TROOPS of Joint Taskforce, Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji, in the early hours of Monday rescued 15 kidnapped victims in Zamfara state. The troops acted on an intelligence report about the abduction of an unspecified number of innocent persons from Kayan Boggo village under Bukkuyum Local Government Area of the state. A top military source told News Point Nigeria that the troops mobilised and established a blocking position at a possible exit route for the suspects. According to the source, a gun duel ensued forcing the bandits to flee and abandon the 15 victims while an unspecified number of the bandits…
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TROOPS of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued seven female students of Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State and three construction workers who were abducted by bandits last Friday. A top military source told News Point Nigeria that 10 others, including three workers/labourers of a construction company, escaped from captivity during military rescue operations. Following the “prompt response” of troops of land and air components of the Joint Task Force of Operation Hadarin Daji, a total of 13 students and three construction workers who were carrying out projects at the university have regained freedom so far. According to the source, some…
SUSPECTED Boko Haram terrorists have ambushed security vehicles escorting motorists along the Gwoza- Limankara-Uvaha road, killing one soldier on the spot. Also, a security patrol van was set ablaze, five commercial vehicles were also burnt down with their passengers inside, hence dozen bodies are still unaccounted for. Local and security sources said the incident happened around 5pm when the soldiers and civilian JTF were providing cover to passengers travelling to Goza, Askira-Uba LGA in Borno and Northern parts of Adamawa State. “The GOC was at the scene of the attack. A soldier and many passengers were killed in the ambush,…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has mandated security agencies to rescue the female students abducted in Zamfara. Bandits last week attacked the Sabon-Gida community, Bungudu Local Government Area, kidnapping over 24 students of the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara. While six of them were later rescued, President Tinubu has ordered security operatives to ensure those still in captivity are freed. “President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to rescue the remaining female students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, who were recently abducted by terrorists,” presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said in a Sunday statement. “Condemning the reprehensible act of abduction, the…
MORE than 50 per cent of girls in Nigeria are not attending school at the basic education level, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. Jutaro Sakamoto, education manager at UNICEF disclosed this in Abuja at the education conference organised by the French Institute in Nigeria. He said 7.6 million girls were out of school in Nigeria – 3.9million at the primary and 3.7million at the junior secondary level. Sakamoto also said 48 per cent of out-of-school girls were in the North West and North East, adding that gender parity in net attendance ratio was below 1.0 in 10…
GOVERNOR Dikko Radda on Saturday congratulated the people of Katsina State on 36 years since the state’s creation by the military government of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on September 23, 1987. Radda, in a personal message to the citizens and residents, praised Babangida for “purposefully” creating the state, a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Mohammed, said. “We all, as a people, must roll out the drums to celebrate this historic milestone, which was only made possible by one of the architects of our contemporary Nigeria,” the governor said. “We shall eternally remain indebted to Gen. Babangida for…
GOVERNOR Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, on Saturday, issued a ban on illegal mining activities in the state and ordered law enforcement officials to take stringent action against violators. The Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Media and Publicity, Sulaiman Idris, who disclosed this in a statement, said that over the years, illegal mining in Zamfara State has fuelled banditry and other criminal activities. Governor Lawal noted that it’s time to end the destructive activity and implement measures to protect the safety and well-being of the people. He stressed that security operatives had been given strict orders to take…
THE United Nations (UN) has pledged its commitment to support and collaborate with the administration of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State in various critical sectors, including health, education, and more to foster socio-economic development. The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Hajiya Amina Mohammed gave this indication during a meeting with the Governor on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly in New York. She commended the giant strides and progress achieved under the leadership of Governor Inuwa Yahaya in Gombe State, noting that the Governor has set a precedent in subnational governance. Hajiya Amina Mohammed offered words of encouragement…
ZAMFARA State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has summoned the heads of security agencies in the state following the recent abduction of students of the Federal University Gusau. Gunmen had on Friday morning stormed the Sabon-Gida community of the Bungudu Local Government Area, kidnapping more than 24 students of the university. Hours after the incident, the governor’s spokesman, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said the emergency Security Council meeting is to seek the “immediate release of all abducted persons and also finding a lasting solution to the lingering issue of insecurity that has become a source of concern to the administration”. He said the…
SIX of the 24 students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State kidnapped in the early hours of Friday (today) have been rescued, News Point Nigeria reports. A top military source close to the Commander of 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, Gusau, confirmed this to our correspondent, following the bandits’ invasion of the Sabon-Gida community of Bungudu Local Government Area. He said the Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Sani Ahmed is currently leading the operation with other security agencies in the forest along Tsafe Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The source also confirmed that several bandits were neutralised during the…
