Author: Ishaku Yohanna

Zamfara: Marafa faction dares APC panel over sack threat

Ishaku Yohanna

The Zamfara State faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Senator Kabiru Marafa, said the decision of the Mai Mala Buni-led National Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee, to sack its chairman would spell doom for the party. State Publicity Secretary of the faction, Alhaji Bello Bakyasuwa, said this in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, the decision of the national caretaker committee to empower the faction of the party loyal to the former governor of the state, Abdullaziz Yari, to expel members of the Marafa-led…

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Coronavirus: FG orders full reopening of schools, NYSC Camps

Ishaku Yohanna

The federal government has asked school administrators to start preparing for the full reopening of schools. Dr Sani Aliyu, National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 disclosed this during a press briefing at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday. Aliyu, who directed schools to conduct risk assessment, said the reopening would be done in phases. “For educational institutions which include daycare, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions,  they should begin the process of working towards potentially reopening within this phase,” he said. “However, we strongly recommend that…

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NCAA approves Lagos, Abuja airports to resume international flights on September 5

Ishaku Yohanna

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, and Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, as the two airports allowed to resume international flight operations as from September 5, 2020. NCAA made this known in a letter with ref NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/255 to all aviation stakeholders and foreign airlines operating in Nigeria. The letter signed by Director-General of the NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu, stated that other airports would be gradually reopened, stressing, however, that the two would have to adhere to existing COVID-19 protocols for approvals. The letter…

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Take my life instead of destroying my cannabis farm – Suspect begs NDLEA

Ishaku Yohanna

A suspected cannabis farmer, Clement Akor, has begged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA to take his life instead of destroying his 10-hectare cannabis plantation. Akor, a 42 years old father of six children from Enabo village in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State was arrested by the Kogi State command of NDLEA alongside his accomplice David Ameh. Akor who claimed he had invested so much in the business and cannot afford to lose it to the arms of the law said he learnt the trade in Owo,…

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Police rescue 12 children from 55 year-old trafficker in Anambra

Ishaku Yohanna

The Nigerian Police Force have rescued twelve Children from one suspected 55-year-old child trafficker Nkechi Odinye in Anambra State. “It would be recalled that on the 22/10/2019 following intelligence report, Police detectives attached to Anambra State Command arrested three female suspects at Nkpor market/Tarzan junction in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State,” the state police spokesman Haruna Mohammed said in a statement “Investigation revealed that the children were stolen from Gombe State by one Hauwa Musa ‘f” on the 20/10/2019 and brought to her accomplices in Anambra State. Mohammed said…

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Northern lawyers disown “New NBA”

Ishaku Yohanna
Cross Section of Lawyers

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata, has held a critical interactive session with stakeholders of the Nigerian Bar Association in Northern Nigeria attended by over 40 serving Chairmen of various NBA Branches in the North, including several past and current Bar Chairmen. At the meeting, the attendees appointed Yunus Ustaz Usman, SAN, a respected leader of the Kaduna Bar, as their spokesman. In his speech Mr. Ustaz, SAN speaking on behalf of the other attendees, affirmed their support for the administration of the President and…

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Kebbi floods will affect Nigeria’s food production, Buhari laments

Ishaku Yohanna

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over the heavy floods which destroyed lives, submerged thousands of hectares of farmlands and houses in Kebbi State. The flood, according to presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, also destroyed farm produce and personal belongings in the affected communities. He quoted the president as saying, “I am particularly sad over this incident because it’s a setback to our efforts to boost local rice production as part of measures to stop food importation. “Kebbi State is the focal point of our policy to produce rice locally…

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Ousted Mali president Keita suffers stroke

Ishaku Yohanna

Former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who has not been seen in public since his August 18 ouster in a coup, has been hospitalised after suffering a brief stroke-like attack, a doctor said Wednesday. Keita, 75, was admitted to a private clinic in the capital Bamako on Tuesday evening, he said. “According to thorough analysis, the president was the victim of a transient ischaemic attack. It is an alert, but he is recovering well at the moment,” a doctor at the facility said. A transient ischaemic attack, also called a…

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Gunmen attack MKO Abiola’s house in Lagos

Ishaku Yohanna

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Wednesday invaded the Ikeja, Lagos, home of the late billionaire businessman, Chief Moshood Abiola, and stole property worth millions of naira. A resident of the area, who confirmed the incident to journalists, said the hoodlums stormed the building at about 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning. He said: “The operation occurred around 4:00 a.m. when the security guards were asleep. They dug the ground of the back gate and gained entry. They carted away property and escaped. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu,…

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Naira regains strength, now N435/$1

Ishaku Yohanna

With the expected commencement of sales of dollars to bureau de change operators by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the naira now sells between N440 and N435 to $1. Notably, the naira which had been on a downward spiral since the government gave indications of commencement of international travels and full reopening of the economy, depreciated to as low as N490 before settling around N477 last week. On Monday, black market traders had refused to show quotes as panic set in with the expected commencement of dollar sales to BDCs.…

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