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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: Notor