Month: February 2021

Senate President condemns abduction of Zamfara secondary schoolgirls

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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condemned the attack on Friday on Government Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State where hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted. Lawan expressed sadness and outrage that the incident happened while efforts were still being made to rescue those abducted just over a week ago at another secondary school in Kagara, Niger State. The Senate President said the recurrent attacks on schools and other acts of banditry call for intense soul searching on how the nation arrived at this sorry pass and how to…

Blood gushed out of my private part, torture victim laments before IIP-SARS

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Two victims of Torture, Sani Halilu and Haruna Usman have petitioned the independent investigative panel on Human Rights violation by the defunct SARS and other units of the police over allege torture inhuman and degrading treatment meted to them by Amadin Monday of the defunct SARS. Sani Halilu a media practitioner testifying before the panel narrated how his travail started on the 10th of September 2020 when he was invited to cover an event at the NICON Luxury Hotel in Abuja when according to him he cited a friend of…

FESTUS IDEHEN’S DEATH: Drama as family disrupts testimony at IIP-SARS … as police gives evidence

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The Chairman of the Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units has charged petitioners to always conduct themselves in a civil manner anytime they appear before the panel. “Unruly behaviour will not be tolerated” this admonition was given by the Chairman of the panel following an outburst from relations of deceased victim, Festus Idehen, when they raised objections to the testimonies of ASP Kingsley Ojeomokhai who in their view was telling lies against their late brother, while he was…

ABDUCTED ZAMFARA SCHOOL GIRLS : Police commence coordinated search, rescue operations

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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have commenced a coordinated search and rescue operation, involving the deployment of both ground and aerial assets, aimed at locating and rescuing the students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State abducted in the early hours of Friday, 25th February, 2021. To ensure the success of the ongoing operation, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adam has ordered the immediate deployment of two (2) operational surveillance helicopters to Zamfara State. This was in addition to the personnel of Operation Puff Adder II earlier…

USAID donates Reading Textbooks to Teachers, Pupils in Oyo

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Friday, February 26, 2021 launched the distribution of over 10,000 textbooks to help improve the reading skills of children in nearly 2, 450 public schools in Oyo State. In a ceremony held at the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, the USAID Northern Education Initiative Plus Chief of Party, Nurudeen Lawal handed over copies of Yoruba Early Grade Reading materials “Je Ka Kawe” to Dr. Nureni Adeniran, Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board. Speaking at the event, Dr. Nureni…

Friday Sermon : The Power Of Du’a/Supplications/Prayers By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all creation, and may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and all his Companions. Dear brothers and sisters, sincerely speaking, tests, trials, tribulations, problems and challenges are part of every person’s life. However, to counter that, Allah has provided us a very powerful tool – and that is the tool of Du’a, or asking Allah for help and his mercy when we need it.…

PIB ‘ll change economic fortune of Nigeria – Senate President …. Says 9th Assembly will keep to target on Electoral amendment Bill

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Thursday assured Nigerians that the Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB) which is before the National Assembly will change the fortune of the country by the time it becomes law. “The PIB is going to be a piece of legislation that in our estimation will change the economic fortune of Nigeria and of course improve the earnings by our businesses who are here and we want to attract many more investments into the oil and gas industry in Nigeria,” Lawan said. The Senate President spoke in…

OPERATION PUFF ADDER II – Police arrest 48 notorious criminal suspects …. Recover 14-AK47 Rifles, 27 other prohibited firearms, 4 POS Machines, others

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Following the flag-off of ‘Operation Puff Adder II’ by the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, on 15th February, 2021, to reinvigorate the ongoing fight against violent crimes in the country and bring the perpetrators to book, operatives of the FIB Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad of the Force attached to the Operation Puff Adder II have arrested forty-eight (48) criminal suspects, including forty-seven (47) male and one (1) female, for their involvement and indictment in cases of armed robbery, kidnapping, unlawful possession of firearms, cybercrime/financial fraud and other heinous crimes…

KIDNAPPED STUDENTS : FG has abandoned us ,says Gov Sani Bello

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Niger state Governor,Abubakar Sani Bello said the state government has been left alone in its efforts to rescue the kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School,Kagara. He lamented that, at the moment, he had little or no support from the Fedetal government but re-iterated state government’ s commitments to secure the release of the abductees. Governor Sani Bello stated this when the former Governor of Abia State,and Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, paid him sympathy visit in Minna ,Niger state capital over the recent cases of…

Danbatta, Others endorse Book on Telecoms Law, Regulations

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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof, Umar Danbatta was among eminent personalities that have endorsed a new book on Nigeria’ telecommunications industry’s legal and regulatory ecosystem.   The book, “Nigerian Telecommunications Law and Regulation”, which is co-authored by Quasim Odunmbaku, a telecoms regulatory professional at the NCC and Rotimi Akapo, a lawyer, who specialised in Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) practice, is written in 18 chapters and over 600 pages.   Speaking at the virtual public presentation of the book on Thursday, February 25, 2021,…