GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, has congratulated Prof. Ibrahim Hassan Garba on his appointment as the new Vice Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi. Prof. Garba hails from Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State. His appointment, which takes effect from today, 10th of October, 2024, was approved by the ATBU Council at its 30th Special meeting on October 9, 2024. Reacting to the development, Governor Inuwa Yahaya praised Prof. Garba’s exceptional career and his commitment to academic excellence. “We are proud of this illustrious son of Gombe whose elevation to this prestigious office brings honour…
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THE House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Fund has commended the Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, for his administration’s proactive efforts in addressing the ecological challenges confronting the state, particularly those related to gully erosion and climate change. The commendation was made by the committee during a courtesy call on Governor Inuwa Yahaya at the Gombe Government House on Wednesday as part of engagements during its oversight visit to the state. The Chairman of the committee, Rt. Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji, remarked that Gombe was the only state they had visited where they observed a true commitment…
A 45-YEAR-OLD ward head, Usamatu Adamu of Runka village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command in connection with a suspected case of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping. Preliminary investigations revealed his alleged involvement in the criminal conspiracy and kidnapping of four persons namely: Abdulkarim, Malam Sakoa, Malam Sirajo, and Ali, all of Runka village in Safana LGA, Katsina State. The suspect, now residing at Sabon Gida village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was tracked and arrested based on credible intelligence on October 3rd, 2024. The spokesman of…
BANDITS have killed eight personnel of the Zamfara State Community Protection Guards. The deceased were killed in an ambush. The Community Protection Guards also known as Askarawa is the Zamfara State Security Outfit established by Governor Dauda Lawal to complement the efforts of other security agencies in the state The Commander of the Community Protection Guards in the state, Brigadier General Mohammed Lawal told Channels Television on Monday that the personnel were ambushed at their checkpoint, a few kilometers outskirt of Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area. This was on Monday morning. He added that the personnel…
GOVERNOR Dikko Radda of Katsina State has launched the distribution of 21,924 bags of rice as part of the Federal Government’s food security programme. The governor while launching the program at the Katsina People’s Square on Sunday, revealed that the aim was to alleviate the current economic hardship faced by the citizens. According to him, the programme targets various segments of the population mostly the vulnerable women and youth groups at various ward and local government levels where a total of 6,652 polling units will be covered. He recalled that this is the second time, the Federal Government has distributed…
ARMED bandits, on Saturday, kidnapped the district head of Kanya under the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The bandits kidnapped the district head, Isah Daya when they stormed his village on Saturday. The bandits killed one, injured three persons and kidnapped eight others. Police spokesperson in the state, Nafui Abubakar, who confirmed the attack, gave the name of the deceased as Sherrif Alhaji Almu. According to him, a combined security team led by the police has launched a manhunt on the abductors of the monarch to rescue the abducted persons. He noted that the Kebbi State Government has…
ZAMFARA State Governor Dauda Lawal has settled ₦9,357,743,281.35 as payment for gratuities owed to Zamfara workers since 2011. The governor approved the commencement of the payment of the backlog of gratuities in February this year. In a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday, the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, revealed that the government had paid retired state workers ₦4,860,613,699.22 in nine batches. The statement added that a total sum of N4,497,129,582.13 has been settled for the local government workers. He said: “In his commitment to reform the Zamfara state civil service, in February, Governor Lawal established a committee to verify…
THE Northern Youth Assembly has condemned Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed for linking Bauchi South Senator, Shehu Buba Umar to banditry in the State. The condemnation was contained in a statement signed by the Acting Chairman of the Assembly, Comrade Mohammed Hussaini made available to News Point Nigeria on Friday. According to the statement, the governor’s utterances portray nothing but a designed plan by the governor to tarnish the image of the distinguished senator. See full statement below: To All Media organizations, PRESS STATEMENT BY NORTHERN YOUTH ASSEMBLY (MAJALISAR MATASAN AREWA) BAUCHI STATE CHAPTER WE CONDEMN THE ALLEGATION LINKING SEN.…
GUNMEN abducted and killed the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Suru Local Government Area of Kebbi State Bako Bala. The Special Adviser to the Kebbi Governor on Television and Radio Zaidu Bala said the armed men kidnapped Bala in his hometown, shot him, and abandoned him in a pool of his blood. Bala was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre in Birnin Kebbi where he unfortunately died on Wednesday from his gunshot wounds. In a related incident, bandits allegedly kidnapped a person in Matseri village under Bunza Local Government Area of Kebbi State and shot a young…
GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has granted clemency to 23 convicts as part of the celebrations marking the state’s 28th anniversary and Nigeria’s 64th Independence Day. This was made known in the Governor’s goodwill message to the people of Gombe State and the nation on the dual occasions. The clemency announced by the Governor extends beyond the release of convicts, as he also commuted life sentences for two individuals to 15 years, reduced two death sentences to life imprisonment, adjusted one detainee’s sentence to 10 years, and commuted the death sentences of four death row inmates to 15 years…
THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has vowed to discipline, dismiss and prosecute the officer of the command, Maikano Sarkin-Tasha, who was arrested by the police for supplying ammunition and drugs to bandits in Zamfara State. The Zamfara State Commandant, Sani Mustapha, who made the statement while addressing the media at the command headquarters, in Gusau, Zamfara state, has condemned the alleged barbaric behaviour of the erring officer. “We condemned this act in all ramifications as our command is known for integrity in service delivery, discipline and compliance with ethical standards,” the Commandant said. “The command has zero tolerance…
THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, okayed a suit seeking to compel the Federal Government to investigate the alleged link between the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle and the operation of bandits in Zamfara State. Cited as 1st to 3rd defendants in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1434/2024, which was brought before the court by a Zamfara state-based human rights activist, Abubakar Dahiru, are; President Bola Tinubu, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, as well as the Inspector General of Police. Specifically, the plaintiff, through his counsel, Mr Ojonimi Apeh, is praying…
THE Kebbi State Government is appealing for support over the flood in the state, saying 329,000 houses have been destroyed by the disaster while 858,000 hectares of farmlands have been washed away. The farmlands, it said, contain crops such as rice, millet, guinea- corn, sorghum, beans, and other varieties. The Kebbi State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Yakubu Birnin Kebbi, gave the statistics, at a briefing in Birnin Kebbi on Friday. Birnin Kebbi made it clear that the enormity of the flooding, the consequent havoc caused, and the level of mitigation required, have overwhelmed the state government despite what it…
TWO bandit kingpins, IT Savvy, Sani Black and Kachalla Makore have been confirmed killed in Zamfara. The two bandits were responsible for banditry attacks in Dansadau districts and environs as well as other parts of the Maru Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the killing, the Senior Special Adviser to Zamfara State Governor on Media and Communications, Alhaji Mustapha Jafaru Kaura, said Sani Blalck was killed on Sunday at Yar-Tasha village while Kachalla Makore was eliminated on Tuesday at Kunkeli village both in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Kaura explained that the two notorious bandit leaders were…
THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), says ten communities have been displaced by flood following heavy rains in Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi. Mr Aliyu Shehu-Kafindagi, the Head of Operations of NEMA, Sokoto Office, made this known when he led a joint assessment team to the affected areas on Wednesday. He added that the incident left no fewer than 2,000 people homeless, who had no option but to flee to safer areas. “The incident, which occurred between Sept. 17 and 22, was caused by heavy rainfall and the coming of more water from River Niger, which submerged some communities.…
THE Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Tuesday, said the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and President Bola Tinubu were aware of the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle’s alleged involvement with the banditry in the state. The governor added that he had reported the minister to the NSA and the President and presented some facts to them. This is coming after Matawalle, a former Zamfara governor, denied having ties with bandits in the state. Speaking on Channels Television, Matawalle had challenged Governor Dauda and General Ali Gusau(retd.) to swear by the Holy Quran that they have no involvement…
FORMER Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has dismissed allegations of aiding banditry levelled against him by the state Governor, Dauda Lawal. Matawalle, now Minister of State for Defence, challenged politicians including Zamfara Governor to swear on the Quran to prove their innocence in the banditry crisis plaguing the state. “I was the only governor to swear on the Holy Quran that I have no hand in banditry. “I challenged all the politicians, including General Ali Gusau and Dauda Lawal, to do the same. None of them could take the oath, and if they don’t take the oath, that means they…
STUDENTS and staff members of Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State, who were kidnapped by bandits, have regained their freedom after seven months in captivity. Security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, confirmed the release in a report via X on Monday. The victims were reportedly kidnapped during an attack in the Gusau area in February of this year. However, Zagazola did not further explain the circumstances behind their release, and whether or not a ransom was paid. He added that security forces were said to have played a crucial role in their rescue “Abducted students of Federal University Gusau…
RESIDENTS of towns and villages along river Benue in Taraba State have started relocating and harvesting their crops as water begins to submerge farms following the release of water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon Republic. Findings revealed that the volume of water has started increasing in River Benue as farms located close to the river are being submerged. Jalo Ibbi, a boat operator in Ibbi town which is located by the River Benue, told Daily Trust in a telephone interview that volume of water in the Rivers had started increasing in the last 20 hours. He said rice farms which…
A SOKOTO Chief Magistrate Court has granted bail to Shafi’u Umar, who is standing trial for allegedly circulating falsehoods against Governor Ahmad Aliyu and his wife on social media. Umar, 37, who was the Special Assistant to former Gov Aminu Tambuwal, is charged with circulating injurious falsehood defamatory content against the incumbent governor and his wife. The prosecution said the defendant circulated a video of the governor’s wife, Fatima Aliyu, “ spraying” money during her birthday ceremony despite the present hardships faced by citizens. The defendant had pleaded not guilty to the charges and was earlier remanded in a correctional…