July 19, 2020 - Voice of Liberty NG

Service Chiefs: Marching orders, mismatching outcomes

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

By Bala Ibrahim The people of Malumfashi town in Katsina, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari have woken up today, to the rocking sound of bomb explosions. Reports have it that no fewer than seven persons have died in the bomb blast, while another five are unconscious at the Malumfashi General Hospital. This is coming only two days after the President had dispatched top security chiefs to interface with stakeholders in Zamfara, on the lingering security challenges in the North West. Katsina state used to be one of the…

Three buried alive in Rivers forest for reporting oil theft

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

Three corpses of kidnap victims have again been exhumed in Rivers State, this time, from a forest in Bera, Gokana Local Government Area, where suspected killers led the Police The kidnap victims, Baridomale Sunday Tor, Baridon Gbarabera and Barisiton Nawee, were said to have been buried alive with mouths and hands tied to their back by their abductors on March 14. The suspected killers claimed they subjected the victims to the gruesome murder for reporting oil theft and perpetrators in the community. The development comes barely two days after the…

Troops eliminate Ansaru terrorists masquerading as bandits in Kaduna

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

A strategic alliance between the Kaduna State Government and security agencies has resulted in the neutralization of several Ansaru sect terrorists in the guise of herdsmen, who engage in the illicit act of banditry and terrorism. An intelligence source involved in the anti-banditry operation in the state said that the Ansaru elements have been responsible for the wave of deadly attacks that were touted as Fulani-farmers rivalry in some parts of the state. The intelligence officer said: �The Kaduna State Government has been incredibly supportive with the aid of a…

50 arrested at Kwara nightclub, transferred to isolation centre

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

No fewer than 50 people have been arrested by officials of the Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19 at a night club in Ilorin, the state capital. The Chairman of Medical Advisory Committee on COVID-19 in the state, Dr Femi Oladiji, disclosed this on Saturday at the state�s quarantine centre in Ilorin where the suspects were kept. He explained that the operation was led by the state Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Technical Committee on COVID-19, Mr Kayode Alabi. �Around 1:00am, we got information that some people were clubbing…

Kidnapped widow of ex-Edo speaker regains freedom

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

Kidnappers have released Hassana, wife of the deceased former Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Zakawanu Garuba. Guruba who was speaker of the Edo assembly between 2007 and 2009, died in Abuja after a brief illness. She was abducted along the Lokoja-Abuja highway on Saturday with the driver on her way to Auchi to bury Garuba, who died of undisclosed ailment in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja. The deceased�s mother, his wife and three children were conveying his remains to Edo when the incident happened. The gunmen had ordered…

Many feared dead as bomb explosion rocks Katsina village

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

A bomb explosion had occured on Saturday at Yammama village near Malumfashi town in Katsina state. The Police Command said five children were killed. The spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, said six other children were injured in the blast that occurred just before noon. He noted that the DPO in Malumfashi reported that a loud sound was heard inside the farm of one Alhaji Hussaini Maikwai. The officer led an Operation Puff Adder team to the scene. �The explosion killed five children that belonged to one Alhaji Adamu of Yammama village…

Kaduna State directs civil servants to resume Monday

July 19, 2020November 11, 2024 Ishaku Yohanna

Kaduna State Government has directed its civil servants to report to work on Monday, after working for over three months from home. This followed the review of the Quarantine Act and Kaduna State Public Health Law, which quarantined all residents on March 26. The directive in a circular by Ibrahim Jere, Permanent Secretary, office of the Head of Service was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Jere stated that different category of workers would work in different days of the week, from 9 a.m. to…

Abuja-Kaduna fare to cost N6,000 when train service resumes � Amaechi

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

The train fare for the Abuja to Kaduna service will double when the train resumes, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has said. He stated this on Saturday while inspecting construction works on the Ikapke to Warri rail line. Our Correspondent reports that before the lockdown, the fare on the service were as follows: First class Express trip: N3,000; First-class normal trip: N2,500; economy express trip: N1,500 and economy normal trip: N1,300. But with the new announcement, the fare will be as follows: N6,000, N5,000, N3000 and N2,600 respectively.…

Buhari names railway complex after Jonathan

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of Itakpe-Warri Railway Complex in Agbor, Delta State after former President Goodluck Jonathan. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, announced this while inspecting the Warri-Itakpe rail line on Saturday. He also expressed satisfaction at the quality of work at the various stations, saying the Warri-Itakpe standard gauge rail line is set and ready for inauguration. �It is the duty of the Ministry to convince the Presidency that we are ready for Commissioning, I won�t Commission. It is the president that will Commission but we…

2023: Senator Lawan denies presidential ambition

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

A recent report alleging that Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, is nursing a presidential ambition has been dismissed by his spokesperson, Ola Awoniyi. Awoniyi in a statement on Saturday, July 18, said the report claiming Ahmad Lawan is intending to contest for the presidency should be regarded as beer parlour gossips. A media report on Friday said Lawan is scheming to contest for the presidency in 2023. Consultations were ongoing among major stakeholders in the party to make Lawan�s goal to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in office a reality, according to…