Ishaku Yohanna, Author at Voice of Liberty NG

�I killed 50 victims who could not pay ransom� – kidnap syndicate�s Sector Commander confesses

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

One of the leaders of a notorious kidnap gang, who was on police wanted list has admitted killing over 50 of his victims because they could not afford to pay ransom. The suspect, Mohammed Sani, 30, made the shocking revelation on Wednesday, September 30, when he was paraded by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, alongside 46 other criminals at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Headquarters in Abuja. Wearing a fake military uniform, Sani said he worked for one Yellow Jambros, who gave him guns and military uniforms for…

Emir of Zazzau: El-Rufai jettisoned kingmakers� report, orders fresh round of selection process

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

Kaduna State Government has directed the five kingmakers of the Zazzau emirate to begin a fresh selection of candidates for the 19th emir of Zazzau after it jettisoned the earlier list submitted to it. The state government on Wednesday stated that the earlier processes had excluded two untreated applicants including the Bunu Zazzau and the Sarkin Dajin Zazzau who it claimed had protested their exclusion in the selection processes. The kingmakers of Zazzau had met with representatives of government and security agencies in Zaria on September 24, where they submitted…

COVID-19: Indonesia digs 6,000 additional graves as deaths continue to rise

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

The Indonesian authorities have commenced the digging of 6,000 additional graves for COVID-19 victims. The burial site, which spreads across a two-hectare plot of land, is located at the Rorotan public cemetery in the northern part of Jakarta, capital of Indonesia. Jakarta remains the epicentre of Indonesia�s COVID-19 outbreak, while the country is the worst-hit across Southeast Asia. Hari Nugroho, head of Jakarta Bina Marga road agency, said the administration is preparing the land as COVID-19 deaths have continued to rise. He said the project started on September 17 and…

Nigeria at 60: FG declares Thursday October 1 public holiday

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

The federal government has declared Thursday, October 1, a public holiday to mark Nigeria�s 60th Independence Anniversary celebration. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on Tuesday on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians on the Celebration of the Country�s Diamond Jubilee and assured them of Government�s unwavering commitment to the socio-economic transformation of the country. He said �our warmth, welcoming spirit and love as well as the abundant wealth inherent in our human capital and the richness of our land, makes Nigeria unarguably the leading…

Aggrieved flood victims attack government officials in Jigawa

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

Dozens of angry flood victims attacked the Jigawa State government flood assessment team and damaged their vehicles at Ganuwar Kuka in Hadejia, Hadejia Local Government Area in Jigawa State. The flood victims descended on a special adviser to Governor Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa and officials of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) immediately they arrived in the area. The Special Adviser to the governor on Community Development and Social Inclusion, Alhaji Hamza Mohammed Hadejia led an assessment team with journalists on the present flood disaster were nearly killed when…

House of Reps withdraws Water Resources Control Bill

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

The House of Representatives at its plenary on Tuesday withdrew the Water Resources Control Bill which it passed two months ago. Sequel to the adoption of a Matter of Privilege raised by Benjamin Mzondu (PDP-Benue), the House unanimously resolved to gazette the bill for reconsideration. Mr Mzondu argued that the bill was not gazetted and that clear copies of the bill were not circulated to all members. The lawmaker said a 2020 bill should have passed first and second reading, be subjected to public hearing before its consideration at the…

Emir of Kuwait dies at 91

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, state media announced. “With great sadness and sorrow we mourn to the Kuwaiti people, the Arab and Islamic nations, […] the death of the late His Highness Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait,” read a royal court statement carried by the official Kuwait News Agency. The Kuwaiti Cabinet announced a 40-day national mourning and the closure of government departments for three days starting on Tuesday, according to the news agency. …

Court dismisses El-Zakzaky�s no-case submission

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

A Kaduna State High court sitting in the state capital has dismissed the motion of no-case-submission filed by the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zazaky and his wife Zeenat. Both of them are standing trial on eight counts of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace, among other allegations. The IMN leader who was brought to court on Tuesday morning amid tight security, had asked the court to quash the Kaduna State government�s case against them for lack of evidence. During…

I don�t regret heading Magu�s probe panel � Justice Salami

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

A former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, has denied expressing regrets for accepting the appointment to chair the panel investigating Ibrahim Magu, suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Magu is being investigated over allegations of abuse of office and mismanagement of recovered assets from May 2015 to May 2020. In a memo on Tuesday, Salami accused the lawyers of planting reports in the media that he regrets chairing the panel. He said, �The reports were a figment of the wild imagination of…

Buhari inaugurates 326KM Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

�to present 2021 budget next week Nigeria�s President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the 326 km Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line for commercial operation. At the commission which was done virtually, President Buhari described the rail project as an important link for the country�s economy and added that the rail line will link people across the cultural divides and expand the frontier of trade and commerce. �The Railway Infrastructure that I have the honour to commission today is the rail line from Itakpe via the steel town complex of Ajaokuta to Warri, and…