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Gunmen A senior army officer and two soldiers have been killed by bandits in Unguwar Doka Village under Faskari Local Government Area of Kastina State. According to reports from the area, the soldiers, who were on routine patrol, ran into an ambush by the bandits, which led to their death. Gunmen Google Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday. Onyeuko said, “They successfully cleared the village of the marauders to the admiration of the locals. During the encounter, troops successfully neutralized 21 bandits while others escaped with gunshot wounds into the forest as evident by the trails of blood along the criminals’ escape route. “The gallant troops successfully rescued three kidnapped victims including an eight months old baby who have been in the custody of the criminals for more than 23 days. During the exploitation phase of the operation, the gallant troops recovered one AK 47 rifle,...

File Photo: Gunmen Barely three days after the murder of a traditional ruler, Da Bulus Chuwang Jang, gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen struck again on Thursday and killed five persons in K/Vom community of Vwang District in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The gunmen numbering about 20 were said to have stormed the community around 10:30pm and opened fire on the locals, who were relaxing at a spot after a hectic day. File Photo: Gunmen middleeastpress Four people were killed there while a student of the School of Animal Health Production Vom was also killed close to his shop. See Also CRIME Gunrunners Kill DSS Agent In Plateau State During Botched Operation 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Confirming the incident, Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka, said one other person was severely injured as a result of the incident. Egbuka, who described the killing as an ugly trend, said it had posed a serious setback to the peace effort in the state...

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The National Industrial Court of Nigeria has again ordered the organised labour comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress not to embark on its indefinite strike scheduled to commence on September 28. Both unions had enjoined workers to embark on an indefinite strike pending when the Nigerian Government reverted to the old pump price of petrol and adjust the electricity tariff. See Also Sahara Reporters Court Stops NLC, TUC’s Planned Strike Over Petrol Price, Electricity Tariff Hike 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Justice Ibrahim Galadima on Friday gave the order in a ruling on an ex parte application moved on behalf of the Nigerian Government by the Acting Director of the Department of Civil Litigation of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mrs Maimuna Shiru and Mr Tijjani Gazali, led the Federal Government’s team This came barely 24 hours after the same judge made a similar restraining ex parte order in favour of a group, Peace and Unity Ambassadors Asso...

Kayode Fayemi Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has dismissed his purported suspension by a faction of the All Progressives Congress. Fayemi, Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum, was suspended from the party due to alleged anti-party activities especially his role in the recently concluded governorship election in Edo State, which the APC says is contrary to the provisions of Article 21 (A) (ii) of its constitution. The party claimed that Governor Fayemi hosted PDP member, Mr Femi Fani- Kayode, in the Government House in Ado Ekiti in the run-up to the Edo elections and also played a role in the gubernatorial election in Oyo State where he supported the PDP candidate to defeat the APC candidate. Kayode Fayemi Reacting to his suspension, Fayemi through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Yinka Oyebode, said the faction that suspended him lacked the locus to handle the issue. He added that his suspension was announced by persons impersonating leadership of the party, who are jo...

The Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, Federal High Court chapter, is set to embark on two weeks strike action. The strike action, which is done in solidarity with the protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress, will commence from September 28, 2020. See Also ACTIVISM NLC Vows To Proceed With Planned Strike Action Over Petrol, Electricity Tariff Hike 0 Comments 3 Days Ago In a notice to its members, JUSUN ordered that all offices should be shut down during the period of the strike. “Please be inform that the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Federal High Court chapter, shall in collaboration with the Nigeria Labour Congress commence a two weeks strike action from Monday the 28th day of September 2020. “All offices shall remain closed during this period,” the notice reads. SaharaReporters had reported that the National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Thursday ordered the organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress not to embark on it...

President Muhammadu Buhari A group, Southern and Middle Belt Elders Forum, has questioned the commitment and loyalty of President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigeria over the recent approval of a rail project linking the country to Niger Republic. The government had on Wednesday at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting approved a $1.96bn rail project that would connect Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states then link to Niger Republic. Nigerians also knocked Buhari-led administration over the move. Muhammadu Buhari See Also Politics Outrage Over President Buhari's Approval Of $1.96bn Rail Project Linking Nigeria To Niger Republic 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Reacting to the rail project, the forum in a statement condemned President Buhari for using the nation’s resources to fund what it described as ‘ethno-religious sensibilities outside the country’. The elders forum posited that comitting such an amount to another country at a time Nigerians were being punished with atrocious...

