Category: News
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Teenagers Arrested For Kidnapping Three Minors In Kaduna And Demanding N50m Ransom From Their Father
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested three teenagers linked to the shocking abduction of three young siblings in Kaduna North. The children, all under 14, were taken from their home on Calabar Road, Sabon Layi, on August 25, sparking fear and panic in the neighborhood. According to police spokesperson DSP Mansir Hassan, the children…
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The Valuelessness of Those Who Don’t Know the Virtue of Value
By Bala Ibrahim. I woke up today with the hankering to tutor on the importance of treasure, and the need for people to always respond to the gesture of treasure, to those who know the value of treasure. I am of the opinion that people should correspond, or return gesture in the same way it…
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Stakeholders Raise Alarm Over Ambrose Alli Vice-Chancellor Selection Process
STAKEHOLDERS at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma have raised the alerm over the selection process adopted by the Governing Council, headed by Chief Dan Orbih. In a letter signed by Comrade, Asotie Momodu On behalf of concerned staff and students of Ambrose Alli University, due process for the selection of a new Vice-Chancellor must be…
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Re-Musa Umar Yashi: Debunking The Tissues of Lies And Pitiable Innuendoes of Sanusi Muhammad – Oyakamoh Y. Carl-Abu’Bakar
ON 24th February 2024, an article by a certain “Sanusi Muhammad” captioned “Group calls for sack of Musa Umar Yashi from NEDC” in which one “Muhammed Chinade” as the “Group’s Spokesman” was said to have issued a press statement on the matter surfaced online. Knowing the calibre and person of Malam Musa Umar Yashi, we…
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Bauchi Declares Monday Work-Free Day
THE Bauchi State Government has declared Monday, July 8, 2024 as a work-free day to commemorate Al-Muharram, the first day of the Islamic calendar. This was contained in a statement signed on Sunday by the governor’s media aide, Muktar Gidado, explaining that “the gesture underscores the administration’s respect for the religious and cultural values of our…
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50 Reps Write Tinubu, Plead For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release
ABOUT 50 members of the House of Representatives spread across the six geo-political zones of the country, under the aegis of the Concerned Federal Lawmakers for Peace and Security in the South-East, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to invoke Section 174 of the Constitution of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Section 107(1) of the…
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Sallah: Nigerians decry high cost of foodstuff
Some Nigerians living in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed worry over continuous increase in prices of foodstuffs and other commodities this Eid-el-Kabir festive season. A visit to some markets in Abuja and its environs showed that the prices of goods have continued to rise. Some respondents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
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Minimum wage: FG pushes N62,000 pay despite Labour’s opposition
The Presidency, on Sunday, insisted that the N250,000 minimum wage clamour by Organised Labour is unsustainable, warning that the Federal Government cannot channeled all its resources to meet such a demand. The warning comes two days after the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria raised concerns over the N62,000 being proposed by the FG. The…
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Nigerians Should Prepare For Worst Fuel Crisis — Kano IPMAN Chairman
Nigerians Should Prepare For Worst Fuel Crisis The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has asked Nigerians to prepare for the worst fuel crisis unless the Federal Government prevail on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, (NMDPRA) to pay its members their outstanding bridging claims amounting to over N500 billion. The IPMAN…
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Industrial Research Institute Train Youths On Preservation Of Bean Flour
THE Federal Industrial Research Institute, Oshodi (FIIRO), has trained youths on beans flour production and preservation, to discourage the use of chemicals in beans preservation. The Federal Industrial Research Institute Northwest Zonal Coordinator, Mr Badamasi Mukhtar-Abdulhadi, unveiled the training on Thursday in Kano. He said that project tagged: “Awareness creation and demonstration on bean flour…