Buhari – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, urged Nigerians to trust the ability of the country’s armed forces to quell the violence and insecurity nationwide and restore lasting peace. He also said, under his watch, the military would maintain its operational drive to degrade terrorists and their activities, especially in the […]
Crime
Zelensky says 16,000 Russian troops have now been killed
Zelensky – An adviser to the Ukrainian defence minister said he thought the city would be won back today. Markian Lubkivskyi told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ‘I believe that today the city will be fully under the control of Ukrainian armed forces. ‘We have finished in the last two days the operation in the Kyiv […]
DNA testing – Six of 10 children in Nigeria not fathered by supposed fathers
DNA testing – ‘‘From experience in DNA testings, most firstborns are not fathered by the husbands at home, because these ladies have a prior relationship before getting married. Most times, they continue with that relationship, they don’t leave it after marriage…’’ Abiodun Salami is a senior geneticist with DNA Centre for Paternity Test, Allen Avenue […]
Hushpuppi: We want Abba Kyari arrested, detained – U.S. govt
Hushpuppi – The U.S. government says Mr Kyari is a “serious risk defendant” wanted for charges relating to a $1.1 million transnational internet fraud coordinated Huspuppi. The United States government has described Abba Kyari, one of Nigeria’s celebrated cops, linked to a $1.1million transnational internet fraudsters, as a “serious risk defendant”. A U.S. grand jury […]
Farmer: What herders advised me prior to obliterating my yields
moi Yusuf of Nasarawa State says the public authority needs to move quickly to save limited scope farmers from hunger in the midst of developing uncertainty.
Bandits kidnap N30 million payoff conveyor for school pupils
Bandits, who kidnapped 138 students of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in May in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have held onto a man shipped off convey N30 million as another portion of the payoff they requested from the guardians. The guardians had before sent an underlying portion of N25 million payoff, the […]
Lagos Assembly passes bill barring parade of suspects by police
Lagos House of Assembly has passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law in the state barring police from parading suspects before the media. The bill was passed yesterday at a sitting presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, on behalf of the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Section 9 (a) of the newly-passed bill […]
Soldier Leads Kidnappers, Kills 5Yr Old Boy After Collecting N5million
Soldier – Dismissed soldier of the Nigerian Army, Galadima Sani, has taken to kidnapping, leading a gang to abduct and kill a five-year-old boy after the family had paid N5 million ransom. SaharaReporters learnt that Lance Corporal Sani was dismissed from the Nigerian Army about five years ago for armed robbery, but the military authorities […]
Buhari gets 2 weeks deadline to probe ‘missing N106bn’
Buhari – President Muhammadu Buhari has been giving two weeks deadline to investigate allegations that N106bn of public funds were missing from 149 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), as documented in the 2018 annual audited report by the Auditor-General of the Federation.” The two weeks deadline was issued by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project […]
Nnamdi Kanu – We Will Defend Biafraland From Fulani Herders
Nnamdi Kanu – The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has vowed that the group will defend all territories of the South-East and other states where Igbo people reside in Nigeria at all cost. He disclosed this during his live broadcast monitored by SaharaReporters on Monday night. According to Kanu, the Nigerian […]