It said it was wrong to use “criminal infiltrators” to reach a conclusion that all herders were criminals. The Chairman of MACBAN, South-East Zone, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, stated this in an Eid-el Kabir message issued in Awka, Anambra State on Sunday. He said, “I most heartily share the warm goodwill message of Eid-el Kabir to […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concerns that violent extremist ideas sometimes shown by some Muslims give Islam a wrong name. He, therefore, urged Muslims to distance themselves from those who preach violence. Buhari spoke on Sunday during his Eid-el-Kabir message to the nation, as made available by his Special Assistant On New Media, Bashir Ahmad, via […]
Featured •How kidnap boss bought community’s, security agents’ loyalty •Group threatens to sue Buratai, others SUNDAY ABORISADE, FRIDAY OLOKOR, ADELANI ADEPEGBA and SUCCESS NWOGU Police have launched a massive manhunt nationwide for a fleeing kidnap kingpin in Taraba State, Hamisu Wadume, who was allegedly released by some soldiers at a checkpoint on Ibi-Jalingo road after the troops […]
Peter Dada The Nigeria Army has dismissed the soldier who allegedly raped a female student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, and handed him over to the police for prosecution. The 300 level student of the Department of Religious and African Studies was allegedly gang-raped by soldiers attached to the 32 Artillery Brigade […]
A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, on Saturday urged Nigerians to embark on self-examination on how he or she had contributed to peaceful coexistence in the country. He said efforts were on to quietly resolve the problems facing the country. Gowon, who spoke at Osun State Government House, Osogbo, shortly after holding a […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has recovered three ambulances from a former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Pally Iriase, and a private clinic owner in Otuo, Owan East Local Government area of Edo State. Two of the ambulances were said to have been recovered from the private clinic owned […]
The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, has said that he had a premonition about the February helicopter crash which Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his team survived in Kabba, Kogi State. Adeboye explained that he had received a message from God while praying during the February Holy Ghost Congress that […]
Commission, and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation to produce a full-length television documentary of notorious and recalcitrant obligors of AMCON. Kuru, who was a guest speaker at the July 2019 edition of the breakfast meeting, organised by the Nigerian – American Chamber of Commerce, said the idea was to document in a permanent format for […]
Tunde Ajaja The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has said that bank managers and supervisors were involved in no fewer than 119 fraud and forgery cases in banks which led to the loss of N15.15bn in 2018. It also said that the number of temporary staff involved in fraud and forgery cases had consistently been on […]
Twenty people were burnt to death in an auto accident along Potiskum-Sade Road in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Friday night. Although the exact cause of the accident was not known, it was learnt that the two vehicles had a head-on collision, leading to the death of their occupants. The Police Public […]
