A WANTED bandit kingpin, Gwoska Dankarami, on New Year eve, escaped death by the whiskers when air strikes of the Nigerian military targeted his hideout, along Kaura Namoda Road in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. PRNigeria however gathered that several of his foot-soldiers were not so lucky, as they were eliminated by the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, jets’ rockets. The well-planned and coordinated air operations carried out in the early hours of Saturday, targeted Dankarami’s hideout with the intent of eliminating the terrorist, but he escaped with serious injuries, a military intelligence operative told PRNigeria. Speaking to PRNigeria,…
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THE All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, says reports linking him with a meeting with the five governors of the People’s Democratic Party popularly known as G-5 were unsubstantiated and ‘evil intentioned.’ There had been media reports of Tinubu’s purported marathon meeting with the PDP governors in London, United Kingdom, on Tuesday. He was said to have met with Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Samuel Ortom (Benue), an allegation the Rivers State governor denied on Friday in Port Harcourt. Reacting to the news three days after it broke, Tinubu, in…
GOVERNOR Ademola Adeleke of Osun has approved the immediate suspension of Dr Niyi Oginni, Executive Secretary, Osun Health Insurance Agency (OHIS) and Dr Adebukola Olujide, the Head of the Primary HealthCare Development Board in the State. This is contained in a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed, on Saturday in Osogbo. Adeleke also directed the Public Procurement Agency and other relevant government agency to immediately commence the process of recovering all outstanding tender fees on contract awards, Joint Venture Agreements (JVAs), Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs), among others to which the state government is a party to, in…
THE immediate past Kano State Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Dr Muhammad Tahar Adam has said he resigned his appointment voluntarily denying report that he was sacked by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje. It could be recalled that Kano State Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba had issued a statement on Saturday announcing the sacking of Dr Muhammad Tahar Adam, popularly called “Baba Impossible” as Commissioner for Religious Affairs. In an interview with Freedom Radio on Saturday, “Baba Impossible” expressed surprise over the news of his sacking noting that he submitted his letter of resignation on Friday, December, 30th 2022, to Secretary to the…
THE expectations of a salary increase for civil and public servants have been dashed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige. In a clarification by the Head, Press and Public Relations unit of the ministry, Olajide Oshundun in Abuja last night, Ngige said he was misquoted by State House Correspondents on the issue. Ngige pointed out that what he referred to was remunerations and emoluments of the affected workers, especially the civil servants. “The Presidential Committee on Salaries (PCS) through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) received recommendations for review of…
MIYETTI Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) said it had not endorsed any presidential candidate or political party in the 2023 general elections. The National President of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Usman-Ngelzarma, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Abuja. He said: “First of all I will have to make clarification because there are two Miyetti Allah groups. We have the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), which is the one I represent as the National President. ” As far as my association,…
CENTER for information technology and development (CITAD), has charged the Nigeria Police, to avoid unlawful detention of citizens, and ensure that every arrest made, is with an order of a competent court. CITAD digital rights program officer, Ali Sabo made the call during a press briefing ,held in Kano. According to him, the media parley was organized, to draw the attention of the Nigerian authorities, and other stakeholders to bring to an end to the continued harassment and detention of citizens online. He stressed that, harassments and continued detention of citizens, without following due process ,is negating the principles of…
THE Selection Board of the DAILY TRUST African of the Year Award has announced that there is no winner of the award for the year 2022. The announcement followed a decision taken by the Board after its consideration of the works of eight finalists that were drawn from a list of nearly 200 nominations received at the end of the first phase of the selection process in October. A press statement issued today (Friday, 30th December, 2022) said that “after careful consideration of the works of the eight finalists, the Selection Board has decided that there is no winner of…
THE Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau on Thursday said it had released a total of 272 safety recommendations and 82 accident reports of air crashes and various incidents recorded in the Nigerian airspace since inception. The Director-General, NSIB, Akin Olateru, disclosed while briefing newsmen in Abuja. Olateru said that this year alone, seven reports and 30 safety recommendations have been released so far by the bureau. He said 191 out of the total safety recommendations and 63 out of the total accident reports were done by the current administration from 2017 till date. Olateru noted that the released reports were essential to…
