Category: Breaking News

Hoodlums resume looting of Abuja Warehouses In Gwagwalada, Idu

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Suspected hoodlums have resumed the looting of warehouses where COVID-19 palliatives were believed to have been kept. Our correspondent gathered that the youths are presently looting some warehouses in Gwagwalada, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory. They reportedly carted away cartons of cereals, bales of clothes, bags of rice and millet and other commodities. It was also learnt that youths who raided some warehouses at Idu Industrial Estate on Sunday, have resumed their activities this morning. During their raid, hundreds of youths, men, women and some children defied…

BREAKING: NANS Impeaches Danielson As President

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The Senate of the National Association of Nigerian Students has impeached the President of NANS, Mr. Danielson Bamidele Akpan and Chidi Ilogede, President and Vice President of the association respectively for diversion of funds. This was contained in a press statement signed by the association’s Senate President, Gambo Abu Mohammed and obtained by News Digest. According to the statement, the suspension is immediate. Read FULL statement below: “A Committee set up by the NANS Senate to investigate allegations of misappropriation and diversion of students Covid-19 Palliatives indicted the President for…

BREAKING: Ganduje suspends Media aide over attack on Buhari

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Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has suspended his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai over some unguarded utterances on the person of President Muhammadu Buhari on the social media platform. The state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who conveyed the governor’s directive in a statement this afternoon, said the suspension is with immediate effect. He said that though the media aide has own up the indiscreet comment as his personal opinion, but that as a public figure, it will be difficult to differentiate between personal opinion…

BREAKING : IGP dissolves SARS,sets to announce other measures to protect citizens

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu has today, 11th October, 2020, dissolved the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) across the 36 State Police Commands and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) where they hitherto existed. The IGP, while noting that the dissolution of SARS was in response to the yearnings of the Nigerian people, observed that by this dissolution, all officers and men of the now defunct Special Anti-robbery Squad are being redeployed with immediate effect. The IGP noted that the Force was not oblivious of the ever present need to combat…

JUST IN : Kaduna Govt announces Nuhu Bamalli as 19th Emir of Zazzau

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The Kaduna State Government has announced the appointment of Ahmed Bamalli as the new emir of Zazzau The long awaited appointment comes 17 days since the stool became vacant. Mr Bamalli succeeds Shehu Idris, the 17th Fulani emir of Zazzau who reigned for 45 years before his death on September 20. Princes from three of the four dynastic lines of the emirate jostled for the post with four of them believed to be the frontrunners. The three page report gave verdict on two-stage selection process followed on three princes. Those…

JUST IN: Helicopter crashes into Lagos residential building

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A yet-to-be-identified helicopter has crashed in the Opebi area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the copter dropped from the sky around 12 noon at the Salvation Bus Stop in Opebi. No casualty or death has, however, been reported as of the time of filing this report. Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor, confirmed the incident to our correspondent in a telephone conversation. “Yes, it just happened. The helicopter crashed in Opebi around 12pm. LASEMA operatives are on our way to the incident…

BREAKING : Buhari makes new appointments

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Executive Officers for nine of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.  According to the approval letter, which was conveyed to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to the President, on Tuesday, Mr. Buki Ponle was appointed Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria while Mr. Nura Sani Kangiwa was named the Director General, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism. Mr. Francis Ndubuisi Nwosu was appointed the Executive…

BREAKING: Police nab suspected Oyo serial killer,Sunday Shodipe

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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Police Command, have re-arrested the notorious murder suspect, Sunday Shodipe who escaped from lawful custody on 11th August, 2020. He was re-arrested today, Sunday, 23rd August, 2020 by Police operatives at the Bodija area of Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital. It would be recalled that the erstwhile fugitive is a prime suspect in multiple murder of innocent citizens at Akinyele Local Government Area, Moniya, Ibadan, Oyo State. The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, while commending the Commissioner of Police, Oyo…

BREAKING : Corps Member,Durodola invents T-Smart device to tackle COVID-19

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In response to the challenge thrown to their creative ingenuity by the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, arising from COVID-19 pandemic, Corps Members have taken up the gauntlet, and continued to amaze Nigerians with so many inventions, tailored towards stemming the spread of the virus in the country. However, a serving Corps Member in Nasarawa ,Taiwo Durodola has taken the fight against the virus a notch higher through the invention of T-Smart, a body-temperature reading device which undoubtedly will give a big boost to the current efforts to contain…