Gunmen on Friday, 25 August, 2023 in Kaduna State, abducted the Organizing Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Kawu Ibrahim Yakasai. Yakasai, who was a former Chairman of Soba Local Government, was abducted from his residence in Yakasai village around 10:00 pm on Friday, 25 August, 2023. It was gathered that the bandits specifically targeted his home and forcibly took him away. Confirming the incident, Chief Press Secretary to the Kaduna Governor, Mohammed Lawal Shehu, said the Governor had directed security agencies to go after the kidnappers and ensure Yakasai’s safe return.
Author: Olamide Obayemi
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has announced the allocation of N36.4 million for distribution of N30,000 to each of the 1,215 National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) (corps members) in the state as palliatives. The Governor, made the announcement on Saturday, 26 August, 2023 during his visit to the NYSC orientation camp just days after he attended the swearing-in of ‘corpers’ at the camp’s reopening in Maiduguri. Zulum also allocated 100 bags of rice, 10 cows, 10 bags of 100 kg of beans, and 10 gallons of cooking oil for special meal to be prepared for the corps members during…
Operatives of the Yobe State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) have intercepted 33 blocks of Cannabis Sativa concealed in two sacks containing groundnuts, just as it also arrested three person in connection with the hard drugs. The State NDLEA Command , through its Principal Staff Officer, Media and Advocacy, Ramatu SB, made this disclosure in a stamen issued to journalists in damaturu, the state capital on Friday, 25 August, 2023. According to Ramatu, the 133 blocks of compressed Cannabis Sativa weighing 62.0kg which originated from Taraba State, were intercepted along Potiskum-Gombe highway in Potiskum Local Government Area…
Two persons, Emmanuel Choice and Ojuola Akande have been sentenced to three months imprisonment by a Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State, on Thursday, 25 August, 20223 for stealing motor parts of a truck belonging to Dangote Cement Transport Company. The prosecutor, Lawrence Olu-Balogun, told the court presided over by Chief Magistrate E. O. Idowu that on August 22, 2023, Emmanuel and Ojuola stole four tyres, four rims and four drum hubs from the trailer body marked DT/7736/CH and two tyres, two rims, one drum hub from the trailer body marked DT/7579/CH valued N976,715.00 belonging…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said the plan military action in Niger is not a war on the country or its people but to give them back the good they deserved. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, 25 August, 2023, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray said that the regional bloc has not taken and would never take any action against the interest of Niger. He said: “We would like to use the opportunity to reassure the good people of Niger Republic that our major concern is for their welfare as we…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Mojoyinoluwa Dekalu-Thomas as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO) for a term of four years. Mrs. Mojoyinoluwa Dekalu-Thomas has served as the Acting MD/CEO of NELMCO since the tenure of pioneer NELMCO MD/CEO, Mr. Adebayo Fagbemi, ended on May 8th, 2023. Furthermore, her previous interim role and new substantive appointment has created a vacancy at her previous position: Executive Director, Liability Management. Accordingly, President Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Dimla Joel Nchinney to serve in NELMCO as the…
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Friday, 25 August, 2023, distributed over 50 patrol vehicles and 300 motorcycles to the Nigerian military and volunteers from the ‘Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF)’ and hunters involved with securing communities across Borno State. The distribution which took place at the multi-purpose hall of the Government House in Maiduguri aimed at enhancing surveillance for preventive and responsive operations against insurgents and other criminal activities. Zulum presented the vehicles to the theatre commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Gold Chibuisi, who supervises military operations in the northeast and also associates with volunteers from the CJTF…
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has dismissed the new methodology employed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in determining the level of unemployment and underemployment in Nigeria, describing it as “an act deliberately antithetical to Nigeria’s lived reality.” CSJ’s statement was in response to the NBS’s release of its latest Nigeria Labour Force Statistics (NLFS) Report, which showed that unemployment in Nigeria fell from 5.3% in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 4.1% in the first quarter of 2023. CSJ rejected the NBS’s findings, arguing that they are not supported by the increasing unemployment in Nigeria since the…
The Lagos State chapter of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), has initiated partnership with an indigenous meter manufacturer on skills development, mentorship and job creation for young female engineers. Mrs Atinuke Owolabi, APWEN Lagos Chapter Chairman, in a statement on Thursday, 24 August, 2023 in Lagos, said the partnership was with Momas Electricity Meters Manufacturing Company Ltd. Owolabi said the association took the young engineers on industrial visit to Momas Electricity Meters Manufacturing Company Ltd, as part of the collaborative efforts for mentorship and job creation initiatives. According to her, the training by the firm includes artificial intelligence,…
A 94-year-old herbalist, Mohammed Abubakar, is currently cooling –off in one of the cells of the Adamawa Police Command for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl. The State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the arrest of Abubakar in a statement issued late on the evening of Wednesday, 23 August, 2023. According to Nguroje, its operatives arrested Abubakar in Tappare, a community in Ganye, headquarters of Ganye Local Government Area of Southern Adamawa. He added that the suspect, a herbalist, has the reputation of deceiving young females by giving them sugar and other sweet items. “It happens that on August…