Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has doled out a cash gift of 300 Saudi Arabian riyals, equivalent to N30,000, to each of the 3,086 pilgrims from the state currently in Saudi Arabia. Alhaji Muntari Lawal, Leader, Katsina State delegation (Amirul Hajj) for the 2019 Hajj made this known in Makkah on Friday when he briefed
Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State chapter, Joe Igbokwe, has described himself as a Nigerian and not belonging to any ethnic group. Igbokwe, who stated this yesterday at the House of Assembly during the screening of the last batch of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s cabinet-nominees, lampooned those he described as ethnic bigots. He
President Muhammadu Buhari said, yesterday, that turning around the health sector in the country can reduce dependence on foreign countries for medical treatment. The president, who stated this at the commissioning ceremony of Nigerian Air Force Reference Hospital, Daura, Katsina State, also said that health services in the rural areas deserved more attention. He said
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has commended the troops in Daura for their commitment and achievement in combating armed banditry; cattle rustling; kidnapping and other security threats in Katsina State. He disclosed this in a statement by Col. Sagir Musa, the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, in Abuja on Friday. Buratai gave
Chief Ayo Adebanjo, an elder statesman and Afenifere chieftain on Thursday insisted that some power brokers in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are merely deceiving Asiwaju Bola Tinubu about handing over power to him in 2023. Speaking in an interview with Daily Independent, Adebanjo said he is disappointed that though Tinubu rode on the
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday said the report that it is planning to suspend former governor Akinwunmi Ambode from the party is untrue. Unconfirmed reports that the party is considering wield the big stick on the former governor over his refusal to mend fences with leaders of the
Amid discontent trailing the recently constituted Senate Committees, Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan has said the ninth National Assembly is now more prepared and ready to work for Nigerians. Lawan spoke to journalists at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, shortly on his return from the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in the early
Barely 96 hours after landing in New Delhi for medical treatment, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, has discharged himself from the Medenta Hospital and is now on his way back to Nigeria. The President, Media Forum of IMN, Ibrahim Musa, confirmed to our correspondent that El-Zakzaky and his wife,
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigerian, IMN, popularly known as Shiites, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky is on his way back from the Indian hospital where he had gone to receive medical attention. The spokesman for the IMN, Ibrahim Musa, confirmed to DAILY NIGERIAN that the Shi’ite leader would begin his return journey back to Abuja
Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has asked citizens to adopt the three strategies of praise, prayers and faith in God in order to resolve the many challenges facing the country. Speaking through his former aide, Doyin Okupe, at a church programme held at the Molete Baptist Church, Ibadan, Oyo state, Obasanjo noted that praising God,
Vice President, Yemi Osibanjo, on Thursday said that there was a need for the government to change strategy on how electricity is supplied to homes and businesses across the country. The VP made the call during the launch of a 2x60MVA, 132/33kV substation and associated 132kV transmission lines at Abeokuta, Ogun State, according to a
Amid discontent trailing the recently constituted Senate Committees, Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan has said the ninth National Assembly is now more prepared and ready to work for Nigerians. Lawan spoke to journalists at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, shortly on his return from the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in the early
Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Simon Achuba, has accused the state governor, Yahaya Bello, of not completing any project in the state since 2016. Achuba has been at loggerheads with Bello who is said to have withheld his deputy’s allowances amounting to N800 million. In an interview, Achuba said the governor never told him his
Irked with the poor power supply they get, leaders from five communities in Daura, Kastina state, yesterday told President Muhammadu Buhari that the communities hardly have 24 hours light except if he (Buhari) is around. Mohammed Saleh, one of the leaders disclosed this when Buhari hosted the leaders for Sallah celebration. Saleh, according to TheCable,
The Ogun State Police Command has said soldiers from the 81 division were involved in the killing of some residents of Isheri Olofin, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun States. The police spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said statements from eyewitnesses revealed that the soldiers dragged a resident from the hospital where he was being
The leadership of the National Assembly has begun moves to procure operational vehicles for the lawmakers that make up its dual legislative chambers. It was learned yesterday that meetings in that regard started among presiding officers in the Senate even before the apex legislative body embarked on its eight-week recess, which ends on September 24,
News reaching Brainnews has it that unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Mr. Ifeanyi Onyenankeya, a popular blogger in Imo State. The blogger, Onyenankeya is the owner of two popular news blogs, Okigwe Arena and Imo Arena, PUNCH reported. According to reports, he was reportedly abducted on Monday night at his father’s compound,
Police in Yobe have arrested a police officer, Sunday Japhet, for allegedly insulting President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu. According to a Daily Post report, Yobe police commissioner, Sunmonu Abdulmaliki, confirmed the arrest on Wednesday. Mr Japhet, who is said to be a part of the
The All Progressives Congress in Ondo State has declared that the forthcoming governorship election will be an easy ride for the party, saying the government of the ruling party had performed well in the last two and a half years. This came within 24 hours that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the new ministers who will be sworn in by next week will receive clear target with their designations. Buhari made this known via his official twitter handle on Wednesday, August 14, adding that his administration will ensure all the targets are complied with. He also said that performance of all
Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will rule Nigeria beyond 2023 as President Muhammadu Buhari is laying a solid foundation for the party and the country. Abduallahi stated this on Wednesday in his country home, Umaisha, Nasarawa State, while fielding questions from newsmen, NAN reports.
