The security and intelligence services in Burkina Faso, says it foiled an attempted coup in the country on Tuesday. The military government made the announcement in a statement read on national TV by its spokesperson, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo. According to the statement, the junta said an attempt by some army officers to seize power from Capt Ibrahim Traoré and plunge the nation into chaos was thwarted. It further announced that officers who were allegedly involved in the plot had been arrested. “The dark intention of attacking the institutions of the Republic and plunging our country in chaos… investigations will…
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A 35-year-old kidnapping kingpin has been arrested in a raid by Police detectives from Crack Squad in Yobe State. Identified as Mohammed Wada, the suspect was arrested in Kanda village of Kolere community, Fune Local Government Area, in possession of deadly weapons. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Damaturu on Thursday. A 35-year-old kidnapping kingpin has been arrested in a raid by Police detectives from Crack Squad in Yobe State. Identified as Mohammed Wada, the suspect was arrested in Kanda village of Kolere community, Fune Local Government Area,…
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje has described the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso as a serial loser due his personal ambition. Ganduje made the remark while noting that Kwankwaso prefers to be a king in hell than be a servant in paradise. Speaking on Tuesday night while receiving the Bauchi State 2023 NNPP governorship candidate, Haliru Jika, Ganduje said Kwankwaso specialises in deceiving people. National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje has described the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso as a serial loser due…
Nigeria’s bid to co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations with Benin Republic has been dashed. This follows the decision of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to award the rights to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) made the announcement at the end of its executive committee meeting on Wednesday. Morocco won the right to stage the 2025 edition of the AFCON finals. Nigeria last hosted Africa’s largest football competition in 2000. The country co-hosted the competition alongside Ghana.
UNICEF Nigeria sounds alarm over the urgent need for widespread vaccination in the midst of the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history. Data released by UNICEF indicated that the diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria has so far resulted in over 11,500 suspected cases, more than 7,000 confirmed cases, and 453 deaths of which are mostly children. In a statement, the UNICEF Representative, Dr. Rownak Khan noted that most of the reported cases are children aged between 4 to 15 years who have not received a single dose of the vital vaccine, laying bare the urgency of the vaccination situation…
Date: 2023-Sept- 27 🎯TOPIC: THE URGENT CALL TO SEEK THE LORD 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW 👇 https://youtu.be/NAnogQX-M70?si=9J4ZBTH5j7D8GgLW ✝️ TEXT: Hosea 5:8-6:7(NKJV) 5:8 ” Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in Ramah! Cry aloud [at] Beth Aven, ‘[Look] behind you, O Benjamin!’ 5:9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure. 5:10 “The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark; I will pour out my wrath on them like water. 5:11 Ephraim is oppressed [and] broken in judgment, Because he…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a student of Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The student, named Ajoke, a National Diploma ll student of Science Laboratory Technology. The incident was said to have happened Monday night. Some students of the institution also sustained a series of gunshots. However, the exact number of students injured cannot be ascertained at the moment. Efforts to contact the police spokesperson in the state, Ramhan Nansel, proved abortive as his number could not be reached, as of the time of filling this report. Details later…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of former Petroleum Resources Minister, Timipire Sylva, from contesting the November governorship election in Bayelsa State. Justice Inyang Ekwo on Tuesday dismissed the suit for lacking in merit. The plaintiff, Hon Isikima Johnson, had in an originating summons dragged APC, INEC, and Sylvia before the Court praying for an order to disqualify Sylva from being allowed to participate in the November governorship election in Bayelsa State. He predicated his grouse against Sylvia on two grounds that Sylva had been elected into governorship office twice, and took the…
The Senate will today (Tuesday) screen the acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Olayemi Cardoso, for confirmation into a substantive capacity alongside four nominees for the positions of CBN Deputy Governors, to steer affairs of the apex bank in the next five years. The Red Chamber, which is returning from its two-month annual vacation, has also scheduled the screening of two additional ministerial nominees by President Bola Tinubu for Tuesday, October 3, 2023. The Media Office of the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, disclosed this in a statement on Monday evening. While the National Assembly was on…
The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has suspended four school principals across the state for their disobedience to the “free education policy” of the state government. This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the Public Relations Officer in the state Ministry of Education, Nnaemeka Egwuonwu, on Tuesday. Egwuonwu said the sanction was announced by the Commissioner for Education Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh. The statement read, “Soludo has stepped down four schools’ Principals for non-compliance to the solution-free education policy of Anambra State Government. “The Principals of Washington Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, Nkem Nkechi; Kenneth Dike Secondary School, Awka,…