The female orphans whose ages were yet to be disclosed reportedly lost their parents to banditry attacks in the Mariga Local Government Area. The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, has announced plans to marry off 100 female orphans in the state, saying he was "concerned with" their growing number asContinue reading "Niger State Assembly Speaker To Marry Off 100 Female Orphans, Pay For Dowries As Constituency Project"
Mass Exit As 29 Generals Retire From Nigerian Army
Twenty-nine generals of the Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army have retired from active military service. Of the 29 retired infantry officers who pulled out of active service at the Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna State on Friday, 19 were major generals, and 10 were brigadiers general. Among them is Major General Victor Ezugwu, whoContinue reading "Mass Exit As 29 Generals Retire From Nigerian Army"
Court Remands Adamawa College Registrar For Assaulting Female Lecturer During Examination
Magistrate Uwani Mohammed Danladi of the Chief Magistrate Court III, ordered his remand following his arraignment by a state prosecutor, Abubakar Nurudeen for physically assaulting a married woman who is an Assistant Chief Lecturer, Fadimatu Musa. Musa Chiroma, the acting Registrar of the Adamawa State College for Legal Studies, has been remanded in prison custodyContinue reading "Court Remands Adamawa College Registrar For Assaulting Female Lecturer During Examination"
Tinubu’s Reinstated Fuel Subsidy Will Drain Almost Half Of Nigerian Oil Revenue In 2024, IMF Warns
Nigeria’s reintroduction of a gasoline subsidy months after it was scrapped is expected to guzzle almost half of its projected oil revenue this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. The implicit subsidy will cost Africa’s largest crude producer an estimated 8.43 trillion naira ($5.9 billion) of its projected 17.7 trillion naira of oil revenue,Continue reading "Tinubu’s Reinstated Fuel Subsidy Will Drain Almost Half Of Nigerian Oil Revenue In 2024, IMF Warns"
N84.2Billion Fraud: Nigerian Court Restates Order For Arrest Of Former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the immediate arrest of Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi State. Justice Emeka Nwite berated Bello for trying to end the criminal prosecution that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had brought against him. The court agreed with the EFCC’s counsel, DrContinue reading "N84.2Billion Fraud: Nigerian Court Restates Order For Arrest Of Former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello"
Police Arrest Two Young Men Who Kidnapped And Killed 6-year-old Boy While Demanding N10M Ransom From His Parents. Our Correspondent
The suspects killed the victim using the knife and buried his corpse in a shallow grave while still demanding a ransom from the family. The duo of suspects, Mukhtar Mohammed, 20, and Hussein Suleiman, 20, have been arrested by the Adamawa State police command over the alleged abduction of a 6-year-old boy identified as EbokaContinue reading "Police Arrest Two Young Men Who Kidnapped And Killed 6-year-old Boy While Demanding N10M Ransom From His Parents. Our Correspondent"
Out Break Of Measles Claim 49 Lives In Adamawa.
Gov Direct Closure of Schools Targets12, 250 Children For Vaccination. From Stanley Mijah, Yola Barely few days after the closure of schools in the wake of the outbreak of Measles across the twenty-one local governments of of Adamawa State to stem the tide and spread of the disease, the state government in a swift responseContinue reading "Out Break Of Measles Claim 49 Lives In Adamawa."
Nigerian Army Confirms Terrorists’ Attack On Adamawa Community, Says Three Suspects Arrested
The army which made this known in a statement issued on Thursday said that the troops intercepted a group of terrorists on transit to unleash attack in the Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The Nigerian Army has said that its troops deployed for counter terrorism operations in the North East, in conjunctionContinue reading "Nigerian Army Confirms Terrorists’ Attack On Adamawa Community, Says Three Suspects Arrested"
Nigerian Army Confirms Terrorists Attacks In Southern Kaduna, Says Six Abducted Victims Were Rescued
The Nigerian Army has announced that its troops deployed for counter-terrorism operations in the North East and North West foiled multiple kidnap attempts on Tuesday in several operational theatres. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Director Army Public Relations Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, which was posted on its official XContinue reading "Nigerian Army Confirms Terrorists Attacks In Southern Kaduna, Says Six Abducted Victims Were Rescued "
Nigerian High Court Restrains PDP From Removing Damagum As Party’s Chairman
This order was given by the court after hearing an ex parte motion filed by Umar El-Gash Maina and Zanna Mustapha Gaddama. A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party from removing Ambassador Umar Illiya Damagum as the party’s national chairman. This order was given by the court after hearing anContinue reading "Nigerian High Court Restrains PDP From Removing Damagum As Party’s Chairman"
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