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Diphtheria: ’30’ Children Killed In Yobe, 42 Hospitalised

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2023July 11, 20230

Suspected diphtheria outbreak has killed at least 30 children and left 42 at the isolation center of the Specialist Hospital in Potiskum Local Government area of Yobe State. Tandari, Misau Road, Sabuwar Sakateriya, Arikime, Ramin Kasa, Boriya, Igwanda and Texaco quarters are the most affected areas, Daily Trust can confirm....

Kukah Still Pained Buhari Didn’t Patronise Him – Adesina

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2023July 11, 20230

Femi Adesina, a former spokesman for ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, says the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, is still pained that the former head of state didn’t patronise him (Kukah) as Nigeria’s President. The ex-presidential spokesman stated this in a tweet on Tuesday hours after the cleric...

Kogi Governorship: SDP alleges plot by Gov. Bello to clamp down its candidate

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2023July 11, 20230

…We have no time for a political Lilliputian with questionable character – Commissioner. By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. SOCIAL Democratic Party (SDP) has alleged fresh plot by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi in conspiracy with some security chiefs in the State to abduct its Governorship Candidate, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka to...

Kogi: Kabir Bala’s killing, a necessary stitch-in-time, not extra-judicial killing – Govt.

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2023July 11, 20230

By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. KOGI State Government on Monday said that the killing of alleged criminal gangster, Kabir Bala (Okwo) by security operatives was a necessary stitch-in-time to rid the state of criminality rather than be termed extra judicial killing. Mr Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the state Commissioner for Information and...

Bandits kill four policemen in Zamfara

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2023July 11, 20230

Four police officers have reportedly been killed by bandits on Gusau -Sokoto road in the Bungudu Local Government area of Zamfara. An indigene of the area who gave his name as Haruna Musa said the bandits who were in large numbers ambushed and shot the police officers who were on...

FG Takes Innocent Bola Audu, Others to Appeal Court Over Trafficking Related Offence

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2023July 11, 20230

…As NGO writes AGF, Head of Service, FCSC alleges Bola Audu’s unlawful reinstatement move The Federal government has appealed Abuja High Court ruling that discharged and acquitted the suspended employee of government by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Innocent Bola Audu, over his involvement in a...

NSA’s Ribadu, IGP Egbetokun meet, discuss ways to improve internal security

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2023July 11, 20230

The National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu has met Inspector general of police, (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun to discuss ways to improve Nigeria’s internal security. Recall Ribadu a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, has officially taken over from Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno (retd) as Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), appointed by...

Suspended Adamawa REC is Binani’s Star Witness

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2023July 11, 20230

Suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, will be brought in to testify for Aishatu Dairu (Binani), the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Adamawa in the 2023 general election, our correspondent has gathered. Recall that on Monday 10th July 2023, a Federal High...

Lagos Police Arrest Man For Stealing Mini-bus

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2023July 11, 20230

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Ahmed Ayinde suspected to have stolen a Suzuki mini bus popularly called ‘Korope’ while attempting to sell it along Isolo Road, Mushin without documents. The police command made this known in a statement shared on their Twitter page on Tuesday. The statement...

Villa Chapel: Hon. Philip Agbese Defends First Lady Over Allegations

NewsDeskNgJul 11, 2023July 11, 20230

…Says Mama Remi is a defender of Christ and her house Hon Philip Agbese (APC-Benue), representing Ado/ Okpokwu/ Ogbadibo Federal Constituency, has dismissed claims that First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, closed the AsoRock Chapel. Agbese said it is deleterious and despicable to make such unfounded allegations against a woman he...