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President Buhari to reopen border soon

Dec 9, 2020 topnews

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that border re-opening will be considered soon. The president had ordered the closure on August 2019 to curb commodity and small arms’ smuggling. He said, since neighbouring countries, have now learnt their lessons with the border closure, there is a need to review the decision. But the president, who spoke at a meeting with governors of the 36 states of the federation, which held behind closed doors in the State House, Abuja did not give a definite time on when the land borders will be…

Three policemen drown in Bayelsa

Dec 5, 2020 topnews

Nathaniel Solomon: ‘I saw 4 corpses at Lekki Tollgate’

Dec 5, 2020 topnews

A man who identified himself as Nathaniel Solomon said he saw about four bodies on the ground when he went to pick his brother’s remains at Lekki Tollgate in the aftermath of the shootings by soldiers on October 20. Solomon was one of the complainants at the Lagos State Court of Arbitration and Mediation in Lekki, venue of Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters. He said his younger brother, Abouta Solomon, was shot dead and had since been buried in…

Maryam Sanda’s death sentence affirmed by Court of Appeal

Dec 4, 2020 topnews

Maryam Sanda, the daughter-inlaw to a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Mohammed Bello Haliru, who allegedly stabbed her husband to death, is back in the news after her death sentence by a High Court in Abuja. Again, a Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, in a unanimous judgement by a three-man panel of Justices led by Justice Stephen Adah, said it found no reason to set aside the verdict of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, which okayed Maryam to die by hanging. The…

Arik Air disengages 300 workers

Dec 4, 2020 topnews

THE management of Arik Air says it has disengaged 300 of its workers. Adebanji Ola, Arik corporate affair manager said the decision was owing to the economic impact of COVID-19 which has affected the airline from carrying out its routine maintenance on its aircrafts and limited revenues against operational costs. “Arising from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the constrained ability of the airline to complete heavy maintenance activities and return its planes to operations, stunted revenues against increasing operational costs, the management of Arik Air (In…

Re-arrested Abdulrashid Maina extradited

Dec 4, 2020 topnews

Former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrashid Abdullahi Maina has been repatriated to Nigeria from Niamey, Niger Republic on Thursday, December 3, after he was arrested having been declared wanted by a Nigerian court over a pending criminal trial against him. Maina was arrested on 30th November, 2020 through the collaborative efforts of the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, INTERPOL NCB, Abuja and their Nigerien counterpart. He was said to have sneaked away from the country into Niger Republic while trying to evade justice, leading to…

We need to know if Buhari is medically fit as president -Ezekwesili

Dec 3, 2020 topnews

Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, a co-convener of Bring Back Our Girls advocacy group and former presidential aspirant in the 2019 general elections, explained that she requested for the full disclosure on the state of mental and physical health of President Muhammadu Buhari following the killing of farmers/fishermen on November 28 at Zabarmari community in Borno State and his administration’s recurrent failure to provide a credible response to the spate of massacres in the country. The former vice president of World Bank lamented the rate at which citizens are being killed without…

Buhari’s administration has no value for human lives –Northern Elders Forum

Dec 2, 2020 topnews

‌ Northern Elders Forum has issued statement saying that President Buhari is not willing to provide the desired security he swore to, under oath. Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the Director of Publicity and Advocacy in a statement on Tuesday night on the recent killings of 43 farmers in Borno said: “Under this administration, life has lost its value, and more and more citizens are coming under the influence of criminals. We do not see any evidence of a willingness on the part of President Buhari to honour his oath to provide…

Recruitment scam: Deputy Controller of Prisons suspended

Nov 30, 2020 topnews

Deputy Controller of Corrections, Abubakar Mohammed Sani of the Nigerian Correctional Service has been suspended from Service after he was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) over alleged recruitment scam. He was arraigned before Justice Hadiza Sabi’u Shagari of the Federal High Court Katsina on a six-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence. Spokesperson of NCoS, Mr Augustine Njoku, in a statement on Monday said the Service on the approval of Civil Defence, Corrections, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) had on October 26,…

Borno massacre: Nigerians rubbish Shehu Garba for saying farmers had no military clearance

Nov 30, 2020 topnews

Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Shehu Garba got more than he bargained for, as some Nigerians lambasted him on Twitter over his comment on the Borno massacre. A lot of people felt offended with Shehu Garba’s response for saying that the farmers who were killed by Boko Haram did not obtain military clearance before going to the farm. Shehu’s comment on Monday in an interview with BBC stated that the “government is sad that this tragic incident has happened. 43 or thereabout of innocent farmworkers,…