NDLEA Arrests 134 Suspects, Recover 5.970kg lllicit Drugs ln Jigawa
News Investigators/ The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Jigawa, says it has arrested 134 suspects for alleged drug related offences. The agency also recovered 5.970 kilogrammes of assorted illicit More...
Adamawa Poly Seeks Approval To Recruit 70 Lecturers
News Investigators/ The Adamawa State Polytechnic, Ibrahim Umar has urged Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri to approve recruitment of 70 academic staff, to fill the vacancies in some departments of the institution. Mr Umar, More...
Banditry Affects Over 90% Of Katsina Farmers —Lawmaker
News Investigators/ The Deputy Speaker, Katsina State House of Assembly, Shehu Dalhatu-Tafoki says the current security situation in the state affects over 90 per cent of the farmers. The lawmaker, representing More...
Army To Overhaul Obsolete Logistics In North-East Theatre Operations
News Investigators/The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. iFaruk Yahaya has approved the total overhauling of obsolete logistics in North East theatre operations. The Commander, Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps, More...
IBB Was Not Individually Responsible For Vatsa’s Fate -Gen. Akilu
News Investigators/ Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, popularly known as IBB, did not go out of his way to victimise late Maj.-Gen. Mamman Vatsa during the military trial that directed execution of Vatsa. A former More...
AGF Boosts Community Policing In Kano With Vehicles’ Donation To Police, Vigilante
News Investigators/ The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmad Idris, has donated operational vehicles to police and vigilante group to enhance community policing in Kano State. Mr Idris, who handed More...
Islamic Police Arrests 20 Children For Street Begging In Kano
News Investigators/ The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 20 children in Kano for violating the law against street begging. This is contained in a statement issued by Lawal Ibrahim, Public Relations Officer More...
Police Confirm Kidnap Of 8 Person In Zaria, Kaduna
News Investigators/ The Police Command in Kaduna State on Sunday confirmed the kidnap of eight person at the National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Quarters, in Zaria town of the state.The Command’s Public More...
BREAKING: Military Plane Carrying Army Chief Crashed In Kaduna
News Investigators/ Unconfirmed reports say an Air force plane carrying the Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and other top military personnel has crashed. All the passangers in the plane, including Mr. More...
Emir Of Kano, Others Escape Death As Max Air Makes Emergency Landing
News Investigators/ The Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero and scores of air passengers on Tuesday escaped death by whiskers as Kano-Abuja Max Air aircraft developed engine failure 10 minutes after take-off from the More...
Adamawa Leads As Nigeria Records 47 New COVID-19 Cases
News Investigators/ The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 47 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,515. The NCDC disclosed this on its official More...
Police Arrest 4 Suspected Cattle Rustlers With 208 Animals
News Investigators/ The Katsina State Police Command says it has arrested four suspected cattle rustlers with 208 animals.This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP More...
Community Policing: 704 Constabularies Complete Training In Kano
News Investigators/ A total of 704 people from the 34 local government areas of Kano State selected to serve under the community policing initiative, have completed their training. The News Agency of Nigeria More...
UN Food Systems Summit: Northeast Stakeholders Dialogue On Food Security
News Investigators/ Agriculture stakeholders from Gombe, Adamawa and Taraba on Thursday dialogued at the United Nations Food Systems Summit on how to boost food security in the sub-region. Gombe State governor, More...
Nothing Can Replace Books, Says Professor Of Literature, Giwa
News Investigators/ A university don, Audee Giwa on Tuesday said, nothing can take the place of books in spite of the advancement in digital technology. Mr. Giwa, a Professor of Comparative Literature and Dean, More...
Kano Appoints 11-Man Taskforce Committee On Zakkat Collection —Commission
News Investigators/ The Kano State Zakkat and Hisbah commission has inaugurated an 11-man taskforce committee to ensure collection of Zakat from organisations and the wealthy in the state for the needy.The Chairman More...
Fire Service Saves 111 Lives, N180.2m Property In Kano
News Investigators/ The Kano State Fire Service says it saved 111 lives and property worth N180.2 million in 95 fire incidents recorded in the state in February.Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Service, Saidu More...
Gunmen Invade Girls School, Abduct Scores In Zamfara
News Investigators/ Armed bandits have abducted hundreds of schoolgirls in Zamfara State, north west Nigeria. The abduction took place at the earlier of Friday morning less than two weeks after the kidnapping More...
