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Hadi Sirika Top aviation sources have revealed to SaharaRepoters that Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, was deliberately holding on to workers’ salaries and allowances in a bid to raise enough money to contest the next governorship election in Katsina State. It was also gathered that the minister in a bid to raise funds needed to realise his ambition, was doing all he can to sell the country’s airports. He is said to be working hard to prove that government could no longer manage the facilities just so he can auction them off and raise some money for his governorship ambition. Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika. He is said to be keen on selling the four major airports in Nigeria — Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt. Sirika has also been accused of using his cronies to head agencies like Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, National Airport Management Authority, Accident Investigation Bureau, and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. The minister is believed to be raising mon

Determined to silence their agitation, police officers in Abuja have again launched a violent attack on members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria popularly known as Shiites, during a protest to demand the freedom of their leader, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and wife, Zeenat. The police attacked the peaceful and unarmed protesters using teargas and water cannons to suppress their demands for the freedom of El-Zakzaky, who has been in detention since December 2015. Secretary of the Academic Forum of the movement, Abdullahi Musa, confirmed the attack while speaking with SaharaReporters. He said members of the group were commemorating the Arba’een symbolic trek, which ends with a march to demand the freedom of El-Zakzaky when the police swooped on them. He said after the police took over venue of the protest, the IMN members moved to another venue to hold the demonstration but the law enforcement agents followed, attacked and arrested many of them. Musa said, “We are commemoratin

Italy has made it compulsory to wear nose masks in public as part of measures to stop the spread of Coronavirus. The new directive adds that all Italians must also wear nose cover in their houses. FT Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy, said the measure is aimed at averting an imminent lockdown that would occur and devastate the economy if precaution was not taken. He said, “From now on, masks and protective gears have to be brought with us when we leave our house and worn. We have to wear them all the time unless we are in a situation of continuous isolation.” Italians experienced one of the strictest lockdown measures in the world earlier in the year after thousands died from the virus in that country, BBC reports. Cases in the European nation surged in the last 24 hours, passing the 3,000 mark for the first time since 24 April, registering 3,678 new infections according to data from the county’s Health Ministry. International PUBLIC HEALTH News AddThis :  Orig

Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party National Campaign Council for Info State Governorship election, has rejected Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede as the Independent National Electoral Commission Chief Returning Officer for the exercise. According to Makinde during a press conference in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Thursday, the October 10 poll won’t be free and fair if the electoral commission as presently composed will oversee the exercise.  INEC is, however, yet to disclose the name of the collation officer for Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Makinde said, “However, it has come to our notice that the people of Ondo State will not be getting free and fair elections if the Independent National Electoral Commission as presently composed will be overseeing the elections. “We are speaking in particular about the appointment of Prof Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede, Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, as Ch

Some gunmen have reportedly abducted one person in Pegi community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. The abduction took place on Wednesday night at about 8:30pm. The kidnappers fired several gunshots at a Volkswagen car, leaving the occupants with varying degree of injuries. Chairman of Pegi Community Development Association, Mr Taiwo Aderibigbe, confirmed the incident to journalists. The incident has sent panic across the area with resident now afraid to move around the area freely. Public Relations Officer of FCT Police Command, Manzal Anjuguri, was not available for comment when contacted. Recall that some gunmen had in June kidnapped three persons in the same community while they were returning from work around 10:00pm. CRIME News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3d84Y9a via EDUPEDIA