The Defence Headquarters says the troops of ”Operation Whirl Stroke” has recorded another success in the fight against terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements in the North Central region of the country. This is contained in a statement issued by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, on Tuesday in Abuja. Enenche said the troops of Sector I had on Monday engaged some bandits at their camp in the forest boundary between Benue and Nasarawa States and destroyed the camp. He added that many of the bandits escaped with gunshot wounds. Enenche also disclosed that troops raided the hideout…
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The alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny requires a thorough investigation that involves different countries, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.Pompeo said this in an interview with the France Inter Broadcaster in what is an obvious call on other countries to join the investigation.According to the secretary of state, Washington is very concerned about the situation and the U.S. authorities believe that a comprehensive investigation is required to understand how the poison got into Navalny’s body and how such things could happen in general. On Aug. 20, Navalny fell ill during a domestic Russian flight. He…
The Kwara Government has said COVID-19 sample collection centres would be opened across the 16 local government area of the state.Dr Oluwatosin Fakayode, Director of Public Health, Kwara Ministry of Health, said this at a meeting with traditional leaders and religious bodies in Ilorin on Tuesday.Fakayode said that the state government planned to scale up the collection centres so that more people could be tested for COVID-19.“This is to improve the testing capacity that we have. We will commence this in the next few days.“Some health workers have been under going training for this,’ he said.Fakayode disclosed that about 6000…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) said it received with shock and sadness, news of the death of the Emir of Biu in Borno, Mai Umar Mustapha Aliyu, who died on Tuesday morning. The forum also commiserated with Sen. Aliyu Wamako, a former Governor of Sokoto state, over the death of his daughter. A condolence message issued to newsmen in Kaduna by the ACF National Publicity Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Yawe, described the late Emir as a respected monarch, highly regarded in traditional and government circles. It said that the deceased respected the values of his people and worked for peace and…
Dozens of Western countries on Tuesday voiced concern at Saudi Arabia’s continued detention of women activists and called for those behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be brought to justice. No less than a dozen prominent women’s rights activists were arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2018 as it lifted a ban on women driving cars, a step that many of the detainees had long campaigned for. The women were rounded up as part of a broader crackdown on dissent. Germany, speaking on behalf of the European Union at the United Nations Human Rights Council, brought up Saudi Arabia’s…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says it has rescued 135 victims and arrested 86 suspected human traffickers in Kano State from January till date. Mr Shehu Umar, the Commander in charge of NAPTIP in Kano Zone, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Kano. He said that the rescued 135 victims comprised 23 male and 112 female. Umar explained that the command received 86 cases which involved 22 external and internal human trafficking, 28 child abuse cases, five child labour cases, four sexual abuse cases…
The All Progressives Congress in South Africa (APC SÁ) has thrown its weight behind the Governorship Candidate of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-lyamu, in the Edo State Governorship Election on Sept 19. The group gave its support in a statement signed by Mr Sanni David, the National Publicity Secretary of the chapter, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday “The APC SA has confidence that Pastor Osagie lze-Iyamu will deliver the much needed radical economic transformation for the people. “The Edo people have no better opportunity to reclaim the seat lost to the…
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, has approved the appointment of Prof. Mohammed Arab as the new Chief Medical Director (CMD), of the state Hospital Management Board. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau in Maiduguri. Gusau said Arab will take over from Dr Muhammad Aminu who has been appointed as a Permanent Secretary. “Arab is a 57-year old medical professor with specialty in pediatrics, gastroenterology, herpetology and nutrition. “He was the head of the Paediatric Gastroenterology, Herpetology and Nutrition / Infectious diseases specialist clinic of…
Some residents of Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have expressed concern over the influx of unregistered motorcycle operators in spite of a ban on their operations by the area council. The residents, who made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Kuje on Tuesday, described the development as “a treat to security” in the area. NAN recalls that the Kuje Area Council administration had on May 12, banned operations of commercial motorcycles; and introduced tricycle as a means of transportation in the area. The administration said the increasing number of unregistered…
Col. Alassana Diallo, the head of Guinea-Bissau’s migration agency has been arrested for suspected involvement in cocaine trafficking, according to the police. Diallo became one of the most senior officials in the West African country detained in connection with drug smuggling. “Diallo was taken into custody last Friday, accused of taking 83 capsules of cocaine for himself after they had been seized at the Bissau airport,’’ Domingos Monteiro, deputy director of the judicial police, said on Tuesday. Guinea-Bissau is a major crossing point for Latin American cocaine bound for Europe. Experts and diplomats say some military and political officials are…