From Ahmed Rufa’i Dutse Not less than nine persons have lost their lives in a fatal accident which occurred near Birniwa town, the headquarters of Birniwa local government area of Jigawa state. The accident which involved Golf 3 and a Tricycle happened when the car driver lost control as a result of over speeding. The incident occurred along Nguru-Hadejia road in the late hours of Friday. Confirming the incident the spokesman of the Jigawa State command of the NIgerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) Adamu Shehu said “there was an accident involving a Golf 3 car and Tricycle at…
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has lost three kinsmen to attacks by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. The incident happened on Saturday when the gunmen laid an ambush and blocked the Lordye- Gbajimba road in Guma Local Government Area of the state leading to the death of two males and a female at about 5 pm. The victims were reported to be riding on a motorcycle when they were ambushed and shot by the killer herdsmen who have taken over parts of the local government bordering Nasarawa State. Soldiers attached to Operation Whirl Stroke recovered the bodies and deposited…
Securing Social Insurance for Persons who sustained permanent Disabilities while carrying out their duties is sacrosanct, executive secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities, Mr. James David Lalu has declared. He made this disclosure recently in Abuja, during a courtesy visit to the office of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF)Head Media and Publicity Unit of NCPWDMbanefo JohnMichaels in a statement quoted the executive secretary to have applauded the Managing Director NSITF, Dr. Michael Akabogu for honouring the provisions of the 5% employment opportunity for Persons with Disabilities during their last recruitment exercise. He, pointed out that many persons who became disabled…
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has floored his estranged godfather Rauf Aregbesola at his ward 8, Ifofin, Ilesha East in the ongoing primary election of All Progressives Congress (APC). Aregbesola was not even present to vote at the ward during the exercise. Arrowhead of the minister’s loyalists of Aregbesola at Ward 8, Ifofin, Ilesha East, Saheed Adegoke, confirmed that the Minister was not around to vote. At the end of the exercise, the anointed aspirant of Aregbesola, Moshood Adeoti, score 146 votes against Governor Oyetola’s 309votes. Meanwhile, Oyetola had expressed the optimism of carrying the day in the ongoing governorship primary when…
By Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse Barely 48 hours after Jigawa state governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar raised the alarm over the delapidation of federal roads in Jigawa state, Communities in Gwaram local government area of the state have blocked Gwaram-Darazau road in protest against government’s inaction over the bad shape of the bridge along the road. The youths in their hundreds in the wee hours of Friday blocked the Gwaram-Darazau road that links the Northwest to the northeast geopolitical zone to show their concern on the government lackadiasical attitude on the Gwaram bridge which has been damaged since the 2021 rainy…
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has expressed deep shock after no fewer that 17 persons were reportedly burnt to death in a road accident which occurred at the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday. The special adviser on media to the minister Nneka Ikem Anibeze said the accident which involved a Mazda bus and a petrol tanker occurred near Isara Bridge in Ogun state at about 5.00 a.m. She said reports had it that there was a head on collision which resulted in the explosion adding that the number of casualties could not be confirmed…
The Chief Press Secretary (CPS), to Benue State Governor, Mr. Nathaniel Ikyur, has declared that his principal is not into any battle of wits with President Muhammad Buhari. According to Ikyur, Ortom’s utterances on the state of the nation should not be misinterpreted for denigrading the office of the President. Ortom has been vocal against the leadership style of President Buhari, especially his silence over the killings by suspected Fulani militias in Benue State and other parts of the country. Speaking at a brief meeting with online journalists and bloggers at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, on Friday,…
The Senate on Friday rejected a fresh legislative move that will empower the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology to be in total control of the Nigerian Building Research Institute. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, stated this at a public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Chaired by Senator Lilian Uche Ekwunife (PDP Anambra Central) . The public hearing was on three proposed legislations which are Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute Establishment bill; National Energy Sustainable Development Bill and the National Research and Innovation Control Establishment bill. Lawan who was represented by the Deputy Senate…
By Abel Daniel, Lafia The Nasarawa state police command has confirmed the murder of a final year student of Nasarawa state university, Keffi. ASP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia. He said that the alleged killing of Mr. Michael Elechi was reported by one Joy Anga, a student of NSUK and resident of same compound with the deceased at Police Station, Angwan Lambo near the university on Feb. 15, around 6:30pm.According to him”Anga had returned from lectures around 5:40pm to see the gate of…
By Ehichioya Ezomon As noted in part one of this article on Monday, February 7, 2022, the politicians that welcomed the new civilian administration in 1999 agreed to a gentleman’s arrangement to rotate the presidency between the North and South of Nigeria.But for the distortion of the principle in 2011 by President Goodluck Jonathan, a Southerner, the mechanism would’ve run smoothly, at least on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Recall that former Head of State, retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, a Northerner, mindful of the “zoning of the presidency to the South” in 1999, ran under the All Peoples…