A 13-year-old Nigerian girl from Kaduna State, Nasara James Dabo, has sparkled like a million stars in the International Mathematics Olympiad. Miss Nasara James Dabo amazingly solved 34 mathematics questions within a space of 172 seconds to emerge top in the competition. The extremely gifted girl is a student of Ideal International College, Narayi Kaduna state, and she was awarded a gold medal. Arewa Agenda gathered that the young prodigy finished the contest, gathering a total score of 145 points, solving 34 Mathematical questions in 172 seconds (less than 3 minutes). The record added a feather to her cap, as…
ELDER statesman, Tanko Yakasai on Thursday cautioned the emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farooq Umar to resist being used to destroy healthy political systems in Nigeria by reinventing tribal politics. Yakasai OFR in a signed statement titled “MY REACTION TO EMIR OF DAURA’S CODED CAMPAIGN MESSAGE FOR PDP” that was made available to INDEPENDENT in Kano, noted that the unwholesome strategy designed by the defunct Northern Progressives Elements (NPC) to hoodwinked gullible Arewa public has no place in Nigeria politics today. The elder statesman alleged that comment by former minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Sani Zango Daura that urged Northerners to…
A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Kano has dismissed a case filed by Jaafar Sani Bello, who is challenging Muhammad Sani Abacha as legally recognized member of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). In an originating summon, Sani Bello alleged that Abacha did not follow the procedure to register his membership at Local Government and ward levels respectively. In his judgement via Zoom,on Wednesday, Justice A.M Liman disagreed with Jafar Sani Bello, upheld that there was a waiver from the National level of PDP, stating that the respondent submitted the waiver to the court as exhibit. The presiding Judge also said the…
LESS than 24 hours after the kidnap of 45 residents in Aku Community, bandits have again abducted 16 people in another attack on Angwan Pa community in the same Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Monday at about 7:30 pm. News Point Nigeria learnt that the bandits invaded the community at about 7:30 pm and surrounded the entire village. According to him, 53 people were abducted but 37 of them escaped and returned home on Tuesday morning, leaving 16 others in captivity. He said small villages that are sparsely populated are…
THE Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has tasked security agencies to stop marketers from hoarding petrol to hike prices above the government rates. President of the union, Comrade Festus Osifo, stated this at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the union in Abuja. He said, “The persistent shortages of petrol has become a source of pain to the Nigerian people as the current shortages are being perpetuated by players in the downstream sector in order to hike the price far above the government approved threshold.” Osifo also said marketers have no right to hike…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of condolence to former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, who lost his mother, Hajiya Rabi Umar Na’Abba. The deceased was a sibling of the late Bashir Usman Tofa, a political associate of the President. In the condolence message, President Buhari described the death of a mother as a painful experience and prayed to Allah to console the former speaker and the larger Na’Abba family.
BANDITS have killed no fewer than four farmers and abducted over 100 others including women and children from 14 communities in Mashegu and Rafi local government areas of Niger State in the last three weeks. The bandits imposed N3 million tax on each of the communities as a condition to stop kidnapping them and to allow them to harvest their farm produce, only one of the communities had been able to pay. The bandits are said to be also stealing food they already harvested. News Point Nigeria gathered that more than half of the victims were kidnapped while harvesting maize,…
TROOPS of the Nigerian Army in a joint military operation involving air and ground components have killed three Boko Haram commanders including Khaids Abbah Tukur, Maimusari and Bakura Jega and at least a 100 more terrorists in Borno on Tuesday. This was made known when the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Faruq Yahaya, and his counterpart, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, arrived in Maiduguri on Sunday morning to celebrate the Christmas with frontline troops. According to BBC Hausa, a statement signed by Air Commodore, Edward Gabkwet said, a credible defence intelligence source said…
Fidelity Bank, First Bank and First City Monument Bank (FCMB) are the first three banks leading as the best-performing commercial banks in Nigeria in the Q3 of 2022. An analysis of the banks’ equity and financials shows that the 13 banks made the sum of N298.84 billion as profit before tax between July and September of 2022, showing an increase of 29.9 per cent compared to N228.54 billion recorded the year before. The banks remained strong despite solid headwinds, in which Nigeria’s GDP is slowing to 2.25 per cent from 3.54 per cent in the previous quarter and 4.03 per…
THE Kaduna Police Command says its operatives have arrested a notorious gunrunner in the state. The police spokesman in the state, Deputy Superintendent Mohammad Jalige, who disclosed this on Sunday, December 25, identified the notorious bandit as 33-year-old Bilyaminu Saidu of Shuwaki village, Bakori local government area of Katsina State. Jalige said the police recovered four AK47 rifles, 344 rounds of ammunition, 10 telephones, an operational motorcycle and charms from Saidu. He said, “On December 23, at about 17.30 hours, operatives attached to Tudun Wada, Zaria, while on surveillance patrol at Basawa area of Zaria metropolitan, intercepted two men on…