December 14, 2020

Buhari Snubs Kankara Kidnap Saga, Visits Cows Instead

Buhari Snubs Kankara Kidnap Saga, Visits Cows Instead

December 14, 2020 1:17 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari checked up on his cows in his home Katsina State on Monday, despite showing defiance amidst calls for him to visit the school where 600 students were kidnapped over the weekend. 

A video which is being circulated around the internet showed the president visiting his cows in Daura on Monday afternoon.

The president had rejected calls to visit Kankara, home to the high school that was raided by bandits, instead choosing to send a federal government delegation from Abuja, the nation’s capital. Kankara is about 190km (a two and half hours drive) by road from Daura while …

Fulani Marginalised In Nigeria – Miyyeti Allah

Fulani Marginalised In Nigeria – Miyetti Allah

December 14, 2020 6:50 am

The Bauchi State chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has alleged that the Fulani ethnic nationality is not only being marginalised in the scheme of things in the country but accused of committing virtually every crime.

This was stated, weekend, at the Bauchi South zonal meeting of the association, by its state chairman, Sadiq Ibrahim, declaring that governments at all levels have failed to avail the Fulani of social amenities, such as water for both human and animal consumption, roads, grazing lands and cattle routes, among others.

Read Also: End SARS: Fulani Elders, Miyetti Allah

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Only 10 Students Missing – Presidency Counters Gov Masari

December 14, 2020 6:45 am

The Presidency has claimed that only ten students were abducted from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State.

It made the claim through the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.

Read Also: Kankara Abduction: Masari Orders Closure Of All Schools

This is in contrast to the Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari who disclosed on Sunday when he received a Federal Government delegation led by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, that ‘Based on the available record we have, we are still searching for 333 students through either the forest or their

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NIN And SIM Card: SERAP Threatens Court Action

‘Buhari, Sylva Should Account For ₦116M On Pen, Others’

December 14, 2020 6:31 am

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Nigeria President, General Muhammadu Buhari(rtd) and Mr Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources to account for how the ministry spent the whooping sum of ₦116 million on pens, letterheads and toners in 2015.

The group also charged Buhari and Sylva to disclose how much was spent on the same items between 2016 and 2020.

The body made the call in response to a report by the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation indicting the Ministry of Petroleum Resources on financial misappropriation. The Office of the Auditor-General of …

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GEJ Formed Fulani Group, Paid Them ₦300M – Northern Leader

December 14, 2020 6:29 am

The Chairman of the Northern Youth Leaders Forum, Rev Elliot Afiso, has accused the former President Goodluck Jonathan of being responsible for the festering insecurity, banditry and killings in the country by sponsoring a Fulani group known as ‘Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore.’

Alleging that the former President in 2014 paid the group ₦300 million with which they purchased most of their firearms.

Read Also: End SARS: Wike Meets Northern Elders Forum

The NYLF, Afiso, also revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari had been caged and was no longer in charge of the government.

He said, ‘One thing that I want

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