January 2020

Kaduna: Police Kill 2 Bandits, Rescue 20 Kidnapped Victims

January 23, 2020 5:23 am
Some passengers numbering about eight abducted on Wednesday afternoon along Kaduna-Zaria highway have been rescued by the police.

Also rescued were three workers of Airtel Communications Company abducted on Tuesday, and nine others kidnapped on Jan. 14 when bandits attacked the convoy of the Emir of Potiskum.

THISDAY had reported that gunmen attacked Alhaji Umaru Bubaram, killing five of his aides along Kaduna-Zaria highway.

Umaru was on his way to Zaria when the attack occurred, but was, however, released.

The police, however, said that in the Wednesday’s attack, two of the bandits were shot dead and all the eight abducted

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Africans And Foreign Organised Religions

Africans And Foreign Organised Religions

January 22, 2020 8:08 pm

Foreign organised religions from the West and Arab nations which were used to further subjugate and make Africans better slaves to the slave masters in the colonial days, unfortunately, are very much prevalent in the contemporary African society.

The Catholic faith which was the pioneer of Christianity invented “Confession,” purposely for the white priests to know and checkmate the activities of slaves that might be rebellious, and Africans ignorantly thought that they were confessing their sins to a Supreme Being up in the sky that had the power to cleanse them of their so-called sins through the Catholic priests. 

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Fani-Kayode Attacks Tinubu Over Statement On Amotekun

January 22, 2020 4:23 pm
Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC’s, statement on the establishment of the Southwest security outfit, Amotekun.

Tinubu had on Wednesday called for private discussion between the Governors of the South-west and the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami, over Amotekun.

He said the foundation of the country had not been put at risk with the South-west regional security outfit launched by the governors of the zone in a bid to confront the insecurity in their respective states.

Read Also: Nigerians In America Back S’West
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Omokore Bought Vehicles For Akwa Ibom Senator – EFCC Witness

Adoke: I Don’t Know Why We Are In Court – EFCC Lawyer

January 22, 2020 4:23 pm
The arraignment of former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke was on Wednesday, stalled at the FCT High Court in Gwagwalada over confusion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the prosecuting agency.

The EFCC counsel, Bala Sanga caused confusion after he told the court that he did not know why he was in court.

“My Lord, we have not served the charge on the first, second and third defendants, we have only served the fifth, sixth and seventh defendants.

“I’m at a loss as to why we are here (in court)’’, Sanga said.

The prosecutor further told

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Nigeria: 250,000 Children Die Within First Day Of Life

January 22, 2020 4:22 pm
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 250,000 children in Nigeria die on their first day of life, describing the current indices for child health in the country as “alarming.”

Mr. Maulid Warfa, the UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Kano, made the remark in a goodwill message at the opening ceremony of the 51st Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) in Kano on Wednesday.

NAN reports that the conference was organised in collaboration with UNICEF with the main theme: ‘The Impact of Rapid Population Growth on the Child’.

Warfa said the

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Uzodinma Speaks On Payment Of New Minimum Wage

January 22, 2020 4:22 pm
Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, has assured workers in the state of his readiness to pay the new national minimum wage of ₦30,000.

The governor gave the assurance in a maiden state wide broadcast in Owerri on Wednesday.

Uzodinma, who thanked workers for their patience and support, however, said that the time had come to give them a voice among their contemporaries in other states.

Read Also: Nigerians In America Back S’West Governors On Amotekun

He said that payment of the new minimum wage would commence with the completion of negotiations with labour leaders in the state.

He added

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‘Tinubu Can’t Identify With The Suffering Of Yorubas’

January 22, 2020 4:15 pm

An Afenifere leader, Professor Femi Okurounmu, has faulted the statement released today by a former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, on the Western Nigeria Security Network, known as Operation Amotekun.

Okurounmu said it is a pity that Tinubu could not identify with the sufferings of the Yoruba; saying Tinubu’s statement is neither here nor there.

NAN reported earlier that Tinubu has finally broken his silence on Operation Amotekun, with a statement he personally signed and released on Wednesday.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with NAN in Abeokuta, the Yoruba leader said Tinubu “is trying to please ‘them in Abuja’

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FG Speaks On US Plan To Impose Travel Ban On Nigeria

January 22, 2020 4:15 pm
The Presidency has insisted it will not react to speculations about the United States of America’s plan to place a travel ban on the country.

Reports emerged on Tuesday, indicating that the President Donald Trump’s administration has plans to add seven countries across the world to their travel ban list.

Tanzania, Sudan, Eritrea, Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan, Belarusn and Myanmar were the countries mentioned.

Read Also: Nigerians In America Back S’West Governors On Amotekun

However, in a statement on Wednesday, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said: “Yes we have read the

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Amotekun Is Vote Of No Confidence On Buhari – PDP

January 22, 2020 4:14 pm
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday declared that the establishment of Operation Amotekun by Southwest governors was a vote of no confidence on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Presidency.

PDP said Buhari cannot guarantee national security and unity, hence the creation of Amotekun and other similar security outfits across the country.

The opposition party’s NWC stated this following a wide consultation and was contained in a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan.

Read Also: Nigerians In America Back S’West Governors On Amotekun

According to the statement: “Following a wide consultation and after an extensive

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Zaria

Professor Kabiru Emerges New Vice Chancellor Of ABU, Zaria

January 22, 2020 4:13 pm
The Governing Council of Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria on Wednesday, announced the appointment of Professor Kabiru Bala as the new Vice Chancellor of the university.

He took over from the incumbent, Professor Ibrahim Garba, whose tenure would come to an end on 30th April, 2020.

Professor Bala is a Professor of Building and a former Deputy Vice Chancellor as well as Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies of the university, among positions he holds.

The Council, under the chairmanship of Malam Adamu Fika, made its position known at the Arewa House, Kaduna where the interview and the Council meeting took

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Gunmen

Gunmen Kill APC Chieftain In Ibadan

January 22, 2020 4:12 pm
Some gunmen suspected to be assassins on Wednesday, killed a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Oyo state, Alhaji Babatunde Oreitan.

Oreitan, who is one of the leaders of the party in Ona Ara Local Government, was said to have been killed by the gunmen Wednesday afternoon.

Sources said the APC chieftain was murdered in his house located at Oremeji Agugu area of Ibadan.

Though, details of his death are scanty, THISDAY gathered that the APC chieftain was murdered after Dhur prayer in a mosque located in his house.

Efforts to get the reaction of the Public Relations

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EFCC

Foreign Countries Protecting Diezani – EFCC Boss, Magu

January 22, 2020 4:11 pm
Mr Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has alleged that some foreign countries were sabotaging the commission’s efforts at repatriating a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke.

He stated this on Wednesday during an official visit to the Ibadan zonal office of the commission.

EFCC had in the last five years been on the trail of the former minister over alleged corrupt practices.

Read Also: Nigerians In America Back S’West Governors On Amotekun

Magu said that he suspected sabotage on the part of some foreign countries over Allison-Madueke’s case

The EFCC boss wondered why

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