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Gombe govt bans illegal mining activities

NewsDeskNgAug 30, 20240

Gombe State Government has officially banned illegal mining activities within the state, warning that individuals, groups, or organizations found in violation will face prosecution. This decisive action follows the signing and issuance of Executive Order No. 8 of 2024 by Governor Inuwa Yahaya. The Executive Order, which took immediate effect,...

Ignore hate, tribalism – Peter Obi on Igbo lady’s threat to poison Yorubas, Edo people

NewsDeskNgAug 30, 2024August 30, 20240

Former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has condemned the Nigerian lady based in Canada, Amaka Sunnberger who called for the poisoning of Yorubas and Benin people. Obi urged Nigerians to unite and not allow tribalism and hate tear them apart. Sunnberger’s threats against Yoruba and Edo people in...

New Zealand’s Māori king Tuheitia dies at 69

NewsDeskNgAug 30, 2024August 30, 20240

Kiingi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, the Māori King of New Zealand, has passed away at the age of 69. Surrounded by his wife and three children, the king died following a period of recovery in the hospital after heart surgery. The news was announced by the Kiingitanga, the Māori...

NARD Strike: Insecurity behind mass exodus of doctors – Kogi NMA Chairman, Hassan

NewsDeskNgAug 30, 2024August 30, 20240

The Nigerian Medical Association, (NMA) has blamed the mass exodus of medical doctors out of the country on the spate of insecurity in Nigeria. The Kogi State Chairman of NMA, Dr Abubakar Hassan, who spoke to news correspondent on Friday in Lokoja, about the ongoing nationwide strike embarked upon by...

NBA President, Osigwe establishes Citizen Liberties Committee, appoints Adeyanju, Inibehe Effiong, others

NewsDeskNgAug 30, 2024August 30, 20240

The newly sworn-in President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Afam Osigwe, has made his first set of appointments upon assumption of office. Osigwe appointed renowned human rights lawyer, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, Inibehe Effiong, Maxwell Opara, and others to the newly established Citizens’ Liberties Committee, CLC. The new NBA President...

Bashir Hadejia Supporters Demand Arrest of Badaru, Gov Lawal Over Links to Suspected Criminal

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

The Concerned Muslim Youths in Nigeria (CMYN), supporters of Bashir Hadejia, have called for the arrest of Minister of Defence Abubakar Badaru and Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal over their alleged links to the suspected criminal. The group condemned the arrest of Hadejia by the Force Intelligence Department-Intelligence Response Team...

Group Lauds Tinubu’s Appointment of New DGs for DSS, NIA

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

*calls for replacement of oil and gas chiefs to sanitise sector The Advocates of Justice in Africa (AJA) has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing new Directors-General for the Department of State Services (DSS) and National Intelligence Agency (NIA). In a statement signed by Barrister Johnson Ali Usman, the group...

Shehu Sani hails people of Gobir for confronting bandits in community forest

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

Former Senator, Shehu Sani has commended the people and residents of Gobir in Sokoto State for moving into the forests to confront the bandits that have been terrorising the area. A viral video shows thousands of residents of Gobir storming the forest to confront the bandits. In reaction to the...

Nigerian troops arrest suspects supplying drugs, uniforms, flags to terrorists

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

The Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF says it has arrested two suspects for allegedly supplying illicit drugs to the Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP terrorists in the Lake Chad region. The suspects were also alleged to be supplying uniforms and flag materials to the insurgents....

WASSCE: Stop Mamman from banning students below 18 years from writing WAEC, NECO

NewsDeskNgAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to stop the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, from banning students below the age of 18 from writing the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NECO) exams. Mumuni...