Ishaku Yohanna, Author at Voice of Liberty NG

Truck crushes newly married woman, three others to death in Kaduna

October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

At least four persons including a newly married woman were killed when a truck loaded with sand ran into a motorcycle and tricycle waiting for traffic light at Kaduna Refinery Junction along Kachia Road under Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Though the cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, eyewitness accounts, however, linked the incident to Kaduna State Traffic and Environmental Law Enforcement Agency staff. The incident drew the ire of youths in the area, who trooped out in large numbers to barricade the road, resulting…

Super Eagles lose 0-1 to Algeria in Austria friendly

October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

Nigeria lost 1-0 to Algeria in an international friendly played on Friday in Austria. It was the first game the Super Eagles were playing this year, with te entire football calender disrupted by the Coronavirus pandemic. Gernot Rohr despite withdrawals and injuries named a fairly strong side to face the Desert Foxes. However, it was the African champions who took an early. Ramy Bensebaini tucked away a rebound after Maduka Okoye has pushed an effort away, to score the only goal of the game. Nigeria will play their next friendly…

Court sentences Rivers serial killer, David-West, to death

October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a Serial killer, Gracious David-West to death by hanging for the multiple murder of several females in hotels in different parts of the state. David-West who was charged with ten counts of murder and attempted murder is reported to have committed the crime in hotels in Port Harcourt where he strangled his victims to death. He, thereafter, used a white cloth to tie their hands and legs before making away with their valuables in 2019. The trial Judge, Justice…

Agwai, Onaiyekan, Jega others call for National People�s Conference to address Nigeria�s political structure

October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

Some elder statesmen and prominent activists say Nigeria is on autopilot. John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (rtd.), Prof. Attahiru Jega, Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, Dr Nguyan Shaku Feese, Dr Usman Bugaje, Adagbo Onoja, Amb. Fatima Balla, Ambassador Zango Abdu, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Chris Kwaja, Dr Hussaini Abdu, Kemi Okenyodo, Jim Gala, Aisha Muhammed Oyebode and Tsema Yvonne said this in a joint statement They spoke under the auspices of the Nigeria Working Group on Peacebuilding and Governance (NWGPG). They called themselves a group of Nigerian…

#EndSARS: Protests turn violent, Buhari appeals for calm, orders IGP to reform squad

October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

��Lagos Assembly calls for proscription of police unit There was violence in Osun and Abuja on Friday as youths protest against police brutality and extortion. Hundreds of youths poured out into the streets in some states across the country for a second day to get their voices heard as part of the ongoing protest to demand the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force after a video of a man allegedly being killed by police went viral. Hundreds of youths gathered in Ikeja in central…

APC controlled states propose 6 months maternity leave, exclusive breastfeeding

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde In a move to promote a framework for promoting child nutrition, Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled states have proposed to implement six months maternity leave as well as exclusive breastfeeding for children from birth, stressing the importance of exclusive breastfeeding to the growth and general health of a child. The proposal was contained in a communiqu� issued Thursday in Abuja at the end of a virtual meeting of Secretaries to State Governments of APC-controlled states held under the auspices of the Progressive Governors� Forum…

Nigerian burnt alive in Libya

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

Three men stormed a factory in Tripoli, doused a Nigerian worker in petrol, and set him on fire, according to a statement by the Libyan interior ministry, in a new reported attack on migrants in the North African country. The United Nations has described the man’s death “another senseless crime against migrants in the country.” A statement by Tripoli’s Interior Ministry on Wednesday said the suspects — all Libyan nationals — had been detained for the attack on the man, who has not been named. The ministry cited witness testimony…

Adamawa: Suspected drug dealers incite mob to attack, kill NDLEA official

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

Some suspected drug peddlers in Adamawa State allegedly incited a mob to descend on officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), killing one officer and injuring his colleague in the process. Samuel Birma, who was popularly known as Mbakwe, hailed from Hildi in Hong local government area of the state. The anti-narcotics officials were conveying some drug suspects, arrested in Michika, to Yola when they were attacked by a mob in Hong. �On arriving, being a weekly market day of the town, the suspects raised an alarm, shouting…

Flood killed 36 in Sokoto in nine months � SEMA

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

No fewer than 36 people have died while 470 others displaced from their homes following floods due to heavy rainfalls in various parts of Sokoto state from January to date. Mustapha Umar, the Director Relief and Orientation of the Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), disclosed this at a meeting on disaster management on Thursday in Sokoto. The meeting was organised by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Umar said about 302, 500 hectares of farmlands were submerged and about 120 animals were killed due to flooding experienced across the state.…

Five dead, several buildings destroyed in Lagos gas explosion

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

At least five persons have been confirmed dead and several others injured after an early morning explosion at a gas plant in Baruwa, a densely populated neighbourhood in Alimosho area of Lagos. Also, preliminary reports indicated that 89 shops, 47 buildings including a primary school and church as well as 23 electric poles, two transformers, gas tankers, one tricycle and a motorcycle were ravaged in the explosion said to have occurred around 5:45am. It was gathered the explosion set off at Candos road, Baruwa Inside when an LPG tanker, which…