Gunmen have killed one person and kidnapped six others in Erena community in Shiroro local government area of Niger state. This is the second attack the Community is witnessing in less than two weeks. The late-night attack caught the villagers unaware as the gunmen attacked with sophisticated weapons. Sources told The Nation that the Gunmen were more than 50 adding that several other people got injured in their bid to escape from being abducted. thenationonlineng
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When national, state, or local governments make a concerted effort to solicit input from citizens and provide services to all of their constituents equally, they sow the seeds of stability and growth. When this is done within a framework of political and legal accountability, citizens increasingly trust state institutions to support and to treat all of them in an even-handed manner. Governance is inclusive when it effectively serves and engages all people, takes into account all facets of personal identity and when institutions, policies, processes and services are accessible, accountable and responsive to all members of society. Fostering governance that…
•Atiku: No resources should be spared to secure abductees •US offers to help Nigeria A combined team of security agents are on the trail of bandits that abducted 39 students at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday night. Army Spokesman, Brigadier-General Mohammed Yerima, confirmed that a team comprising men of the Army, Air Force, Police and DSS were combing the forest in and around Igabi, in pursuit of the bandits. The bandits in large numbers had attacked the institution about 11:30 pm and kidnapped several students and staff. They broke…
KADUNA – No fewer than 180 students and staff of the Federal College of Forestry, Afaka, Igabi LGA, Kaduna, who were abducted on Thursday, by armed bandits, have been rescued in the early hours of yesterday. In a statement made available to newsmen by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, members of the Nigerian Army intervened and ensured the release of the abductees. “Troops of the Nigerian Army in the early hours of today, Friday, 12th March 2021 rescued 180 citizens, many of them students, at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Igabi local government area…
Oyedepo added that any system that is afraid to be different would never make the difference. The Chancellor/ Chairman, Board of Regents, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Dr David Oyedepo, has urged Nigerians to move nearer to God for more of His values to manifest in their lives. Oyedepo, who is also the founder of the Living Faith Bible Church, said Nigeria has not changed for the better because only changed people can change their environment and their world. The cleric stated this on Friday during the 19th matriculation ceremony of the university. “We talk about peace in Nigeria, but…
After years of the government’s seemingly standing by as insecurity was blanketing the country, a change came. President Muhammadu Buhari signposted that change by appointing new Service Chiefs. Immediately the new Service Chiefs set to work, some discordant voices arose from various parts of the country. One of the most noticeable of such voices belonged clearly to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who graduated as a Medical Doctor at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, joined the Army and retired as Captain. Gumi, who was born a proud Nigerian on Independence Day, 1960, further studied Islamic Jurisprudence and Tafsir (providing elucidation, explanation, interpretation,…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the organized labour is dead in Nigeria. Wike attacked the workers’ union on Friday in reaction to the confusion the ‘greeted’ the increase in petrol price. On Thursday, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulation Agency (PPPRA) released a template which revealed that a litre would cost between N209 to N212 for March. But the agency and the federal government said it was only an update on latest market trends and would have no effect on pump price. On Twitter, Wike said labour movement in the country “is dead because it has lost its…
The cost of each kidney dialysis session is N23,000 at the Garki hospital. After undergoing dialysis on Thursday at the Garki general hospital in Abuja, Dannuma Tadi, a retired army officer, said he was already thinking of where to get money for the next one. The cost of each dialysis session is N23,000 at the hospital and Mr Tadi needs at least two treatments each week to keep his system filtered and running. Mr Tadi, 64, has been battling high blood pressure and diabetes for nearly 30 years. Two years ago, he was diagnosed with end-stage (stage 5) kidney disease.…
• Sylva Apologises To Nigerians, Insists No Increment Until Conclusion Of FG, Labour Talks • NNPC Assures Of Adequate Supply Of Product • PPPRA Deletes Template Announcing N212.68 /Litre Pump Price • Hike Can Attract Mass Protest, PDP Cautions In what appeared to be the most uncoordinated situation by agencies under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, headed by President Muhammadu Buhari, confusion, panic-buying and an attempt to profiteer by marketers ruled the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, yesterday, following a template released by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), which increased petrol pump price…
The Supreme Court has upheld the 10-year imprisonment imposed on former Plateau Governor Joshua Dariye upon his conviction for criminal breach of trust. A five-man panel of the court, led by Justice Mary Odili, in a unanimous judgment on Friday, upheld Daruiye’s appeal in part, by quashing the one-year sentence imposed on him by the Court of Appeal in relation to the offence of criminal misappropriation. Justice Ejembi Eko prepared the lead judgment,which was read on Friday by Justice Helen Ogunwumiju. Other members of the panel include Lawal Garba, Samuel Oseji and Tijani Abubakar. The Supreme Court upheld Dariye’s concurrent…