Written by Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed that the suspected terrorists that abducted the 15 Almajiri children and a woman at Gidan Bakuso village in Gada Local Government Area have contacted the teacher of the Tsangaya school where the children were abducted. A source in the community had earlier informed our correspondent that the terrorists … Continue reading “Abductors Of 15 Almajiri Children In Sokoto Contact Teacher, Demands Ransom – Police”
The Senator representating Bauchi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Abdul Ningi, has insisted that N3 trillion in the 2024 budget has no project tied to it. In a chat with Senate correspondents on Monday, Ningi said the sum of N3 trillion has been located in the budget but what the money was tied … Continue reading “N3trn Not Tied To Any Project In 2024 Budget, Ningi Insists”
The Presidency has described as false, a claim by Senator Abdul Ningi that the Federal Government is operating two versions of the 2024 budget. According to a statement by a Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the senator’s claim that the National Assembly passed N25 trillion as the 2024 … Continue reading “Presidency Counters Ningi, Says 2024 Budget Not Anti-North”
Bandits have kidnapped at least 15 pupils from a Tsangaya school in Gada Local Government Area of Sokoto State. It was gathered that the incident happened after bandits attacked Garin Bakuso village in the early hours of Saturday. A Tsangaya or almajiri school is a facility for teaching the Quoran and Islamic knowledge. Gidan … Continue reading “Bandits Kidnap 15 Children In Sokoto”
The Chief Executive Officer of Geometric Power Limited, Prof Barth Nnaji, was on Channels Television’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily during the week. He spoke on the just inaugurated 181-megawatt power plant in the Aba area of Abia State. The $800 million project including the building 27km natural gas pipeline, championed by Geometric Power Limited, … Continue reading “With Abia Power Project, Dead Businesses Will Come Alive — Prof Nnaji”
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have started protests in several parts of the country over the biting economic hardship. Labour and Federal Government authorities had met Monday in a late push to stop the protests, but the meeting ended with no agreement reached between the parties. As early as 7:00 am, protesters started … Continue reading “LIVE UPDATES: NLC Holds Protests Over Economic Hardship”
Desperate Nigerians have been protesting against soaring food prices as an economic crisis forces people to skip meals and eat poor-grade rice used as fish food. To feed their children, women in northern Nigeria have even resorted to digging up anthills in search of grain stored by the insects, according to videos shown on … Continue reading “Food Crisis Grips Northern Nigeria Sparking Protests”
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is conducting bye and re-run elections in 80 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across 26 states of the federation. The elections are being conducted to fill vacancies in not less than three senatorial districts, 17 federal and 28 state constituencies spread across 80 local government areas, 575 registration areas/wards … Continue reading “LIVE UPDATES: Voting Commences As INEC Holds Bye-Elections, Rerun In 26 States”
Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have rescued a kidnap victim who was abducted in Abuja and was being taken to Kano by his captors. According to the spokesman of the command, ASP Mansir Hassan, the victim, one Segun Akinyemi, was kidnapped on Wednesday, January 17th at his residence located at FCDA Quarters … Continue reading “Kaduna Police Rescue Victim Kidnapped In Abuja”
Nollywood movie lovers would agree that a Netflix original epic ‘Jagun Jagun’ was one of the most talked about movies of 2023 following rave reviews it recorded. Against the backdrop of that success, the producer of the movie and actor, Femi Adebayo has teased fans with a new ‘big’ project, ‘Seven Doors’ for the … Continue reading “Femi Adebayo Announces New Movie ‘Seven Doors’ For 2024, Teases Plot”