Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has said that he believes in rotational presidency. The Nasarawa state Governor who said this ahead of the 2023 general elections in an interview on Channels Television, also revealed that he is a beneficiary of rotation in the emerging governor of the Nort Sule noted that what he…
Chairman and chief executive officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has directed senior officers of the agency to ensure that all drug cartels in the country are crushed. Speaking during a ceremony to decorate newly promoted deputy commanders-general of narcotics and assistant commanders-general of narcotics, (ACGNs) on Thursday July 29 in Abuja,…
Former Minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has thrown his weight behind DCP Abba Kyari, who has been indicted in the Hushpuppi fraud case by the U.S government. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, Abba Kyari, a high-ranking Nigerian police officer who has received multiple honours, was one of six people indicted…
The Senate has accused the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation of illegally withdrawing N665.8 billion from Development of Natural Resources Fund and Stabilization Funds and giving it as loans to various government agencies. The claim was made in a report by the Senate Committee on Public Accounts on the Federation Account which has…
The Kano State government has dismissed reports of plans to ban women regardless of any faith from driving automobiles. There have been reports online claiming the state government had concluded plans to ban women in the state from driving. Making a clarification, the State Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, said the government had at no…
At least ten persons have reportedly been left with injuries in a clash over farmland in Nyuwar, Balanga Local Government Area of Gombe State. It was gathered that the victims, mostly women, and children were attacked when they were working with herbicide on the farm to prepare the ground for the planting season. An eyewitness,…
Governor Bello Matawalle has blamed the increased banditry and kidnapping in Zamfara state on conflicts between herders and farmers which past administrations failed to resolve. Asides pointing out that the failure of some states in the Northwest region to enter into dialogue with the bandits has further led to the degeneration of the menace, the…
A middle-aged man lost his life while many others sustained various degrees of injuries in fatal multiple crashes that occurred in the popular Upper Iweka area of Onitsha, Anambra state on Tuesday, July 27. The crash, which occurred on Tuesday evening, involved two Mercedes trucks and Mitsubishi L300 bus with 15 persons on board.…
Governor Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara state has warned that banditry ravaging the Northwestern region of Nigeria can swallow the entire country if efforts are not made now to tackle it. The governor issued the warning while presenting a lead paper entitled “The Fight Against Banditry in Northwest Nigeria: Challenges and Solutions” during the inauguration of…
Bandits who struck on Sunday July 25 at Sokoto-Gusau road, abducted at least 50 travelers. While eyewitnesses claimed that most of those abducted boarded buses belonging to the State Transport Authority, simple known as SPORA, Yahuza Chika, the general manager of the Sokoto Mass Transit told Journalists that only one of their buses was…
