Niger Abduction ; Booze helps us to escape– 15 kidnapped Tegina school children recount ordeal. Minna — There was wild jubilation, weekend, in Tegina town, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State as 15 kidnap victims surfaced after escaping from the forest they were kept by their abductors. It was gathered that the lucky…
Marwa in war of words with Akeredolu over cannabis legalisation. Akeredolu had urged the Nigerian Government to jettison traditional orientation and “archaic” sentiment that said that cannabis is a ‘devil’s plant’. The Governor at Stakeholders’ Roundtable on the “Benefits and Opportunities of Cannabis Plant in Nigeria” recently urged the Nigerian government to give legal…
*Confident of Ajaokuta’s Resurcitation. Honourable Abdullahi lbrahim Alih, ( Halims) is the current Member of House of representatives, representing Ankpa /Olamaboro and Omala Federal Constituency. Halims as he is popularly known is a business man with wide interests in Oil and Gas, Hotels and Tourism and Mining , was one time a member of…
Bello best at Birthday parties Clueless About Inflation of Food Prices in Kogi State – CNPP CNPP, Kogi State chapter, has berated the nonchalant attitude of Governor Yahaya Bello to the economic challenges faced by citizens. In a statement signed by the chairman, Kabir Muhammed and Secretary, Mouktar Atima, CNPP said the only visible achievement…
Niger councillors suspend Gurara LGC chairman over gross misconduct Yahaya Zakka Minna All the 10 councillors in the legislative Assembly of the Gurara local government Assembly in Niger state on Monday suspended the Chairman of the Council Alhaji Yussuf Wali. The three month suspension takes effect from Monday the 21st of June 2021 to 21st…
Police arrest men who supplies breads to abductors of Green Field Students . I made good profit and married another wife • I saw nothing wrong in it; their victims need food to survive Police operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Kaduna have discovered a bread bakery in the Galadimawa area of…
Miliki knocks Governor Bello over Birthday party. * Accuses him of using apublic fund to bankroll private celebration. The Executive Director , Conscience for Human Rights and Conflicts Resolution CHRCR Comrade Idris Miliki Abdul, has slammed Governor Yahaya Bello for using public funds to bankrol his birthday party, which ordinarily ought to be a private…
Niger pensioners beg Gov. Bello to implement minimum wage for members. YAHAYA ZAKKA MINNA The Governor of Niger state, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has been told to put necessary machinery in place to commence the implementation of the consequential adjustment in pension for pensions in the state. In a statement jointly signed by the National…
The conundrum of Ajaokuta at 40, the burden of Nigerian youth. Writes comrade Okaraga Abdulganiyu Jimoh. Forty years ago our dream of industrialization of Nigeria was born in our beautiful land of ajaokuta. Ajaokuta steel company, a federal government project is conceived to provide massive direct and ancillary jobs for the teeming unemployed Nigerians. It…
Drugs war ; Marwa laments high demand of illicit drugs by Nigerians. * Says it”s at the root of insecurity in the country. God’swill Ojodomo Lokoja The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rted) has lamented at the high rate of…