From Mustapha Saye, Kaduna Bandits stormed the Danhonu community in Kaduna State on Saturday night, abducting two journalists, and their families, and leaving a trail of terror. The victims include Alhaji AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Chairman of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Kaduna State Council, and AbdulRaheem Aodu, a reporter for Blueprint Newspaper. The bandits, who came in large numbers, shot sporadically and scaled fences to gain access to the homes. They shattered doors and windows, removing burglar bars to take their victims. The families of the journalists, including wives and children, were also taken. The Kaduna…
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By Rabiu Sanusi Determined to improve the quality of services and in tandem with best global practices, the management of Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV) has procured and distributed equipment to departments and units of the television station. During performing the distribution at the station’s headquarters, the acting managing director, Hajiya Hajiya Hauwa Isah Ibrahim said the gesture was borne out of the management’s drive to equip the station with modern facilities for optimal performance. “Since assumption, I have been working with the management team to uplift the performance of the station through various initiatives one of which was the provision…
From Atiku Sarki, Abuja The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) has presented high-yielding seed cane to the Golden Sugar Company Ltd (GSC) located in Sunti, Niger state, ahead of the 2024 /2025 planting season. This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday indicating that the presentation was made as part of efforts to empower sugar operators to step up production and support the implementation of the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) II especially the attainment of self-sufficiency in sugar production. The sugarcane variety which was requested by the GSC was presented to the company at…
From Ahmed Muhammed Danasabe, Lokoja Grand Kadi, Kogi State Sharia Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Abdulkareem Aruwa has appealed to the State Government to establish a Produce and Price Control Agency. Justice Aruwa appealed while felicitating with Muslims on the occasion of the 1446AH Islamic New Year message in Lokoja. The Grand Kadi while congratulating Muslim Ummah for witnessing the occasion, said the call became necessary in other to alleviate the hardship and remove from Kogi State the tag of “the most costly State in Nigeria. He also urged Traditional Rulers and Religious Leaders across the State to set up…
From Umar Danladi Ado, Sokoto Worried about the hardship being experienced by the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), as a result of security challenges, the Danish Refugees Council (DRC) in partnership with a Sokoto-based NGO, the Asattahir International Foundation (AIF) has distributed relief materials to over 1,600 displaced persons in the Isa Local Government Area in the State. The materials, distributed 7,775, items that including mattresses, blankets, water containers, food utensils, plates, cups, soap, toothpaste, and clothing to the displaced Persons so to improve their well-being. The leader of the foundation, Alhaji Sayeed Ali, said that over 1,600 people in Isa…
From Umar Danladi Ado, Sokoto The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has warned Local Government and Local Government Education Authority officials who tampered with the N30,000 Sallah gifts given to the workers in the state to return the diverted funds or face serious consequences. A statement issued on Sunday by Abubakar Bawa, Press Secretary to the governor said Aliyu gave the warning on Friday while addressing a mammoth crowd of well-wishers and supporters at the Government House, Sokoto. He expressed dismay over the nefarious attitude of some finance officers especially at the local government level who denied their staff the…
From Musa Muhammad Kutama, Calabar As the movement for the creation of a new state host for the creation of Ogoja state, the leaders of the people’s assembly of the two local government areas of the central senatorial districts Abi and Yakurr on the contrary, they have said that they support every move made to actualise it. Insisted that the promoters of the movement for Ogoja State should not have added Abi and Yakurr local government areas which are in the central senatorial district to the list which are to form the new Ogoja State. In a statement signed on…
From Maawuya Bala Idris, Katsina lsah Kaita College of Education Katsina State has concluded an arrangement to hold the 2nd Convened Convocation. The Provost of the college lsah Ado Funtua disclosed this in an interview with The Triumph correspondent, saying that the convened Convocation will hold in September this year. “We are holding a 2nd Convened Convocation since the creation of the college in 1991”he added. Funtua said during the convocation, eight sets of graduating students will receive their National Certificate of Education (NEC). He described the college as one of the best in the country that produces manpower and…
By Rabiu Sanusi The Kano State Government has declared Monday, July 8, 2024, as a public holiday to commemorate the beginning of the new Islamic calendar, 1446. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf urged the people to use the holiday to reflect on the past year and engage in activities that will benefit the community. The government pledged to continue implementing policies and programs aimed at empowering citizens to be self-sufficient. The governor also called on the Muslim community to intensify prayers for peace and progress in the state. He expressed optimism that with the support and prayers of the people, his…
From Atiku Sarki, Abuja The Armed Forces of Nigeria in their joint operation in the fight against terrorism and other criminal acts across the country have neutralized 177 terrorists, arrested 263 persons and rescued 158 kidnapped hostages within one week. The troops also arrested 41 perpetrators of oil theft and denied them the estimated sum of Five Hundred and One Million eighty-nine thousand four hundred naira (N501, 089, 400.00). In a statement signed and issued to newsmen at the weekend in Abuja by the Director, of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba said that as of Friday being 5th,…