Kaduna State Government, on Friday, disclosed that the military has killed several bandits in a coordinated attack in the Bula community within the Yadi Forest of Giwa Local Government Area of the state. State Commissioner overseeing Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Aruwan noted that coordinated ground and air strikes by troops of Operation Whirl Punch left several bandits dead, including an ally of a notorious terrorist, Buhari Yadi’, identified as Alhaji Kachalla Ragas. He explained that the strike was based on credible intelligence which followed the recent elimination of some bandit…
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Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, says the cholera death toll in the state has risen to 24. Abayomi disclosed this in a post on his Instagram handle on Friday. The health commissioner also confirmed 35 cases out of the 417 suspected cases across 20 Local Government Areas in the state. He said the situation report as of June 19, 2024, indicated, “417 suspected cases, 35 confirmed cases, and 24 recorded deaths.” Abayomi advised residents to ensure personal and environmental hygiene, saying, “Let’s adhere strictly to personal and environmental hygiene. Let’s stay safe #ForAGreaterLagos” The cases were reported…
Agency Report A Swiss court handed jail sentences to four members of Britain’s richest family on Friday for exploiting Indian staff at their Geneva mansion. The Hindujas — who were not present in court — were acquitted of human trafficking, but convicted on other charges in a stunning verdict for the family whose fortune is estimated at 37 billion pounds ($47 billion). Prakash Hinduja and his wife Kamal Hinduja each got four years and six months, while their son Ajay and his wife Namrata received four-year terms, the presiding judge in Geneva ruled. The cases stem from the family’s practice…
Agency Report The Agege Local Government Area in Lagos State has suspended food vendors in schools in the area as a way of preventing the outbreak of cholera. The council has also embarked on rigorous sensitisation to prevent the outbreak of the disease in its communities. The council’s Chairman, Alhaji Ganiyu Egunjobi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday. According to the chairman, efforts have been put in place to sensitise market stakeholders and schools on radio to prevent the outbreak within the community. “We have suspended all school food vendors to ensure the…
Renowned constitutional lawyer, Professor Auwalu Yadudu, has described the ruling on Kano emirate crisis as “strange and baffling”. Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman of a Federal High Court in Kano had, on Thursday, ruled on the suits filed before him over the Kano Emirate crisis. A kingmaker in the former Kano emirate, Aminu Babba Danagundi, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba, had challenged the propriety of the repealed Kano Council Law which Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf used to depose the 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, and reversed the status of the emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye emirates to…
The 15th and 16th Emirs of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero and Muhammadu Sanusi II, held court sittings in their separate palaces, on Friday. The embattled Emirs observed Friday congregation prayers at the Central mosque and Nassarawa mini palace respectively. The Federal High Court presided over by Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman had declared the actions taken by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of May 23, 2024, as “null and void”. However, it stated that its ruling did not affect the validity of the Kano Emirates Council (Repeal) Bill 2024, which was passed by the Kano State House of Assembly. The actions taken…
… says police can’t intimidate us Police Service Commission, on Friday, challenged the Nigeria Police Force to provide verifiable evidence to support its allegations concerning the recruitment of constables. Police had, in a statement on Saturday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, rejected the names of those recruited by the commission. Adejobi had alleged that when the PSC portal was scrutinised, it was discovered that “several names of persons purported to be names of successful candidates are those who did not even apply and therefore did not take part in the recruitment exercise.” But the Joint Union…
Kano State Police Commissioner, AIG Usaini Gumel, says the police won’t carry out Governor Abba Yusuf’s directive to the Force to evict the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. Governor Yusuf had on Thursday night, through the State Attorney General And Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Dederi, directed the CP to evict the deposed 15th Emir of Kano from the Nasarawa mini palace he’s occupying. The police commissioner told The Punch on the telephone on Friday that obeying the Governor’s eviction order would amount to “jumping the gun”. He said the same government that gave the order had filed a…
…calls for political inclusiveness Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja All Progressives Congress Governorship candidate for the forthcoming September 21, 2024 election in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpevbholo, on Friday, said imposition of candidates by any political party can put such party into crisis. Speaking through one of his close allies , Dr. Tony Ikpasaja, at a Symposium with a theme: “Leadership Recruitment Process in Nigeria; Edo State Imperative,” organised by the National Association of Edo State Indigenes in Abuja, he said imposition usually factionalized political parties, pointing out what is currently happening to the ruling PDP in Edo State, where people are…
Umar Faruk, Gusau The striking lecturers of the Federal College of Education Technical (FCET) Gusau, Zamfara State, have announced suspension of their strike action unconditionally. The three-month old strike action was called off on Thursday after long hours meeting of the members of the union held at the College in Gusau,the state capital. Addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting, a member of the academic union FCET Gusau, Muktar Abdullahi apologised to parents, guardians and students for the inconvenience caused them during the over three months strike in the college. “Let me first of all start by apologising to students, we…