Police Arrest Kano Hisbah Commander In Hotel With Married Woman
News Investigators/ Kano State Hisbah Command has confirmed the arrest of one of Hisbah’s top officers named Sani Nasidi Uba Remo, found in a hotel room with a married woman at Sabon Gari. Mr. Remo was arrested More...
Buhari Flags Off Controversial $1.96bn Nigeria-Niger Rail Project
News Investigators/ President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kano – Dutse – Jibia (Katsina State} – Maradi 284 Km rail project connecting Kano in Nigeria to Maradi More...
FG Supports 20,000 Farmers In Kano
News Investigators/ The Deputy Governor of Kano State, Nasiru Gawuna, says about 20,000 farmers in the state have benefited from a special Federal Government agriculture enhancement programme.The federal government More...
Zamfara Denies Donating Vehicles To Bandits
News Investigators/ The Zamfara Government has denied an online media report that it gave Hilux trucks to “repentant bandits’’ in the state. Addressing journalists in his office on Tuesday, the state Commissioner More...
Soldier, MOPOL Among 103 Newly Rescued Kidnapped Victims In Katsina
News Investigators/ Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari, on Friday said that security forces have rescued 103 kidnapped victims, among them, a soldier and anti-riot policeman. Mr. Masari made this known while More...
Bandit Attack: Masari Orders Closure Of All Boarding Schools
News Investigators/ Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has ordered the immediate closure of all boarding secondary schools in the state. Mr. Masari gave the directive in a statement by his Director-General More...
UN Chief ‘Strongly Condemns’ Borno Killings
News Investigators/ United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned “in the strongest terms” Saturday’s killing of 43 farmers by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno. Mr. Guterres More...
2 NYSC Members Test Positive For COVID-19 In Kano State
News Investigators/ The NYSC coordinator in Kano State, Aisha Tata, says two new corps members out of the 826 posted to the state have tested positive for COVID-19. Mrs. Tata said this on Monday while briefing More...
Bauchi Govt Asks Emir Of Misau To Apologize For Negligence
News Investigators/ The Bauchi State Government on Friday asked the Emir of Misau, Ahmed Suleiman, to tender an apology for his negligence of duty to the state government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled More...
Zamfara APC: Marafa’s Loyalists Reject Expulsion Of Sirajo Garba, 125 Others
News Investigators/ The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) faction in Zamfara, under Sen. Kabiru Marafa, has reacted to the expulsion of Sirajo Garba and 125 other members from the party, describing More...
North East Commission Pledges To Remove 500,000 Idle Youths From Streets
News Investigators/ The North East Development Commission-Education Endowment Fund (NEDC-EEF), has expressed determination to remove over 500,000 idle youths from the streets in the next five years in the region. Head More...
FG Commences Profiling Women, Children In Borno IDPs Camps
MAIDUGURI/News Investigators/ The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs in collaboration with the First Lady’s Office has commenced profiling of women and children in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in More...
Zamfara To Establish Multi-Billion Naira School Of Nursing
GUSAU/News Investigators/ Zamfara Government says it will soon begin construction of a multi-billion naira School of Nursing and Midwifery in Zurmi, the headquarters of Zurmi Local Government.The Special Adviser More...
Death Sentence: Imams Pressure Ganduje To Sign Execution Warrant On Sharif
News Investigators/ The Council of Imams in Kano State, Nigeria are mounting pressure on the state Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to sign the death sentence of the Shari’a court on Yahaya Sharif-Aminu. The More...
Masari Bans NGOs From IDPs Camps
News Investigators/ The governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has warned Non Government Organizations (NGOs) against going into any of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state under any guise.Mr. More...
Yahaya Signs N107Billion Revised 2020 Budget
Governor Mohammed Yahaya signing the revised budget on Monday. News Investigators/ Gombe state Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has signed the revised 2020 budget into law. The initially signed budget, More...
N3 Billion To Be Spent On Malaria Prevention In Kano
News Investigators/ Kano State Government in partnership with the Malaria Consortium have earmarked about N3 billion for malaria prevention activities in the state. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, made the disclosure More...
Court Rejects Ex-Kaduna Governor Request For Return Of International Passport
News Investigators/ A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, presided over by Justice Z.B Abubakar has rejected an application made by the former Governor of Kaduna State, Ramalan Yero, seeking a return of his International More...
Insecurity: Gombe Inaugurates Community Policing Advisory Committee
News Investigators/ Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has inaugurated an advisory committee toward the establishment of community policing, assuring of synergy with security agencies in the state More...
Borno Govt. Employs 12,735 Hunters, Vigilantes To Enhance Security
News Investigators/ Borno Government has employed 12,735 as members of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) comprising hunters and vigilantes, to complement efforts of security agencies in the state. The state Commissioner More...
