Month: May 2022
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Troops Arrest Prominent Radical Boko Haram Preacher
Troop’s of Operation Hadin Kai prosecuting the war against insurgency have arrested a prominent radical preacher and leader of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād (JAS), Boko Haram terrorists group, Alhaji Ari-Difinoma. Sources said Ari-Difinoma, surrendered to troop’s 21 Special Armoured Brigade Bama on Sunday, May 16, 2022. Ari-Difinoma was said to have been forced…
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Police Clear Air On Cause of Kano Explosion
Kano State Police Command has clearfield cause of explosion that happened along Aba Road by Court Road in the Sabon Gari area of Kano, adding that it was caused by a gas cylinder and not bomb. The Command issued a statement, confirming the explosion but stated that gas and not bomb, caused the explosion that…
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Breaking News: Many Feared Dead Explosion Rocks Kano School (Video)
Panic in Kano as ‘bomb’ explosion rocked Sabon Gari, Fagge Local Government Area of the State. The explosion went off at a school in Aba Road, leaving parents running helter-skelter to pick their children. Effort by the Vanguard to get the Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, proved abortive as…
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Why Uniosun Is Not Joining ASUU Strike – Management
The Management of Osun state University (Uniosun), has stated reason behind the institution decision not to joining the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Public Relations Officer of the school, Adesoji Ademola in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday, said the school has unresolved issues with the national secretariat…
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How My Husband Was ‘Killed’ by Motocyclists While Trying To Settle Fight in Lekki Over N100 – Widow of Man Burnt Alive Speaks
Punch Newspaper Grace, widow of the 37-year-old sound engineer who was killed by motorcyclists in Lagos State, David Imoh, has narrated how her husband was killed while trying to settle a fight between two friends and his killers. In an interview with The PUNCH on Monday, Grace said her husband was wrongly labelled as a…
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EFCC Arrests Accountant General of Federation Over Alleged N80 Billion Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the serving Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80bn. The Spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement on Monday titled, ‘EFCC arrests Ahmed Idris, Accountant General of…
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Alleged Blasphemy: Court Orders Remand of Two Suspected Killers of Deborah Samuel
Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of the 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, earlier today arraigned by the police command and have been remanded in prison. The suspects – Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunchi – who are also students of the college, were arraigned before a magistrate’s…
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Screening: APC Sends Message To Aspirants With Criminal Records
Nigerian Tribune As parties prepare for their primaries, the screening committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to abandon aspirants with criminal records who may fail to disclose it to the party. The party warned that it would not come to the aid of any aspirant with cases of misconduct, including fraud and…
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Blasphemy: I Paid N120,000 To Convey Remains of My Slain Daughter, Grieving Father of Slain Female Student, Deborah Samuel
The grieving father of slain female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, Emmanuel Garba said he paid the driver that conveyed the remains of her daughter a sum of N120,000 to convey her to Niger state describing her daughter’s death as sad and painful. The remains of Deborah were laid to…
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FG Speaks On Measures To Tackle Incessant Strike in Varsities
The Federal Government has revealed parts of its measures to put end to incessant strike in the public universities adding that, efforts are on top gear on a funding structure. The former Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba who noted this said the government’s funding of public universities is unsustainable. “I have proposed, and…