Miyetti Allah chairman dies in the hands of kidnappers — Official

Miyetti Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has announced the death of Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, also known as Danbardi, the association’s Chairman in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The association announced this in a statement by its National Secretary, Othman Ngelzarma, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, in Abuja, saying that the deceased, aged 58, was killed by kidnappers on Friday. “The death of Abubakar brings to five the number of MACBAN officials killed either by bandits, kidnappers or cattle rustlers this year across the country”, the statement said. Ngelzarma stated that

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Police arrest 259 suspects over alleged banditry in Niger

Police arrested about 259 suspects over banditry, kidnapping, culpable homicide, rape, farmers/herders conflicts and other crimes in Niger in August.   Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Monday Kuryas, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Saturday that then crimes were committed in 25 local government areas of the state. “We have charged 119 suspects out of the 259 arrested in court, 81 of them are still standing trial,’’ he said. He added that 59 suspects were still under investigation at the state Criminal Investigation Bureau, while nine cases had been sent to the state’s Ministry

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Buhari never invited me for coffee but received Fani-Kayode, Lagos APC chieftain, Igbokwe laments

Buhari never invited me for coffee but received Fani-Kayode, Lagos APC chieftain, Igbokwe laments   All Progressives Congress chieftain in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has lamented the defection of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, to the APC as well as the decision of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to personally receive Fani-Kayode at the Presidential Villa.   Igbokwe said in a Facebook post that it was unfortunate that Buhari could give Fani-Kayode a hero’s welcome while those who had stood with him for years were never invited or given recharge cards.   The APC chieftain wrote,

ICPC tracks N113m constituency empowerment projects in Ondo

  The Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission on Friday tracked empowerment items given out to rural women in Owo/Ose and Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituencies of Ondo State. The items, worth N113.5 million, were given out under Constituency Project Empowerment Programmes. The items tracked included 75 grinding machines, 95 hairdryers, 100 barbing clippers and 68 sewing machines worth N18.2 million. They were given out at Ifon in Ose Local Government Area in 2020. Another project tracked was the supply of 144, 2.2kva generators to small business owners in the constituency, awarded N15.8 million. Farm implements, worth N39.7 million, given

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Police arrest fake military officer with AK-47 in Nasarawa

The Nasarawa Police Command says it has arrested one Timothy Emmanuel, an alleged fake military officer who has been intimidating and oppressing residents of Karu and Lafia local government areas of the state. Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi, stated this on Friday in Lafia while parading the suspect and 60 other suspected criminals arrested for various crimes. He explained that the suspect, who is an indigene of Plateau State that had been on the watch list of the Police, was arrested along B.A.D Road in Lafia while he was trying to escape in a black Toyota Corolla vehicle with

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Nigeria’s N35trn Debt Burden: Rewane cautions FG against reckless borrowing

The public outcry against President Mohammadu Buhari’s request   for $4.179 billion additional borrowing intensified yesterday with another member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), Mr. Bismarck Rewane, supporting the position of the Council’s  Chairman, Professor Doyin Salami, stressing that every Nigerian should be concerned about the nation’s huge profile, which increased further by N2.36 trillion or 7.13 percent to N35.47 trillion in the second quarter of the year (Q2’21). Salami,  in a presentation titled,  “The State of the Economy,”  expressed concern about the nation’s debt profile. He stated that the country’ N35.47 trillion public debt was unsustainable even though

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Resident doctors reject court order to suspend strike, begin appeal

The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, have rejected the court ruling, ordering them to suspend the ongoing strike. DAILY POST reported that an Industrial Court of Nigeria, sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the striking resident doctors across the country to return to work with immediate effect. Justice Bashar Alkali, who gave the ruling based his judgement on the prevailing health cases of Nigerians and the need for the doctors to resume duties as essential workers in curtailing the waves of COVID-19. But NARD in a statement signed jointly by its President, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi and secretary-general, Jerry Isogun, accused

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POLITICS2023: Goodluck Jonathan, other members will get waivers if they join us – APC

The All Progressive Congress (APC), has assured new members that they will be granted waivers to aspire for various political offices on the platform of the party in the 2023 general elections. The party in a statement by John James Akpanudoedehe, Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, explained that former President Goodluck Jonathan would not be the only one granted a waiver if he decides to defects to the party. The APC stalwart was speaking on a Channels TV interview on Wednesday. He said all new members of the APC would enjoy the benefits and privileges accruable by virtue of their

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