BAUCHI-GOMBE Road has once again cut off, leaving motorists, commuters, and traders stranded. This comes just weeks after heavy rainfall wreaked havoc on Kalajanga village, Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State on August 19, resulting in the initial road closure. It was reported that palliatives were undertaken to reopen the road, providing temporary relief for travellers. However, the repaired section collapsed again on Monday. The road links Bauchi with four Northeast states of Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Borno and extends to the North Central states of Plateau and Nasarawa. See pictures below:
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A 100-LEVEL course 9 police cadet, A.S. Jika, dropped dead at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, on Saturday, after being continuously starved and malnourished for over two weeks. News Point Nigeria gathered that, Jika, who hailed from Adamawa State, is son of late DIG Abdullahi Jika and he was in the Department of Computer Science. The deceased cadet collapsed inside a toilet in the early hours of Saturday. A cadet, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid being victimized, said the victim was rushed to the academy’s clinic. “He was left untreated because there are no drugs…
FOLLOWING persistent insecurity challenges, the Zamfara State Government announced the immediate closure of some cattle markets (Kara) temporarily in five local government areas of the state. The state Commissioner of Information and Culture Mannir Mu’azu Haidara announced this in a statement and made available to newsmen on Sunday. The statement said, the affected cattles markets are, Danjibga and kunchin kalgo in Tsafe local government, Bagega and Wuya cattles market in Anka, Dangulbi and Dansadau in Maru, Dauran in Zurmi and Nasarawar Burkullu in Bukkuyim local government area respectively. According to the commissioner, the decision to temporarily closed the cattle markets…
THE Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON has felicitated with the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima GCON on the occasion of his 57th Birthday. Governor Inuwa described Shettima as a patriot and dependable ally with outstanding pedigree and exceptional competence. “Your illustrious career and political journey which saw you serve meritoriously as Senator of the Federal Republic, Governor of Borno State, and also assuming the highly influential position of Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, afforded you the opportunity to make significant contributions towards the development…
BANDITS have attacked worshippers in a Mosque at Saya-Saya village in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing seven people. Five of the victims were gunned down in the mosque, while the remaining two other victims were killed at different locations within the area. The incident happened around 8pm when the villagers were performing Isha’i (Sunset) prayers at a local mosque, according to local sources. A resident of the village, Dan Asabe, said two other villagers who sustained gunshot wounds were rushed to the hospital for treatment. The village Head, Malam Abdulrahaman Yusuf, confirmed the incident, saying the head…
THE Gombe State Government has announced an increment in workers’ salary by N10,000 across board to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Briefing newsmen in Gombe, the Deputy Governor, Dr. Manassah Daniel Jatau said it was part of the measures taken by Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya to reduce the economic impact of the subsidy removal on workers. He said that Gov. Inuwa Yahaya is concerned about the welfare of civil servants and residents of the state through various interventions since the COVID-19 pandemic. He said since the fuel subsidy removal, the state government had taken measures towards cushioning its…
THE Zamfara State All Progressives Congress (APC) has in strong terms dismissed allegations of its involvement in a plan to bribe election petitions tribunal judges in the suit by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It also denied claims of an alleged move to mobilise members of the state House of Assembly to impeach Governor Dauda Lawal as contained in a leaked audio by one Anas Anka. In a swift reaction made available to journalists in Gusau on Wednesday, the APC State Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris, said Anka was never a supporter nor a card-carrying member of the APC in…
GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya CON has directed the immediate closure of all ‘Gala Houses’ within the State. The Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, who announced the directive, said the measure followed series of complaints from the general public on the incessant immoral, criminal activities and security breaches being perpetrated in such night clubs. The Governor has, consequently, ordered the the Nigeria Police, Nigeria Civil Defence Corps and the Operation Hattara to mobilise their personnel to effect the directive and ensure strict compliance. For the avoidance of doubt, the affected Gala Houses are: Jami’a Gidan…
THE Zamfara State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has issued a one-week ultimatum To the state government to settle four months’ salary arrears of 17 medical doctors among other practitioners at the Yarima Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, or face industrial action. The state NMA Chairman, Dr Sanusi Bello, who addressed journalists on Monday in Gusau, the state capital, also cited the July 2023 salaries of all medical doctors at the hospital, and eight months’ allowances to visiting consultants and professors, which resulted in the withdrawal of services of some of the consultants. Bello said the association had resolved…
