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Bandits aren’t Aliens, majority of them are Fulani – Masari
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has expressed that majority of “bandits” causing havoc in the country are Fulani indigenes whose main occupation is cattle rearing. Masari in an interview on Channels Television on Monday noted that he knows that his revelation may not sit well with some persons. The governor added that the impact of climate change and lack of access to education negatively affected the fortunes of the “bandits”, whom he said are mostly cattle rearers. “They are the same people like me, who speak the same language like me, who profess the same religious beliefs like me. So,…
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Bandits kidnap retired NBC director, daughter in Katsina
Bandits have attacked Bakori Housing Units and abducted Ahmed Abdulkadir, a retired NBC director, and his 15-year-old daughter, Laila alongside three other residents, Daily Trust reports. The residents include Bello Aminu Bakori, Shamsuddeen Aminu and Habibu Rabe of Local Education Authority, Bakori. The vigilantes in the area pursued the assailants and intercepted them in Danja Local Government Area. After a gun duel, three male victims were freed but Abdulkadir and his daughter were not that lucky. Their whereabouts remain unknown and no demand for ransom yet. The Police have taken over the case.
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”I am not a magician, I am coming to add value to what has already been done”- New Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, says as he assumes duty
The newly appointed Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, has assured that he will try his best to add value to the sector as he is not a magician. Aliyu said this when he assumed duty at the ministry on Monday, September 6 following the termination of Sale Mamman’s appointment on September 1. “I am here to work together with all of you. I listened carefully when some of you introduced yourselves with various titles working in the ministry of power. I want those titles to be translated to production of power to Nigerians from generation, transmission to distribution. That is…
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Beninese lawyers collected millions but can’t save me from prison – Sunday Igboho speaks from Cotonou prison
Popular Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho), has lambasted his Beninese lawyers he said have failed to stop his detention at a prison in Benin Republic. Sunday Igboho revealed that some of the lawyers were paid up to five million million (Naira), expressing disappointment that none of them could stop the judge from detaining him despite their large number in court. Igboho’s outburst comes after an altercation between him and one of his lawyers, Ibrahim David Salami According to an audio of a phone conversation between him (Igboho) and a supporter, the activist narrated that Lawyer Salami had…
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Nnamdi Kanu is cursed – Ex-IPOB Deputy leader, Uche Mefor
Former Deputy Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Uche Mefor, has claimed that the group’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu is cursed. Mefor said both Kanu and IPOB were cursed due to the evil allegedly being perpetrated by them across the Southeast. Mefor, in a Facebook post titled: “IPOB Nnamdi Kanu remain cursed-Nemesis/Karma remain in full gear until the confessions and the self-destructive expositions are complete”, said the infighting within IPOB was a testament to the curse on them. He blamed the embattled IPOB leader for the brutal killing of civilians during IPOB-ordered sit-at-home, adding that the confusion will engulf…
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Bandits may soon kidnap El-Rufai, Masari, Matawalle and Sani-Bello if they continue to praise Buhari – Adeyanju
Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has warned that the governors of Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, and Niger States be careful over the activities of bandits as they could soon be abducted. The Abuja-based activist explained that bandits may abduct those governors if they keep praising President Muhammadu Buhari for pampering terrorists. In a tweet, the convener of Concerned Nigerians urged the governors to call Buhari out over the increasing activities of bandits. According: “Bandits may soon abduct Zamfara, Katsina, Niger & Kaduna governors if they continue to praise Buhari as he pampers terrorists. Call out Buhari the failed Commander-in-Chief.” Students and…
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3 Abia State University lecturers die same day
Three lecturers of Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, who have been identified as Prof. A. I. Nwabughuogu of History/International Relations Department, Dr D. S. Okoroigwe of Geography/Planning Department, and a third lecturer from the Department of Political Science, all died on Friday, September 3. According to a source who spoke to ThePunch claimed that the lecturers of the institution were suffering economic hardships. He said, according to the publication: “We are being owed more than seven months’ salaries; the last time (we were paid) was January 2021.” The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Abia State University, Dr…
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BREAKING: Buhari appoints Adetifa as new NCDC DG
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appointed Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). This was confirmed in a statement by Buhari’s special assistant on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu on Monday. Shehu said Adetifa will take over from Chikwe Ihekweazu, who has been given an appointment at the World Health Organisation (WHO). In an official letter addressed to Ihekweazu, WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said Ihekweazu is the deputy in charge of health emergency intelligence at the global health organisation. He is to assume the office on November 1, 2021, and will be…
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God will punish those troubling Nigeria – Bishop Wale Oke
The National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has cursed those behind the challenges facing Nigeria. He said God will punish them if they do not desist from their nefarious acts. The Presiding Bishop of Sword of the Spirit Ministries in Ibadan, Oyo State, spoke at the end of a seven days programme by the ministry. In a statement by his Media Aide, Kayode Oladeji, Oke said, “such people will face the wrath of God in an unimaginable dimension”. The clergyman, however, assured that Nigeria would scale through its current challenges. He added: “There…
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2023 Presidency: Southeast needs God’s anointing to produce Buhari’s successor – Umahi
Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi has said the Southeast needs the anointing of God to produce Buhari’s successor in 2023. The Governor made this know during an interactive session with State House correspondents after a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said that God would give the country a successor with a “good heart” like President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Umahi while responding to questions on whether the southeast was working towards a presidential candidate said Southeasterners in political parties were selling the southeast to their parties. “My position about what you ask is that our…
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”Churches should make DNA test mandatory for child dedication”- Deji Adeyanju
Activist Deji Adeyanju has opined that DNA tests should be made mandatory in churches prior to a child’s dedication ceremony. Deji made this known in a tweet via his Twitter handle as he called for a National policy on DNA testing. “DNA is a must. Let us promote it as national policy. Churches should make it mandatory for child dedication.” he wrote. This comes amid the marital drama between popular comedian and OAP, Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, and his estranged wife Uzoamaka Ohiri.
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Bandits will remain until Buhari grants them amnesty like Niger Delta militants – Sheikh Gumi
Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has reiterated the need to grant bandits amnesty. He said bandits will continue to operate until granted amnesty like Niger Delta militants. The cleric, who has access to bandits, disclosed this in a post on his Facebook page entitled: ‘Zamfara: The Flaring Of Crisis.’ Gumi warned that military action against armed herders would worsen the insecurity situation rather than solve it. Citing the incident in Afghanistan, the Kaduna-based scholar insisted that no military, especially of a poor economy, can win guerrilla warfare. The statement reads partly: “By 2015, banditry has replaced cattle rearing that…
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