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Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Director of MURIC The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged Muslims in Borno State to allow the police to handle a case of alleged blasphemy instead of taking the law into their hands. The case involves a woman identified as Naomi Goni, who was alleged to have insulted Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Prof….
Matthew Kukah Nigerian Government Must Punish Killers Of Sokoto Female Student – Bishop Kukah Demands JusticeThe Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, on Thursday, described as criminal, the gruesome murder of Deborah Yakubu, a 200-level Home Economics student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State. Matthew Kukah Daily Post…
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has headed to a Federal High Court in Abuja to seek a constitutional interpretation of his non-resignation while pursuing his political interests.SaharaReporters had in several reports exposed how Emefiele had been scheming and mobilising funds to…
The deputy senate president and senator representing Delta Central in the National Assembly, Ovie Omo-Agege, has accused Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration of corruption.This followed the governor’s request to the state House of Assembly to borrow N150 billion barely one year before the end of his administration. The Delta State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved…
Lekki-Epe expressway toll gate The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has shortlisted 18 firms from among 75 bidders seeking to operate and toll 12 economically viable highways on a concession basis. The ministry has also concluded the evaluating proposals for phase one of the Value-Added Concession (VAC) under the Highway Development and Management Initiative…
IGP Usman Baba Alkali The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba Alkali, has warned against attacks on police officers and facilities in the country, especially in the South-East region, saying such would no longer be tolerated by the force.The police boss, who lamented the destruction of the facilities, other police operational assets across the country,…
IGP Usman Baba Alkali The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has directed increased security around schools and colleges in the country. A statement by Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Tuesday said the police IG had ordered that security should be tightened around schools and colleges, particularly boarding schools, tertiary…
The police in Mumbai, India have arrested a Nigerian man identified as Oliver Diba Nikki with hard drugs worth Rs 30.20 lakh (N16.4 million).Nikki, according to a report by the Times of India, was arrested in Andheri West in Mumbai with 200 grammes of mephedrone and 34 grammes of cocaine. The 42-year-old Nigerian, police sources…
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File photo used to illustrate story. A local court in India has sentenced a 39-year-old Nigerian man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for smuggling heroin into Mohali in 2018. The court of additional district and sessions judge Harjit Kaur Kaleke last Thursday also slapped a fine of ₹1 lakh (about N41.5 million)…
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