Gombe Gov. Pegs Fertilizer Price At N5000, Flags-off Sales, Distribution Of 20,000 Metric Tons
GOMBE/News Investigators/ Governor State governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has flagged- off sales and distribution of 20,000 metric tons of fertilizer for the year 2020 farming season in a bid to boost agricultural More...
Bureau-de-Change Operator Bags Seven Years Jail Term
News Investigators/ The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office on Wednesday, secured a seven years prison term of one Sadiq Mustapha without option of fine. This followed a judgement More...
NAF Graduate 126 Special Force, Combat Search Rescue Personnel In Bauchi
News Investigators/ The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday graduated 126 Special Force and Combat Search and Rescue Personnel in Bauchi. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Saddique Abubakar at the combined More...
Kano Govt Investigating “Surge In Deaths” –official
News Investigators/ The Kano State Government says it has begun investigation into claims that there was a surge in deaths in Kano metropolis. Media report had it that the State recorded about 150 death in the More...
Fear Of Sack Grips Teachers In Kaduna As COVID-19 Spread
KADUNA/News Investigators/ Fear of job loss has grips private school teachers in Kaduna State as school owners may not cope with payment of salaries due to the COVID-19 lockdown. A teacher at Excell Model School, More...
Easter: Yahaya Felicitates With Christians, Urges Sustained Prayers Against Covid-19
GOMBE/ News Investigators/ Governor of Gombe State Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has urged Christian faithful to pray for enduring peace, stability and an end to the Covid-19 pandemic, just a he felicitate with the Christian More...
Court Convicts Impostor Of Senator Bulus Amos
News Investigators/The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Gombe Zonal Office, Tuesday secured the conviction of one Prince Musa, who impersonated Gombe senator, Bulus Amos. Sen. Amos representing More...
Maj.-Gen. Yahaya Takes Over As Theartre Commander Operation Lafiya Dole
Maj.-Gen. Farouq Yahaya on Friday took over as the new Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yahaya took over from Maj.-Gen. Olusegun More...
Covid-19: Gombe Sets To Establish Testing Centre
News Investigators/ Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has approved the establishment of covid-19 testing centre in Gombe. The Chairman of the Taskforce on Covid-19, Professor Idris Mohammed who disclosed this More...
How ‘Mama Boko Haram’, Others Diverted N111m Contract Funds -Witness
News Investigators/ A prosecution witness, Olaleye Isma’il on Monday told a Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri that Aisha Alkali Wakil (aka Mama Boko Haram) connived with two others to divert N111,650,000 More...
Ganduje Deposes Emir Sanusi
News Investigators/ Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has been deposed, bringing to a climax the long drawn battle between him and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje -led state government in Kano. The State Executive More...
Gombe Governor Greets Osinbajo At 63
GOMBE/News Investigators/ Gombe state Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has felicitated with the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo as he clocks 63 today. In a message More...
Just In: Army Rescue 6 Abducted Kaduna School Students
(News Investigators)/ Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have rescued six students of Government Day Secondary School Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State abducted on their way to school More...
Only Lazy Persons Consider Politics As Profession -Ex-SSG
(News Investigators)/ Former Secretary to Kaduna State Government, Sama’ila Yakawada, on Thursday said it is only in Nigeria that politics is considered a profession. He described politics as job for lazy More...
FBI Wanted List: EFCC Arrests ‘Notorious’ Internet Scammer In Ilorin
Suspected Internet Fraudster (News Investigators)/ The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested, Joseph Oyediran, one of the suspected internet fraudsters wanted by the United State’s Federal More...
Hajj: Nigeria Losses 9 Pilgrims -Official
(News Investigators)/ The number of Nigerian pilgrims that died while performing the 2019 Hajj in Saudi Arabia has risen to nine, the Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Ibrahim Kana, has announced. Mr. More...
Bandits Commanders Agree To Suspend Attacks In Zamfara
By Ibrahim Imam – Bandits commanders in Birnin-Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara, on Friday agreed to suspend attacks on the people at a dialogue meeting with the state government and security officials. The More...
Insurgency: Army Confirms Death Of Colonel, Captain, 3 Soldiers
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff By Ibrahim Imam – Army authorities on Friday, confirmed the killing of a Colonel, a Captain and three soldiers by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno. The Deputy Director, More...
ECOWAS To Resolve Sub-Regional Crisis
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament said that it would find lasting solutions to the humanitarian crisis in Mali and the entire sub-region. The Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Moustapha More...
