About 22 armed bandits have been neutralized by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Batsari and Jibia local government areas of Katsina State. The terrorists, mostly the foot soldiers of a deceased bandit kingpin, Abdulkareem Boss, were neutralized on Monday, 17 July, 2023, by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji, PRNigeria gathered. Credible military sources told PRNigeria that the NAF air strikes were executed on the heels of credible intelligence reports that the terrorists were responsible for several abductions and violent attacks on some communities within Kankara LGA of Katsina State. One of the sources, who was involved in…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has expressed willingness to work collaboratively with local and international partners to enhance effective and successful implementation of the Safe Schools programme in Nigeria. The CG stated this during a working visit of the Head of Advocacy and Campaigns Impact, Accountability and Learning, Save the Children Ankara Turkey, Mr Vahit Kutluer, to the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre (NSSRCC), at the NSCDC National Headquarters, Abuja. Represented by the Commander of the Centre, CSC Tersoo Shaapera, PhD, the CG said he was delighted…
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and Secretary of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), Alhaji Mutiu Are was among those whose names were forwarded to the Senate on Wednesday, 19 July, 2023, by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for confirmation as Chairman and members of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), reports thegazellenews.com. The President’s letter for the confirmation of Are and others was read on the floor of the Senate during plenary by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The other nominees for confirmation are: General Paul Tarfa, Chairman, North East, Adamawa State; Hon Gambo Maikyau, member, North East, Taraba State; Abdullahi Abbas,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted Fuad Kayode Laguda as its candidate for the coming bye-election for Surulere Federal Constituency I, thegazellenews.com can exclusively revealed. The seat became vacant after the resignation of Rt Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila after he was appointed Chief of Staff to the President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Gbajabiamila was the Speaker of the 9th Legislative Session of the Green Chamber between 2019 and 2023. He won election to represent the Federal Constituency for the sixth term but had to resign after his appointment by the President. Three aspirants: Laguda, former member of the state House of Assembly,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Supreme Court of Nigeria has denied that the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola had no telephone conversation with anyone, including President Bola Tinubu on the ongoing presidential election petition on the 2023 election, thegazellenews.com reports. The Apex Court said Justice Ariwoola neither spoke with Tinubu nor the Director General of the Department of State Service (DSS) with a view to pressurizing the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal over the judgment. The Director of Press and Information, Supreme Court of Nigeria, Dr Akande Festus made the clarification in a statement issued on Wednesday, 19 July, 2023 in…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has confirmed that more than 137 students sponsored abroad bythe fund absconded. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, made this disclosure on Tuesday, 19 July, 2023, while addressing the House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged mismanagement of N2.3 trillion tertiary education tax by TETFund. Echono said the scholars who were sponsored by TETFund for “higher education” abroad refuse to return to the country after completing their programmes, adding that stringent measures would be put in place to curb future happenings. “Some of the scholars that have been sponsored, unpatriotically…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A three-year-old boy has been killed by dogs in the Umuogodo community, Igbo Etche in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. A veterinary doctor, Desmond Ezekiel, who takes care of the dogs, confirm to an online medium that the three-year-old was attacked after his parents left for work on Monday, 17 July, 2023 The eldest daughter, according to Ezekiel, had released the dogs from their cage for security while their parents were away, but the dog turned around to attack the boy and his sister. He said he was notified by neighbours of the victims…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The House of Representatives has called on President Bola Tinubu to lift the embargo on employment. The House made the plea at the plenary on Wednesday, 19 July, 2023 following the adoption of a motion moved by Francis Ejiroghene Waive. Moving the motion, the lawmaker said the immediate past administration, during the recession, due to a huge drop in the international price of crude oil and the COVID-19 pandemic, placed an embargo on employment in Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the federal government. He recalled that the 9th House passed a resolution calling on the then…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 54-year-old man for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death in Calabar South Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Wednesday, 19 July, 2023, She said that the suspect attacked the victim, simply identified as Ndereke, after a minor disagreement that occurred at Abasi Obori Street on Tuesday, 18 July, 2023. Ugbo said the personnel of Uwanse Divisional Police Headquarters carried out the arrest following…
Eminent Nigerians, including Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma; his Bayelsa State counterpart, Douye Diri; former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George; Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, among others on Tuesday, 18 July, 2023, in Lagos stressed the need for a new constitution that would reflect the wishes and aspirations of the people of Nigeria, declaring that the citizens desired good governance. They expressed this view at a public lecture organised by Freedom Online newspaper themed: “2023- 2027: Nigerians, Elected Leaders and Expectations,” stressing that further reliance on the 1999 Constitution as…