FRSC Officials Six Federal Road Safety Corps officials recently released from their abductors have said that no security agency rescued them. According to BBC Hausa Service, each of them paid N6m to the kidnappers before they were freed. FRSC Officials See Also CRIME Gunmen Attack FRSC Officials In Nasarawa, Kill Two, Abduct 10 Others 0 Comments 1 Week Ago Police spokesperson in Nasarawa State, Ramham Nansel, had earlier said no ransom was paid for their release. He said, “They were rescued by the security agencies comprising police and soldiers supported by vigilante groups and hunters.” But the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to BBC Hausa Service, said the police lied. “What the police are saying is a big lie, there is no element of truth in it, the kidnappers established contact with our relatives, the money was withdrawn in Nasarawa town. “They instructed that only the driver should come with the money; when the driver brought the money, they ke...

Adeola Soetan Prof Osinbajo pretends not to be a lawyer anytime he’s in the Presidential Villa. But as soon as he is out of the power house to deliver speech at public forum, he immediately becomes an erudite human right SAN, lecturing the nation on rule of law, Administration of Criminal Justice, the need for quick dispensation of justice, non-manipulation of judicial system, non-conformity of law with human right abuses and other “fine fine medicine” to enhance the nation’s jurisprudence. But after coming down from the pulpit of public space, the professor pastor immediately ceases to be the erudite human right lawyer again on his way back to the Villa. Literally, he will secretely fold his silk, gown and keep it inside his bag, give an aide to keep for him until another public engagement comes where he will repeat himself on the need for expedited prosecution and adjudication of criminal cases. Adeola Soetan The “man of God”  and “man of law” has been managing his life...

Kingmakers of Zazzau Emirate have picked Iyan Zazzau, Bashir Aminu, as successor to the late Emir, Shehu Idris, who died on Sunday at the age of 84, SaharaReporters has gathered. The kingmakers include the Wazirin Zazzau, Alhaji Ibrahim Aminu, who is the Chairman, Makama Karami, Alhaji Muhammad Abbas, Fagacin Zazzau, Alhaji Umar Muhammad, Chief Imam of Zazzau, Sheikh Dalhatu Qasim and the Chief Imam of Kona, Sheikh Muhammad. They voted for the new Emir on Thursday night. The election was conducted in front of the Secretary of the State Government, Head of Service, Commissioner of Police, among many others. SaharaReporters gathered that three of the kingmakers voted for Aminu, while Turakin Zazzau, Aminu Idris, eldest son of the late Emir and Yeriman Zazzau, Munir Ja’afaru got one vote each. A chartered accountant and businessman, the new Emir has stayed the longest among the princes as a titleholder and district head in the emirate. See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Emi...

Crowther Seth The office complex of the deputy governor of Adamawa State, Crowther Seth, has been burgled and valuables carted away, SaharaReporters has learnt. It was gathered that the deputy governor’s office was burgled four times in two months, leading to the loss of three television sets, one window-sized air conditioner among other valuables. A senior administrative officer in the office, Audu Kirya, confirmed the incident to journalists. Crowther Seth He said, “The office had recorded  four different burglaries in two months. “Three television sets, one window-sized air conditioner, among valuables carted by the thieves.” He attributed the reoccurrence of the burglary to poor security measures.  Commenting on the frequent theft, Chief Press Secretary to the deputy governor, George Kushi, described it as regrettable. He expressed concern at how an important office like that of the deputy governor could be so frequently burgled. He said, “That means even ...

Crowther Seth The office complex of the deputy governor of Adamawa State, Crowther Seth, has been burgled and valuables carted away, SaharaReporters has learnt. It was gathered that the deputy governor’s office was burgled four times in two months, leading to the loss of three television sets, one window-sized air conditioner among other valuables. A senior administrative officer in the office, Audu Kirya, confirmed the incident to journalists. Crowther Seth He said, “The office had recorded  four different burglaries in two months. “Three television sets, one window-sized air conditioner, among valuables carted by the thieves.” He attributed the reoccurrence of the burglary to poor security measures.  Commenting on the frequent theft, Chief Press Secretary to the deputy governor, George Kushi, described it as regrettable. He expressed concern at how an important office like that of the deputy governor could be so frequently burgled. He said, “That means even ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, ordered him to leave Edo State on the eve of the September 19 governorship election. Wike said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Friday. According to the governor, who was the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship campaign, the IGP called him on the telephone and ordered him to leave Edo immediately but that the police boss could not respond when he asked why Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, members of All Progressives Congress, were allowed to remain in the state. See Also Sahara Reporters Policemen Lay Siege To Rivers Governor, Wike’s Hotel In Benin, PDP Raises Alarm 0 Comments 6 Days Ago He said, “The IG never saw me outside. I was inside my room and I got a call from the IG that I must leave Edo State. What surprised me was why should I leave Edo State? I am the chairman of the...