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a pastor identified as Reverend Elisha Noma of Nagarta Baptist Church , Angwan Makiri, near Udawa, Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. The incident which occurred around 1:30 am Wednesday, the armed kidnappers, numbering about 20, reportedly stormed the village and forced their way into the Pastor’s
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigerian Correctional Service Bill into law. Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday. The Act repeals the Nigerian Prisons Service Act. The Nigerian Prisons Service will now be called the Nigerian Correctional Service.
Three persons were killed and five others injured on Monday night after some drunk soldiers went berserk at a Lagos-Ogun border community. This is coming barely a week after soldiers opened fire on policemen on covert operation to Ibi in Taraba State killing six persons including three civilians. The soldiers, suspected to be on illegal
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Monday dissolved a 13-year-old marriage between one Mr Monday Adiri, and his wife, Dominica, for calling her husband an ‘impotent man. The petitioner, Adiri, a 43-year-old clearing agent, alleged that Domnica, called him impotent and moved out of their matrimonial home with their two-year-ago daughter. The President of
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency as a way to addressing the state of insecurity in the country. Soyinka pointedly described insecurity generally in the country as calamitous. He said this in Akure while speaking with newsmen at the Fagunwa Study Group 2nd International
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Batsari, Katsina State, vowed to fight insecurity and other attendant challenges facing the country to a standstill and ensure that perpetrators of banditry and kidnapping attacks are brought to justice. The President who made the pledge while on a sympathy visit to 1,050 internally displaced persons, IDP, selected from
Omoyele Sowore, a political activist and a presidential candidate in the last general election, shortly before his arrest and eventual detention by the President Muhammadu Buhari regime spoke with Ejikeme Omenazu of Daily Independent. Excerpt: How do you feel being an activist in politics? I am a political activist. My activism is based on happenings
Shiite leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has alleged that the condition at the Indian hospital he was taken to is worse than that of Nigeria. He said he plans to return to Nigeria to assess the situation. Mr El-Zakzaky stated this in an audio message that has since gone viral. PREMIUM TIMES has confirmed the authenticity of
An Account of the Corruption and Anomalies in the Nigerian Immigration Service By Omoshola Deji One of the primary responsibilities of government is to provide – or regulate the provision of – efficient service to the populace. Successive Nigerian government has failed in this regard. It has become a convention to get inefficient service,
The Nigerian Army Captain who allegedly ordered soldiers on security check-point along the Ibi-Jalingo Expressway in Taraba State, to attack and kill police operatives attached to the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, has been identified. Vanguard gathered, yesterday, that police investigation carried out so far has revealed that telephone conversations between
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has donated some parts of the enclave of the Boko Haram, Sambisa forest, for the controversial Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) programme. The governor also mobilised the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Agro Rangers and hunters to secure the large expanse of the forest and make it safe
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop providing foreign exchange for importation of food into the country in a bid to ensure Nigeria attains food security. A statement yesterday by a presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, quoted Buhari as telling All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, who came to celebrate
A Nigerian UK minister, Kemi Badenoch has explained how irresponsible Nigerian government is and how difficult it is to live in Nigeria. Kemi who is a member of Parliament representing Saffron Walden constituency in the UK during a plenary, narrated how the Nigerians are dying of poverty on daily basis and the Government do not
According to media reports, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Daura, Katsina State, said he will use his second term in office to improve the lives of Nigerians by paying close attention to the poor and those on the lower rungs of society. Addressing leaders of various communities from five Local Government Areas of Daura
