of failure. Governor Matawalle said this on Monday, February 22, while receiving three repentant bandits who surrendered their weapons and embraced his administration’s peace deal. “It is not a failure or thing of failure for someone to initiate…
A Nigerian pastor, Bishop Iyobosa Atoe and his wife, Rev. Mrs .B. Atoe, of Jesus Reigneth Chapel Inc, Edo state, have welcomed their first child after 25 years of marriage. Mrs Atoe gave birth to a daughter, who they named Holy Ilelosamiuwa Diamond. The dedication of Baby Diamond was held on Saturday, February 20, 2021,…
The nomination of the immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors, was on Tuesday February 23 confirmed by the senate despite criticisms. Though Senate Minority Leader Enyinaya Abaribe faulted this by questioning the nomination and confirmation of the ex-service chiefs when the Senate had on three different occasions called for their sack and also wondered why the petitions…
