Fulani Cattle Merchants Allegedly Stopped From Entering Kwara
Some Fulani cattle merchants were reportedly stopped from entering Jebba town, Kwara State border town with Niger State on their way to the South West on Thursday. The stoppage by a group, according to findings by Africa Today News, New York ,was in compliance with the threat of the national body of Miyetti Allah Cattle […]
Splinter Group Behind Abduction Of Zamfara Students – Sheik Gumi
Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Gumi has revealed that the abductors of the Zamfara schoolgirls are not the same bandits he recently engaged with in Zamfara forests. Africa Today News, New York earlier reported that bandits stormed Government Secondary School Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area on Friday morning and abducted over 300 female students. Gumi, […]
Mali Denies Media Reports Alleging Minister’s Kidnap
Malian Government has denied media reports that its minister for reconciliation had been kidnapped, reports that the minister’s kidnap had earlier flooded the social media space earlier on. The minister by name Col Ismael Wague was reported to have been kidnapped on the Badiangara axis in the central Mopti region on Wednesday. A statement from […]
I Would Like To See Salah Join Barcelona – Okocha
Former Nigeria captain Austine Okocha has advised Egyptian hitman Mohamed Salah to leave Liverpool and join Spanish giants Barcelona to take his career to the next level. Salah who is often regarded as the ‘Egyptian Messi‘ still has three years remaining in his contract with Liverpool but is rumored to be interested in moving to […]
El Salvador Becomes Malaria-Free, Certified By WHO
Central American country El Salvador on Thursday became the first country in the region to be awarded a certification of malaria elimination by the World Health Organization (WHO). The certification comes on the heels of more than 50 years of commitment by the Salvadoran government and people to ending the disease in a country with […]
Capitol Security Tightened Amid Threats To Biden’s Speech
The acting US Capitol police chief on Thursday stated that enhanced security measures would remain in place at the US Capitol amid threats by militia members to stage an attack during President Joe Biden’s expected State of the Union address. At a congressional hearing into the January 6 attack on the Capitol by supporters of […]
Insecurity: No Amnesty For Bandits, Insurgents – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that his Government would not offer amnesty to Bandits and insurgents still in the business of terrorizing Nigerians and unleashing mayhem on the citizenry. The president disclosed this at an elaborate meeting of the Governors of the 19 Northern States, the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Chief of Staff to the […]
Stop Ethnic Profiling, Criminals Are Criminals – Buhari
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday stated that criminals who were terrorizing causing mayhem in several parts of the country should be dealt with appropriately without having to resort to ethnic profiling. The president went on to reiterate that government shall continue to deal with insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and other criminal elements who constitute threats […]
Kagara Abduction: FG Has Abandoned Us – Niger Governor
The Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has lashed out at the federal government who he has accused of not doing enough to secure the release of victims abducted at Government Science College, Kagara who were kidnapped last week. The governor made this disclosure on Wednesday when he received the Chief Whip of […]
Don’t Disappoint Nigerian Youths, Frank Urges New EFCC Chair
Comrade Timi Frank who is a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has urged the newly confirmed Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, not to disappoint the Nigerian youth by putting up a poor performance. In a congratulatory message in Abuja Thursday, Frank praised Bawa […]
Stop Calling Bandits Criminals – Sheikh Gumi
Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has slammed journalists in Nigeria and Nigerians in general for using the word ‘criminals’ to describe bandits. Sheikh Gumi has been meeting with bandits in different forests across states in the North, reportedly preaching to them and convincing them to drop their arms. The cleric had also put out several […]
Muslim Youths Raise Alarm Over Alleged Plot To Remove Ekiti Oba
The Muslim Ummar in Ekiti State has raised the alarm over an alleged attempt by some political forces and some elements in the Judiciary to pervert justice to give way for the removal of the Alawo of Awo Ekiti, Oba Abdulazees Olaleye. The Muslims, who addressed newsmen in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, via the National […]