MORE than 24 students of the Federal University of Gusau were abducted in the early hours of Friday after bandits invaded the Sabon-Gida community of the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A student of the school, who asked to be anonymous for security reasons, told News Point Nigeria that over 24 schoolmates, mostly ladies, were abducted during the attack. A resident of Sabon-Gida identified as Nazeer Sabon-Gida confirmed that the gunmen invaded the community around 3am and started shooting indiscriminately. According to him, three students’ hostels were attacked and all the students in the hostels were taken away…
THE Taraba State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is threatening to embark on an indefinite strike action if its demands are not met. Rising from a congress meeting held today, the union is urging the state government to take urgent and concrete steps to address their concerns and ensure the sustainable development and stability of the institution or risk industrial disharmony. Addressing journalists, Chairman of the union, Mbave Garba, disclosed that some of their concerns include Staff pension and gratuity, Salary crisis, non-implementation of Law No.4 of the Taraba State House of Assembly on funding,…
THE Zamfara Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Wednesday confirmed the murder of Alhaji Hamisu Danjibga, the state Correspondent of the Voice of Nigeria (VON). A statement issued in Gusau by the state NUJ Secretary, Ibrahim Ahmad, said that the body of the deceased was dumped in a soakaway by those who murdered him. “The discovery of his corpse was as result of unpleasant odour observed by children of an Islamic School behind his house in the evening of Wednesday Sept. 20, 2023. “After breaking the sockaway, the dead body was confirmed to be that of Danjibga…
THE Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, says one of the Corps members abducted in Zamfara State while travelling from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to Sokoto State has been released with the other seven still in captivity. Addressing journalists following a stakeholder engagement event in Abuja on Wednesday, the Director General of the NYSC revealed that the abduction occurred during the night. As a result, he made an earnest plea to state governments to ensure the safety of Corps members by mandating that their travels conclude by 6 pm. He further urged them to…
THE Bauchi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed the victory of Governor Bala Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18th governorship election held in the state. The tribunal dismissed the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. It held that there is no strong reason to nullify the election as the election was conducted in compliance with the law. The judgment was delivered by a three-man panel chaired by Justice P.T Kwahar.
THE Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Gombe State, on Tuesday, nullified the victory of the incumbent Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Abubakar Mohammed Luggerewo. Luggerewo represents Akko central in the House. News Point Nigeria reports that, Bashir Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party had dragged Luggerewo of All Progressives Congress, and the Independent National Electoral Commission to the tribunal over the cancellation of results in polling units 001, 024 and 014 in Kumo East which allegedly gave APC an edge. Luggerewo was recently announced as the Zonal Vice Chairman, North-East of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures…
THE Taraba Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State, on Monday upturned the victory of Nuhu Akila of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Also, two candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Batulu Mohammed, for Gashaka State Constituency and Abel Peter of Mbamnga Constituency have retained their seats. The Tribunal presided over by Justice Benson Ogbu had dismissed two cases against elected members of the APC at the Taraba State House of Assembly while a petition against Akila of the PDP was granted in favour of the petitioner, Emmanuel George of the All Progressives Congress. In a late-night ruling,…
THE Zamfara State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Sokoto has affirmed the election of Dauda Lawal as the governor of the state. The tribunal dismissed the petition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Bello Matawalle, challenging the outcome of the March 18 governorship election for lacking in merit. It also awarded a N500,000 fine to the petitioner, Matawalle. The chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Cordelia Ogadi, who read the judgment, said the petitioner did not prove his allegation of wrongful collation of elections results, exclusion of results for the Maradun Local Government Area (LGA) and the election…
UNKNOWN gunmen have reportedly kidnapped an Assistant Superintendent of Police in Toro town, Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi state. The gunmen were said to have stormed the town on Friday night and immediately started shooting sporadically, throwing the whole town into serious confusion as residents scampered for safety. A resident of the town who didn’t want to be mentioned narrated that the gunmen stormed the town at about 9.00 pm in their numbers, and shot into the air causing pandemonium among the residents. According to him, the recurring incidents of kidnapping for ransom in Toro Local Government have affected…
GOMBE State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON has expressed profound sadness over the demise of Engr. Yakubu Abdulkadir Rasheed (Chiroman Dukku) who died today at the age of 53 after a brief illness. Governor Inuwa described Engr. Yakubu’s life as one marked by unwavering commitment to the development of community, state and the nation, leaving an indelible mark on our dear Gombe State. He recalled the meritorious services rendered by the deceased in various capacities, especially when he served the state diligently as the Chairman of the Gombe State Water Board, contributing to the improvement of the state’s infrastructure and…