Day: January 13, 2021

Dimeji Bankole to remarry, weds Kebbi governor’s daughter on January 15

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Former Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Sabur Dimeji Bankole, will be remarrying on Friday, January 15th. The bride is Miss Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, daughter of the Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu. Bankole divorced his first wife in 2017, and had a bachelor since. The wife to be, is a lawyer and graduate of the University of Hull in the UK. She is a granddaughter of the late politician, Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, Marafan Sokoto. The bride’s mother is Shinkafi’s daughter and a sister to the former Governor…

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Suspect confessed how 5 year-old girl’s private part was cut for money ritual

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A suspected ritualist in Bauchi State, 19 year-old Adamu AbdulRauf has said his gang removed the sex organ of a five-year-old girl under the instruction of a herbalist, who asked them to produce body parts as ingredients for money ritual. The incident reportedly happened in Jama’are Local Council on December 30, 2020. One of the suspects arrested by the Police, said he conspired with one Abdulkadir Haladu of Chikamidari to perpetrate the crime. He said: “My friend, Haladu, and I took the victim to an uncompleted building, where her private…

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NIMC to subscribers: You can’t link SIM with BVN-generated NIN

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The National Identity Management Commission says Subscriber Identification Modules(SIM) would not be linked with National Identity Numbers generated through Bank Verification Numbers. This was disclosed on Tuesday, in tweets via its official Twitter handle, stressing that individuals with BVN-generated NINs should visit NIMC offices to validate their NINs. It said the BVN-generated NIN would not work on its newly inaugurated mobile app. “You must complete your NIN registration even if your BVN has generated a NIN,” the commission stated. It added, “If your NIN was generated due to the BVN…

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