Day: June 2, 2025

Sports festival tragedy: Kano declares public holiday to mourn 22 athletes killed in auto accident

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Kano State government has declared today a public holiday to mourn the death of 22 athletes who lost their lives in a tragic auto crash on Saturday. The athletes were killed near Kuri, about 50 kilometres from Kano, while returning from Abeokuta, Ogun State, where they had represented Kano at the 22nd National Sports Festival. In a statement signed by the Director-General of Media and Publicity, Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf expressed profound sorrow and extended heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims. “On behalf of the…

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Man arrested for sexually assaulting his stepdaughter in Bauchi

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A 37-year-old man, Wisdom Benoie, escaped being lynched for sexually assaulting his 15-year-old stepdaughter. He was rescued from by operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command attached to Operation Restore Peace, led by CSP Kim Abert, who acted on credible intelligence, intervening in a mob action. In a press release issued on Monday by the state command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, he said: “On May 31, 2025, Wisdom Benoie, male, aged 37, of Yalwan Tsakani, was confronted by a group of local youths who suspected him of secretly…

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I didn’t vote for Tinubu because he lacks capacity –Amaechi

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Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, revealed that during the campaign period of the 2023 general elections, he told President Bola Tinubu that he will never support or vote for him. He disclosed this during a lecture in Abuja on Saturday to mark his 60th birthday. Amaechi said that he decided to keep to his words and never worked or voted for Tinubu because the President lacked the capacity to govern Nigeria. In his words, the former governor said: “I told Tinubu in Yola, I will not support you; I…

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