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Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:10:11 +0000
Again, Kano Islamic Police, Hisbah Summon Kannywood Actress Over Social Media Comment
Kano Hisbah corps The Kano State Hisbah Board, also known as Islamic police has summoned a Kannywood actress, Ummah Shehu, over some allegations she levelled against the Islamic police on social media. The commandant of the board, Haruna Sani...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:48:18 +0000
12-year-old Boy Found Eating Own Faeces After Being Chained, Starved By Mother In Kano
A 12-year-old boy was found in Kano by one Ibrahim Danladi Satatima eating his own faeces after allegedly being confined in a room and starved by his mother, identified as Maryam Dauda. Dauda has been arrested by the police in Kano, who lear...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:40:11 +0000
Nigerian Woman Cries Out After Brother On Abuja—Bauchi Trip Got Missing In Troubled Plateau
A woman, Jidike Kate Patrick has cried out after her brother, Israel Chimin Mimi who was travelling from Abuja to Bauchi state went missing. Kate Patrick told SaharaReporters on Monday that Mimi embarked on the journey on August 15 but ...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:33:44 +0000
World’s Most Incompetent Commander-In-Chief Of Armed Forces, Buhari Can’t Defend Future Commanders – Activist, Sowore
Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has described Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari as the most incompetent commander-in-chief of any armed forces in the world.Sowore noted this on Tuesday against a backdrop of an attack by bandits on t...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:17:23 +0000
Military Personnel In Charge Of CCTV Slept Off When Bandits Attacked Defence Academy – Report
Personnel monitoring closed-circuit television (CCTV) at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) were reportedly asleep when bandits attacked the premises on Tuesday, killing two officers. The gunmen invaded the Afaka barracks of the academy arou...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:41:55 +0000
Though Boko Haram Attacked Me Over 50 Times, We Should Accept The Terrorists’ Surrender–Borno Governor
Babagana Zulum, Borno governor, has said he has been attacked by Boko Haram insurgents “more than 40 to 50 times”. Speaking on Tuesday while briefing state house correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Preside...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:32:36 +0000
Lagos University Guilty Of Killing Student Activist, Omomeewa — Education Rights Campaign
The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has said the management of Lagos State University has a case to answer as it alleged that the school persecuted Nurudeen Alowonle Yusuf, aka Omomeewa to death. This was made known in a statement issued by ...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:22:12 +0000
Former Chad President Jailed For War Crimes, Habre Killed By COVID-19
Hissene Habre, the former strongman president of Chad and security ally of the West during the Cold War who was later jailed for war crimes, died on Tuesday in Senegal at the age of 79, Senegal's justice minister said. According to Reuters, ...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:06:34 +0000
Highly Reputed Nigerian Defence Academy Attacked, Outwitted By “Ordinary Street Bandits” – Northern Group
Foremost pro-northern group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned Tuesday’s bandit attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) and the handling of security by the Muhammadu Buhari-led government. Gunmen had invaded the Afaka barra...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:59:36 +0000
Drivers Protest In Abuja, Blame Uber, Bolt For Death Of Colleagues
Dozens of Uber and Bolt drivers on Tuesday in Abuja staged a peaceful protest against their service providers over the death of their colleagues while on duty. The protesting drivers blamed the ride-sharing companies for the death of their ...



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