Nigerians Should Be Allowed To Bear Arms For Self-Defence – Reps Majority Leader
Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa, has said Nigerians should be allowed to bear arms in self-defense considering the deteriorating security situation in the country. The All Progressive Congress (APC) member who is representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State said this during plenary on ThursdayContinue Reading
Bandits Invade Housing Estate In Kaduna, kidnap Customs Officer, Five others
BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked a low-cost housing estate at Kofar Gayan in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped six people including a Customs officer and his son. The police authorities are yet to confirm the incident but a resident of theContinue Reading
Arewa Consultative Forum declares that Northern Nigeria is under siege
BY GODWIN OBI The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, says that the North is under siege, following the latest attack on the Abuja-Kaduna bound train on Monday. A statement signed by its General Secretary, Murtala Aliyu, the Forum says as a guardian and custodian of the welfare and integrity of theContinue Reading
Ketare Community Commends FG, Katsina State Government Over Social Welfare Packages
BY GODWIN OBI Indigenous people of Ketare District in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State have expressed their immense appreciation to the Katsina State and Federal Government of Nigeria for benefiting from various social welfare packages aimed at uplifting the living standard of people living in rural areas. TheContinue Reading
JAMOH COMMISERATES WITH EL-RUFAI ON RECENT ATTACKS IN KADUNA
BY GODWIN OBI Dr. Bashir Jamoh has commiserated with the Kaduna State government on the recent attacks involving Abuja-Kaduna Train service and the invasion of the Kaduna Airport leading to death, injury and abduction of unspecified number of passengers. In a letter to Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, Jamoh,Continue Reading
YOUR HEART IS YOUR GREATEST ENEMY
By Pastor Austin C. Udeoha “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9) And God saw that the wickedness of man was great on earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was evil continually” Genesis 6:5) “Continue Reading
Gunmen abduct former Bayelsa NUJ Chairman, 17 others
BY GODWIN OBI Yet to be identified gunmen have abducted a former chairman of the Nigerian Union of journalists, NUJ, Bayelsa Chapel, Comrade Julius Osahon, and 17 other passengers, along the East-west Road, In Ughelli-north Local Government Area of Delta State, at the late evening of Monday, March 28. TheContinue Reading
Victims Of Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack Receive Treatment In Hospitals, El-Rufai visits
BY GODWIN OBI Some victims of Monday’s attack on a Abuja-Kaduna train have been admitted to the 44 military hospital and St. Gerald hospital in Kaduna State. It is not yet clear how many persons were injured but the attacked train had the capacity to convey more than 1,000 passengers.Continue Reading
We’ve Lost More Than N3bn To Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack – Amaechi
Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi on Tuesday said it will take more than N3 billion to replace what had been lost to the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna rail route. Terrorists had attacked a train on the route on Monday, killing at least eight persons. Many are also believed to haveContinue Reading
BARGE OPERATIONS CRITICAL TO REDUCING GRIDLOCKS ON PORTS ACCESS ROADS – NIMASA DG
We Are Willing To Cooperate With NIMASA – BOAN President The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh noted that a well-regulated barge operating industry in the maritime sector is critical to ending gridlocks on ports access roads in Nigeria. The NIMASA DGContinue Reading