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Amnesty International has strongly condemned Friday’s attack on Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State and the abduction of over five hundred boys by Boko Haram Terrorists. Osai Ojigho, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, in a statement on Tuesday, said the abducted students risk being harmed or being forced to become child soldiers. According to the human rights watchdog group, most students in Northern Nigeria had abandoned their education after being displaced by frequent violent attacks on their communities, and many teachers have been forced to flee to other states. See Also Boko Haram "Katsina Abduction Was Done To Discourage Western Education" – B'Haram Claims Responsibility In New Audio 0 Comments 14 Hours Ago The statement read, “We condemn this appalling attack, which is the latest in a string of grave human rights abuses by Boko Haram. Since 2012, hundreds of teachers, schoolchildren and st...

The Rivers State Police Command has said that two persons were killed, while several people injured during a stampede at an event in the Rumuodara area. The event was organised by Inksnation, a Non-Governmental Organisation, for its registered members to distribute some palliatives for the end of the year. See Also Sahara Reporters Many Feared Dead In Stampede At Rivers Palliatives Centre 0 Comments 9 Hours Ago The incident occurred at an event centre, along the Rumuodara axis of the East/West Road in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. The state Police Command, Public Relations Officer, SP Nnamdi Omoni, said the situation had been brought control. “Inksnation was distributing palliative to her registered members from Ikwerre, Emohua and Obio/Akpor LGA, when suddenly there was a stampede leading to the death of two people. “Some sustained various degrees of injuries and they are currently receiving medical attention. “Meanwhile, the situation is under control. Th...

Kano Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has said he sacked Muhammadu Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano to save the system and the traditional institution from abuse. The governor had, on March 09, 2020, dethroned Sanusi, a vocal advocate of reforms in Northern Nigeria. Kano Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Many see the action as Ganduje’s way of getting at the deposed Emir who is believed to have worked against his re-election during the 2019 election. Speaking during the presentation of a book authored by a journalist, Bonaventure Philips Melah, on former President Goodluck Jonathan, the governor said Sanusi was not the best man for the throne at the time he was appointed in June 2014. He said the former Emir was appointed to spite Jonathan. See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Emir Of Kano, Sanusi, Dethroned 0 Comments 9 Months Ago The former President had in April 2014, sacked Sanusi as Governor of the Central Bank of Niger...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has directed all network operators to disconnect every SIM card not synchronized with the valid National Identity Number by December 30, 2020. The order was issued after an urgent meeting of key stakeholders in the communications industry convened by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, on Monday. The meeting in its resolution insisted that all telecom operators must require all their subscribers to provide valid NIN to update SIM registration records as from December 16. This development comes on the heels of an earlier directive suspending new SIM registration by network operators across the country. Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3h32Dyp via EDUPEDIA

Governor Ben Ayade A dreaded gang leader in Cross River State, Kingsley Utomobong, and his gang members have been arrested for the murder of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Egbe Edum.  Edum was hacked to death by gunmen on Wednesday, December 2, at 8 Miles area, along the Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar. Governor Ben Ayade It was gathered that he was attacked while waiting for his wife to pick him up after the bus he was travelling in, broke down. A police source told SaharaReporters that the late Edum’s belongings were found on Utomobong and his gang members. Utomobong, who is notorious for freely extorting money from residents of the state and inflicting pains on anyone standing in his way, was said to be untouchable because of his closeness to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. See Also CRIME Notorious Gangster Linked To Governor Ayade Attacks Man With Cutlass, Demands N1m From Victim For Visiting Girlfriend 0 Comments 10 Months Ago FLASH: N...

Zamfara State Government has closed down ten boarding schools in the state to prevent possible abduction of students by bandits. Speaking to journalists in a press conference on Tuesday, the Commissioner of Education, Dr Ibrahim Abdullahi, said the schools would remain closed until the security improves. The affected schools, according to Abdullahi, are Government Secondary Schools in Zurmi, G.S.S. Birnin Magaji, (boarding), and G.A.S.S. Zurmi (boarding), G.G.S.S. Moriki (boarding). Science Secondary School Shinkafi (boarding), Science Secondary School, Dansadau (boarding) and Science Secondary School, Bukkuyum (boarding). Others are G.D. S. S Nassarawa Mailayi (day), G.D.S.S. Gusami (day), and G.D.S.S. Gurbin Bore, (day). Abdullahi said, “We do not want what happened in Katsina to happen in Zamfara State. “All the principals of the affected schools have been directed to ensure immediate closure of the affected schools.” The commissioner also called on parents and guardian...

The #BringBackOurGirls Movement has demanded the rescue of the 333 abducted schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School in Katsina State by the Nigerian government. The BBOG said in a statement on Tuesday that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government had been indecisive about the rescue of the schoolboys the same way it did about the remaining Chibok schoolgirls of 2014 and Leah Sharibu, the remaining Dapchi schoolgirl abducted in 2015. In the statement signed by Oby Ezekwesili, Aisha Yesufu and other members of the group, the BBOG also demanded the “immediate sack of the service chiefs and the review of the security architecture of the country given the rising cases of insecurity and banditry.” BBOG said, “We ask the Federal Government to seek support from regional and international stakeholders, especially the United States, to deploy the same security prowess used in the rescue of one American citizen so that we can win this war against terrori...

Nigerian musicians, Stanley Omah Didia, a.k.a Omah Lay, and Temilade Openiyi a.k.a Tems, have been released after three days in the Uganda police cell over violation of the country’s COVID-19 laws. This was made known by a Ugandan journalist, Canary Mugume, who took to his Twitter handle to announce the release. He tweeted: “Breaking: Nigerian artists @Omah_Lay and @temsbaby have been released 5 minutes ago and might fly out tonight, @Lukowoyesigyire has confirmed. #NBSUpdates @nbstv.”  Breaking: Nigerian artists @Omah_Lay and @temsbaby have been released 5 minutes ago and might fly out tonight, @Lukowoyesigyire has confirmed. #NBSUpdates @nbstv — #CanaryReports (@CanaryMugume) December 15, 2020 The Uganda police force had on Monday announced that the two artistes would remain in custody. This was after the fast-rising Nigerian stars were arraigned at a court in Kampala, Uganda’s capital city. The UPF said the earlier plans of releasing them on police bond w...

Five men suspected to be cult members and caught with the corpse of a man have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command.   The suspects: Babatunde Shittu, Ayobami Morenikeji, Fidelis John, Abdullah Adegbenro and Oyeyemi Bakare, were arrested on Monday following a distress call to the Sango Area Command headquarters. The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said the Area Commander, Monday Agbonnika, had promptly responded to the distress call.  The statement also stated that the young men had confessed that they were on a revenge mission with the corpse at the house of their opposition who was responsible for the death of the young man. The statement read, “On interrogation, they informed the police that they went to a party at Mushin in Lagos and on their way coming, a fight ensued amongst them, and in the process, one of them was overrun by a fast-moving vehicle, and he died on the spot. They stated further that they were taking the cor...

Yoruba’s socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has expressed its support for IPOB’s newly formed Eastern Security Network, saying regional policing is the only remedy to insecurity in the country. The Afenifere National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, stated this on Monday in an interview with SaharaReporters. Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, had on Saturday launched the ESN, saying it was to protect lives and property of the South-East region people. The IPOB leaders stated that this was necessary to tackle the security challenges confronting the country. PHOTONEWS: @MaziNnamdiKanu Launches Eastern Security Network, Says Not Different From Amotekun, Miyetti Allah | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/EegHQURpIR pic.twitter.com/PyBa5wX67K — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) December 13, 2020 Kano had earlier said the ESN was not different from the Amotekun in the South-West and Miyetti Allah in the North, adding that the Igbo states needed their reg...

Nigeria's First Lady, Aisha Buhari. File Photo: Aisha Buhari Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has been in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since September after the wedding of her daughter, Hanan, and has therefore not been involved in any government activity, SaharaReporters has gathered. SaharaReporters gathered that the First Lady is not in a hurry to return, despite spending over three months, as she reportedly stated that the Aso Rock Villa was not secure for her family. Nigeria's First Lady, Aisha Buhari. This concern was triggered by a shooting incident which occurred in June and caused some panic among occupants of the Aso Villa. SaharaReporters had reported that there was a crisis in Aso Villa after security details of the President’s wife removed Buhari’s Personal Assistant, Sabiu ‘Tunde’ Yusuf, from the place after he refused to embark on a 14-day isolation period upon returning from a trip to Lagos. See Also Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: President Buhar...