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 News   File Image  At least six farmers, including the Vice-Chairman of the Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus-Sunnah, Mallam Yakubu Muhammad Bugai, have been killed by terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits, in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The chairman of Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives’ Union, Ishaq Usman Kasai, said in a statement issued on Saturday that the hoodlums also abducted 40 farmers. The Islamic cleric was shot on Wednesday at his farmland located around the Rema area. He was later evacuated and taken to Jibril Mai-Gwari General Hospital with gunshot wounds on his abdomen and arm. Regrettably, the Islamic cleric died at about 7.30pm the following day. “Until his murder, Mal Yakubu Bugai was a strong pillar, pioneer member, and also the Vice-Chairman of the Birnin-Gwari Orphans Foundation, which is an organization devoted to taking care of thousands of Orphans left behind by mostly victims of armed banditry in the security r...

 News   Photo Gallery of President Tinubu's Ministerial Nominees  Before the end of the 60-day deadline after the inauguration of President Bola Tinubu's administration, he submitted a 28-man ministerial nomination list to the Senate for screening and confirmation.  The Senate has fixed next Monday to commence the screening of the ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. So far, the ministerial nominees include four ex-governors, seven women, one Senior Advocate of Nigeria, present and past lawmakers, technocrats, politicians and party loyalists picked from 25 out of 36 states in Nigeria. In this article, we unveil the track record and public profile of the nominees ahead of their screening and confirmation: Abubakar Momoh  is from Etsako East LGA of Edo State. A civil engineer, and a two-time member of the house of representatives for Edo North senatorial district. He was the leader of the mass defection from PDP to APC in 2019 ...

 News   General Omar (Abdourahmane) Tchiani, Niger coup leader.  The African Union has demanded that the military junta in Niger Republic "return to their barracks and restore constitutional authority" within 15 days after seizing power in a coup in the jihadist-hit country. The AU's Peace and Security Council demands that military personnel immediately and unconditionally return to their barracks and restore constitutional authority within a maximum period of fifteen (15) days, as stated in a communique issued after a meeting on the Niger coup on Friday. It condemns the overthrow of the elected government and its president Mohamed Bazoum, and expresses deep concern over the alarming resurgence of military coups in Africa. Newsmen had also reported on Thursday that President Bola Tinubu, Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government, would host a special meeting of the regional leaders in Abuja on Sunday...

  News   Mazi Nnamdi Kanu  The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has declared an end to all Sit-At-Home exercise, including the Monday’s sit-at-home and any other proposed thereof being aimed to force the government to release him. Kanu made the declaration in a handwritten letter, which his special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, read out to journalists during a world press conference, held in Enugu State on Friday. Kanu in the writing declaration dated July 24, 2023 which Barrister Ejimakor read, followed the refusal of Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple to announce the cancellation and further declaration through his media platforms. Kanu, however, warned Ekpa to “desist from calling for any Sit-at-Home henceforth” and “to make a public announcement to the effect that he (Mazi Simon Ekpa) is in receipt of a direct order from him (Mazi Nnamdi Kanu) to cancel any pending Sit-at-Home in place at the moment”. The full statement reads: “This...

 Politics    Court Gavel   The Kaduna State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Hon Donatus Mathew from the House of Representatives and declared the PDP candidate,  Mr Gideon Gwani as winner.   Hon Donatus Mathew   Hon Mathew, an Okada rider, who in February defeated the PDP House Of Reps member of 30 yrs in Kaura Constituency, Kaduna was removed by the Tribunal. The Tribunal held that the Labour Party did not comply with the provisions of the electoral Act. However, Mr Donatus Mathew of the Labour Party had won the Kaura Federal Constituency seat in the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly Elections in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Returning Officer, Prof. Elijah Ella, who declared the result in Kaura, said Mathew polled 10,508 votes, to defeat his closest opponent, who is also the incumbent, Mr Gideon Gwani of PDP, who garnered 10,297 votes. The Returning Officer said Prof. Benjamin Gugong of the All Prog...