The Divisional Police Officer, Delta State command, who was allegedly kidnapped along Benin-Asaba Expressway on Friday between Onicha-Ugbo and Issele-Uku axis has regained his freedom. A source at the state police command headquarters in Asaba told The PUNCH that the victim was freed by his abductors after paying a ransom of N3 million The gunmen
The Lagos State Police Command said that over 100 armed robbery suspects were arrested on Mile 2-Badagry Expressway between January and August, 2019. Mr Mohammed Ali, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Lagos State Police Command, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday. He spoke in
A chieftain of the Accord Party in Oyo State, Mr Saheed Ajadi, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a role model for Nigerians, owing to his humble living before he became the president. He made the remark in Ibadan during a chat with newsmen, while answering questions on his evaluation of the president. According to
A panel set up by the Defence Headquarters to investigate the killing of three policemen and a civilian by soldiers in Taraba state has arrested two policemen. Daily Trust reports that the two policemen working at Ibi police division “were arrested for allegedly leaking information to suspected kidnap kingpin Hamisu Wadume of plans to arrest
The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr Joe Igbokwe, has asked Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Igbokwe, who appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday blamed the nation’s woes on the previous administrations since 1999. According to him, anyone with the insinuation” that
Stunning revelations have been made on how sharp practices allegedly characterised sales of National Assembly property during the transition from the Eighth Assembly to the recently inaugurated Ninth Assembly. It was also alleged that scandals greeted the handling of the contract for the repainting of offices of members of the Ninth National Assembly, as the
The Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Dr Ibrahim Kana, has said that the number of Nigerian pilgrims who died while performing the 2019 Hajj in Saudi Arabia had risen to nine. Kana disclosed this in Muna on Monday while briefing journalists on the activities of the medical team of NAHCON for the pilgrims. The
A 43-year-old commercial driver identified as Kabiru Bello allegedly committed suicide at a mechanic workshop in Lagos on Saturday. Bello, a resident of 77, Owode Ibeshe in Ikorodu allegedly drank insecticide suspected to be sniper at the workshop located at Ladylack Bus Stop, Somolu around 1pm. It was gathered that the Bello was inside his
29-year-old Simon Godwin Idoko, a First Class Graduate of Pure and Applied Chemistry from the Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto State, has been confirmed dead few days after passing out of the National Youth and Service Corps (NYSC) program. Simon who wrote JAMB six times before gaining admission for his first degree, served as a
Where is 25-year-old Cynthia Amarachi, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Osun State? What happened to her on March 15, after she left the state en route to Lagos for a weekend with her parents? These are the questions her mother, siblings and friends have been asking following her mysterious disappearance. Their
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the National Youth Service Corps, the Armed Forces and the Police are the only bodies uniting Nigeria, saying this is why corps members in particular, should re-dedicate themselves to uniting Nigeria. He called on corps members to use their education “to live up to the expectation of the founding
A 46-year-old male banker attached to one of the United Bank For Africa (UBA) branches in Lagos state, Nigeria, has committed suicide for a reason yet to be known, Igbere TV reports. Mr. Ibeakanma, a father of one, was found lying lifeless in his room in Victoria Island, Lagos State. According to the source, the
A 56-year-old female pilgrim from Lagos State slumped and died while on her way to the Jamrat (where stoning of the devil is taking place) in the early hours of today August 11. The deceased was identified as Alhaja Folashade Lawal and it was learnt that efforts to revive her was unsuccessful. Dr AbdulLateef AbdulHakeem,
A prominent Islamic scholar, Dr Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, has declared that Nigeria will disintegrate and that the North will suffer most compared to the other regions. According to him, in the face of a possible break up, the Southwest will be relatively stable; Southeast will be stable, but the North will be volatile. Narrating
President Alpha Condé of Guinea visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, at the weekend to lobby for his friend, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to clinch the presidential candidacy of the party in 2023, Daily Independent has gathered. Though Condé’s visit coincided with the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations