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Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd) The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, has defended his earlier comment that Nigerians should stop being cowards and fight against bandits’ attack. Magashi had while addressing newsmen on Wednesday said Nigerians should be courageous enough when bandits fire “minor” shots. Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd) He had said: “At times, the bandits will only come with about three rounds of ammunition, when they fire shots everybody runs. In our younger days, we stand to fight any aggression coming for us… “I don’t know why people are running from minor things like that. They should stand and let these people know that even the villagers have the competency and capability to defend themselves.” His comment had generated public criticism with many Nigerians accusing him of being insensitive to the plights of citizens amid rising insecurity in the country. See Also Insecurity PDP Seeks Defence Minister's Sacking For Calling Nigerians Cowards, As...

Barely three days after the inauguration of the Isoko South campaign council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Delta State for the March 6, 2021 council polls, the campaign council chairman Ferguson Onwo, and Director General, Orezi Esievo, have been sacked. The sacking, SaharaReporters learnt, followed a disagreement over the venue for the inauguration of sub-committee members and supremacy tussle involving the council chairman, DG, and the local government chairman of the party, Godspower Obaro. SaharaReporters gathered that the party chairman, Obaro, had directed that the local government council hall be used for the sub-committee inauguration but the campaign council chairman, Onwo, who is also the member representing Isoko South constituency 2 in the state House of Assembly and the DG, Esievo, who is executive assistant to the state governor, kicked against such a move because the hall in question is government property and not the party’s property. The council chai...

Operatives of the Abuja zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have uncovered another training centre allegedly set up for the grooming of internet fraudsters. The ‘academy’ located in the Arab Contractors Area of Mpape Hills, a suburb of Abuja, was discovered when operatives, acting on intelligence, stormed the base on Thursday and arrested 27 internet fraud suspects. This development comes few weeks after the anti-graft agency discovered an internet fraud academy in the Bwari axis of Abuja, where 10 suspects said to be learning the trade of cyber trickery were nabbed. A statement by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said the coordinator of the Mpape centre is one 30-year-old Emmanuel Clement. It added that Clement’s students are mostly young school leavers, including ladies between the ages of 18 and 25. The statement titled, ‘EFCC uncovers another internet fraud training centre in Abuja,’ said, “Items recovered from the suspects include a Toyota ...

Abdullahi Dikko Inde The immediate past Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko, will be buried tomorrow (Friday). A family member of the deceased confirmed this to SaharaReporters on Thursday night. Abdullahi Dikko Inde “Innalilahi wahi inna ilahi. Former CG customs Inde Dikko succumbed to death. We planned the Janazah prayer at National Mosque tomorrow after Jumah prayer Insha Allahu,” he said. SaharaReporters had reported how Dikko died of cancer complicated by COVID-19.  He was 61 years old and a native of Musawa, Katsina State. See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Ex-Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko Is Dead 0 Comments 3 Hours Ago The former Customs boss is survived by one wife and three children –two sons and a daughter. He attended Government College, Kaduna in 1974 where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate Examination in 1980. He had a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a master’s degre...

A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday continued the trial of a former Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on Millennium Development Goals, Alhaji Ope Saraki, over N220 million contract fraud. The trial continued in Ilorin with the cross-examination of the second prosecution witness, Ijaya Adedeji, by the defence counsel. Saraki, a cousin of the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is being prosecuted by the EFCC Ilorin Zonal Office for allegedly procuring a contract to the tune of N220 million through a company of interest. The contract involved the purchase of 13 units of ambulances for general/specialist hospitals in Kwara State, and was allegedly acquired through Chemiroy Nigeria Limited. The offence is contrary to Section 12 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences, ICPC, Act, 2000. According to the EFCC in a release, Ijaya at the last sitting on February 8, while being led in evidence by counsel for the EFCC, Sesan Ola, tendered f...

