Author: Ishaku Yohanna

Gwoza: 35 die, 150 in hospital due to outbreak of diarrhea, vomiting

Ishaku Yohanna

The Chairman of Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) in Borno, Prof. Ibrahim Bukar, has announced that about 35 people have died with 150 others hospitalized following the outbreak of diarrhea and vomiting in Gwoza. Bukar made this known on Monday in Maiduguri while speaking at an interactive session with stakeholders in border communities, organized by Borno State Boundary Commission in collaboration with the National Boundary Commission. Bukar who did not give details, explained that the outbreak started at the weekend. Bukar said such development is part of challenges being faced…

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Borno: Residents Flee As Boko Haram Terrorists Overrun Military Base

Ishaku Yohanna

Residents of Rann in Kalabalge local government area of Borno State on Monday  fled their homes after suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists attacked a Military base in the area. Rann, headquarters of Kala-balge LGA in northern Borno, had witnessed series of attacks from marauding terrorists who usually storm the town to loot food items distributed to resettled Internally Displaced Persons ( IDPs) in the area. According to fleeing residents, the fighters who came in large number allowed civilians pass while trapping humanitarian workers in the town. A credible…

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CJN Muhammad summons six Chief Judges over conflicting orders

Ishaku Yohanna

Ishaku Yohanna The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has summoned six state Chief Judges over conflicting orders emanating from their courts. The chief judges summoned are those of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross River, Anambra, Jigawa, and Imo states. The CJN issued the summons on Monday in his capacity as the Chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC). The CJN, in was learnt, frowned at the embarrassment caused the Judiciary by the actions of the judges behind the conflicting ex-parte orders in relation to cases on disputes in some…

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APC states pledge allocation of 15% annual budget to health sector

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled states have agreed to commence the allocation of 15 percent of their annual budgets to the health sector. This was one of the decisions taken at a meeting of Commissioners for Health and Executive Secretaries of Primary Health Care Development Agency in APC-controlled states held in Ilorin, Kwara State. A communiqué, which was jointly signed by the Director-General of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman and the Commissioner of Health, Kwara State Dr. Raji Razaq, stated that the move is aimed at improving maternal and child healthcare…

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PGF boss advocates radical reforms to tackle insecurity

Ishaku Yohanna

…Gives conditions for state police in Nigeria Godwin Amunde Director-General, Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Dr Salihu Lukman, has called for urgent radical reforms of the current security structure in Nigeria. He said State Police can only effectively operate in Nigeria under the supervision of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), adding that the idea of amending the Constitution to enable State Governments to establish state police was unavoidable. In a statement on Friday in Abuja titled ‘Nigerian Politics and Fallacy of PDP – APC Semblance,’Dr. Lukman noted that there was also need for…

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Anambra Guber: VON DG, Okechukwu, urges APGA members to fully Integrate into APC

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has urged members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State to fully integrate into the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing history of long cosy political understanding dating even back to 2013 when a faction of APGA joined the merger of APC. He equally said that in 2017, President Muhammadu Buhari more or less saved His Excellency Willie Obiano from his traducers, hence his re-election. Okechukwu, who is also one of the founding members of APC, said…

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APC Governors hail Zulum at 52

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) – the umbrella body of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has congratulated Borno State governor, Professor  Umara Zulum on his 52nd birthday. The forum in a statement signed by its chairman, Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi state, noted that Zulum’s insightful and resolute passion to mobilise Nigerians to end insecurity was inspirational. Part of the statement reads: “We celebrate this special occasion with Your Excellency, your entire family and the people of Borno State. “We wish to acknowledge…

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Fresh Killings: Plateau Govt Re-Imposes 24-Hour Curfew On Jos North LGA

Ishaku Yohanna

Ishaku Yohanna Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state has reinstated the 24-hour curfew earlier relaxed in Jos North Local Government Area following growing tensions arising from the attack on Yelwa Zangam village where many people were killed and properties destroyed. A statement by Director of Press & Public Affairs to the governor Makut Simon Macham Wednesday, said the 24 hour will come into force from 4pm Wednesday 25th August 2021 until further notice. “The proactive decision became necessary following imminent threat to lives and properties within the local government area…

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Attack on NDA won’t dampen military’s resolve to end criminality – Buhari

Ishaku Yohanna

President Muhammadu Buhari says Tuesday’s attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, rather than dampen the morale of the Armed Forces, will buoy them to end criminality in the country. The president stated this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja. He noted that the attack, which led to loss of lives, came at a time that the military had put insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and other types of criminals on the retreat. The president said “the heinous action would accelerate…

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Tax Evasion: Tribunal orders DSTV to pay FG N900bn tax backlog

Ishaku Yohanna

A Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) sitting in Lagos has ordered Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of cable television services, DSTV, to pay 50 per cent of N1.8 trillion tax backlog to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, the Director, Communications and Liaison Department of the FIRS, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Ahmad explained that FIRS discovered the backlog through a forensic audit as it showed that Multichoice Nigeria Limited had failed to pay to the Government of Nigeria in past assessment years. He…

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