A FORMER Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State, Victor Bala Kona, is dead. He died in the early hours of Sunday in Abuja after a brief illness. A press statement from the media aide to Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State, Emmanuel Bello confirming the Bala Kona’s death, described his passage as a painful one. ”We didn’t only lose a political icon but a father and a consummate family man. Hon. Victor Bala Kona’s place in our history is one that is assured and would be respected at all times. His death came at a time…
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THE Kebbi Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), on Friday, confirmed the death of two of its officers by gunmen, saying a manhunt had begun to arrest and prosecute the suspects. The spokesperson for the command, Mubarak Mustapha, in a statement, said the incident occurred on Thursday, around 1:28 pm as a team conducted a stop-and-search operation along Bunza-Dakingari-Koko Road. Heavy gunfire by suspected bandits in an ash-coloured Toyota Corolla vehicle led to the death of the operatives. See the full statement below: PRESS RELEASE GRUESOME MURDER OF TWO CUSTOMS OFFICERS BY GUNMEN IN KEBBI STATE 1. On…
SOME bandits have demanded N4 million as ransom to secure the release of one of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) members abducted within the Zamfara State territory. The armed bandits reportedly abducted eight members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) along a highway within Zamfara State on Friday. The recent graduates were said to have been travelling with an Akwa Ibom Transport Company (AKTC) bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom to Sokoto State, to take part in the mandatory National Service when their vehicle was intercepted. Emmanuel Etteh, the father of one of the victims, Glory Thomas, confirmed the…
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities following a National Executive Council meeting held at the University of Maiduguri has asked the Federal Government through the office of the Accountant General of the Federation to release outstanding promotion arrears owed its members in the interest of industrial peace and harmony in Nigerian universities. The ASUU in a statement released on Thursday morning said it was also disturbed by the news of employment racketeering perpetrated through the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. The statement reads, “NEC noted with serious concern that ASUU members are currently owed several months of promotion arrears…
THE National Youth Service Corps has said its Director General, Brig. Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed is working with the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services, and the military brigade to secure the release of eight corps members kidnapped in Zamfara State on Saturday. The NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, made the development known on Wednesday in a telephone interview with our correspondent. “As I speak to you, the NYSC DG is in Zamfara state, and the NYSC is currently working with the police, the military brigade, and the DSS to release the eight corps members that…
A 24-YEAR-OLD housewife, Furera Abubakar, has killed her four-day-old stepson at Bantu village, Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Wakil disclosed the arrest of the suspect in a statement on Tuesday. He said, “Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a co-wife to the nursing mother (victim’s mother). “The suspect entered the co-wife’s room with insecticide liquid (Gramalin) and applied it to the unhealed baby’s umbilical cord. “The liquid which was suspected to be corrosively affected, led to the deterioration of the baby’s health and eventually led to his death.” Wakil…
KABIRU Ahmadu, the member representing Gusau/Tsafe Federal Constituency in Zamfara State, has said that bandits are carrying out more attacks in the state in an attempt to force the government to negotiate with them. In an interview with Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily, Ahmadu said that the bandits wanted the government to grant them amnesty, but he believed it was not the solution. He pointed out that previous governments had tried to negotiate with the bandits, but did not work. Ahmadu also said that the bandits were taking advantage of the rainy season to carry out attacks, as the military could…
BORNO State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday, provided palliatives for 300,000 households, supplementing the effort of the federal government to aid 100,000 households. Zulum made the announcement on Tuesday as he began distributing palliatives to disadvantaged homes on behalf of the Federal Government. Zulum said, “Today we are here to inaugurate the distribution of palliatives to 100,000 less privileged people in Borno under the presidential initiative in addition to the 300,000 households that would benefit from the state palliative.” He explained that Borno’s case is peculiar since returnees still did not have full access to their farmlands after some parts…
TROOPS of the Nigerian Army have rescued a twenty-seven-year-old Chibok schoolgirl Mary Nkeki nine years after her abduction. She was paraded at the headquarters of Operation Hadin Kai Theatre command in Maiduguri, Borno State on Monday. Being number fifty-five on the list of abducted schoolgirls, Mary said her Boko Haram husband Adam facilitated her escape after he surrendered to the Nigerian Army troops. She told journalists that she delivered two children for her terrorist husband but they all died. The now-free Mary, however, said she is in love with her terrorist husband and would love to be reunited with him.…
BANDITS on Sunday killed one Rabilu Tukur of Dan Ali village, Danmusa LGA of Katsina State. This newspaper gathered that the incident happened around 1pm. A resident of Dan Ali, who sought anonymity, told our reporter that the deceased, who was a staff of Danmusa LG, was returning home after dropping a passenger at Tashar Biri village. “He used his motorcycle for commercial purpose and had conveyed a passenger to Tashar Biri village, and was on his way back when the killers followed him and close to Dan Ali village, they attacked him using a cutlass to hack him to…