The Kano State Hisbah Board has said the body is investigating allegations of infidelity levelled against its officer, Sani Rimo, who was allegedly caught with a married woman in a hotel in the Sabon Gari area of the state.  SaharaReporters had on Tuesday reported how a commander of the Islamic police was arrested in a hotel. Rimo is said to be in charge of arresting beggars and prostitutes in the Kano metro area. He was taken into custody after the husband of the woman with whom he allegedly had an affair filed complaints. SaharaReporters gathered that he has, however, been released. Speaking with SaharaReporters on Thursday, the Communications Officer for Hisbah, Nabahani Usman, said the Commander-General of the agency had set up a committee to investigate the allegation against the officer. See Also Islam EXPOSED: Identity Of Kano Hisbah Commander Caught In Hotel With Married Woman 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Usman said the committee was working to get the truth an...

A former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Abdullahi Inde Dikko, is dead. Dikko died in Abuja after a long illness. SaharaReporters learnt that he died of cancer complicated by COVID-19.  He was 61 years old and a native of Musawa, Katsina State. The former Customs boss is survived by one wife and three children –two sons and a daughter. He attended Government College, Kaduna in 1974 where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate Examination in 1980. He had a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a master’s degree in Finance from the University of Dimitrov Apostle Tshenov, Svishtov, Bulgaria. He joined the Nigerian Customs Service in 1988 and was the CG of Customs from 2009 to 2015. PUBLIC HEALTH Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2ZrkQ...

Governor Masari of Katsina State with bandits More than ten villages in the Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State have been completely deserted due to the activities of bandits. According to Katsina Post, recent attacks by the gunmen on some of the communities during the week worsened the situation. Governor Masari of Katsina State with bandits Gunmen had on Monday night attacked Sayau and Tashar Bawa communities, both in Sabuwa LGA with reported killings and kidnappings. The incident forced the villagers to flee their homes. Other villages deserted completely include Unguwar Tunau, Unguwar Ladan, Gulange, Dungun Kadarko, Limbs, Dankure. The rest are Gwammaja, Unguwar Madugu, Albasun Alhaji Bako and Unguwar Nakaba. Katsina is one of the states most affected by terrorism and banditry in Nigeria’s North-West region. On December 11, 2020, some bandits kidnapped 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara. They were released about a week later.  ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has described the statement credited to the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd), as reckless and pessimistic for calling Nigerians ‘cowards’ and asking them to defend themselves against armed bandits and terrorists.   The PDP said this in a statement issued on Thursday by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan. Ologbondiyan lambasted Magashi in the press release and demanded his sacking for “abdicating his statutory duties in asking unarmed Nigerians to defend themselves against armed aggression by bandits and terrorists.”   The party said the minister’s statement, which it described also as irresponsible, is an endorsement that the administration of the President Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has “surrendered to outlaws and has no determination to fight them.”   The party said, “It is unthinkable that a government would describe unarmed victims of armed aggression of terrorists and bandits as ‘cowards’ ...

Auwalun Daudawa (middle) The suspected mastermind of the abduction of over 300 schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State last December, Auwal Daudawa, who has now surrendered his weapons, said he led the operation because the state governor, Aminu Masari, dared his men. Daudawa stated that his men carried out the abduction because the governor had vowed never to dialogue with them and they wanted to prove to him that they were capable of causing violence and embarrassing his government. Auwalun Daudawa (middle) In an interview with Daily Trust, the bandits’ leader, who was based in Dumburum forest in the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, said, “I have never done that kind of mass abduction in Zamfara. I did that in Katsina because the governor came out to say he will not dialogue again with our people. So, we said since they said they were not interested in a peace deal and they were sending military jets to torment our people...

Former Osun State Governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola Oyetunji Solomon, the manager of Total Service Station, Oworonsoki Express-way, Alapere, Ketu, Lagos State, owned by former Osun State Governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, is currently enmeshed in an alleged multi-million naira scam.  SaharaReporters gathered that Oyinlola, a licensee of Total Nigeria PLC has failed to take any step to investigate the alleged fraudulent and criminal behaviour of his manager.  Former Osun State Governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola Solomon allegedly swindled a businessman, Makinde Olufemi, out of the sum of N5,000,000. Documents seen by our correspondent showed that Solomon obtained the said sum under false pretences from Olufemi under the guise of a loan facility. The agreement was that the money would enable him to manage a supermarket and car wash within the premises but failed to give any account since 2018. Solomon was also alleged to have criminally forged the letterhead of Total Nigeria PLC...