Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday met with a delegation from General Electric led by their Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Immelt at the State House, Abuja.
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Sunday, 8 January 2017
Three anti-riot policemen have been confirmed dead and two others declared missing following an attack by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
Confirming the development to newsmen in Yola on Sunday,the spokesman of Adamawa State Police Command, Othman Abubakar said that the affected policemen were members of a team drafted to secure Kwayine, Gidan Dadi and Karlahi communities following clashes that erupted after the killing of 47 cattle in the area.
“Fulani militia attacked the three villages and we lost three of our gallant MOPOL while two are missing.
“We have constituted a high powered search team and by the special grace of God we are going to recover our men.
Armed Fulani-herdsmen
“On the side of the civilians, two bodies have so far been recovered,” he said.
He added that the police were able to kill some of the invading Fulani militias. He also said that more men had been drafted to the area to reinforce the team.
Saturday, 7 January 2017
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
A serious scarcity of kerosene has hit Kano and low income residents who depend on it for cooking are now said to be suffering untold hardship.
Information reaching Abujacitynews indicated that the scarcity which began during the Christmas and New Year celebrations was triggered by dealers who opted to sell the product to black marketers under the cover of darkness.
The development has shot the price of kerosene up to N400 a litre from the previous price of N220. As a result, residents who cannot afford the new price or cooking gas have reported to cooking with firewood and charcoal.
It is suspected that the rampant practice of mixing kerosene with petrol to obtain diesel in the state may be responsible for the development.
“They mix kerosene with petrol to get diesel, which is in high demand, and so kerosene becomes very scarce. Even when it’s available the price is unthinkable, making life unbearable for the common man, " said a resident.
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Boko Haram terrorists attacked Dar village in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State in the early hours of Tuesday.
According to the Chairman of Madagali Local Government Area, Alhaji Yusuf Mohammed, the insurgents were however repelled by vigilant security operatives who responded promptly to the attack.
Confirming the development, the spokesman of 28 Task-Force Battalion, Mubi, Maj. Akintoye Badare, said that the attack was contained with no military casualties.
“All I can confirm to you now is that there was attack on Dar village but we successfully repelled it; no casualty on our side," he said.
Sule Yusuf Saulawa, a parmanent secretary formally attached to the office of the Deputy Governor of Katsina State was on Tuesday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC before Justice Sanusi Tukur of the Katsina High Court on a one-count charge of Obtaining by False Pretense.
The offense according to the anti-graft agency is in contravention of section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
Saulawa allegedly obtained the sum of N2.5m while working in the office of the Deputy Governor of Katsina State from the complainant under the pretext that he would facilitate the award by the Deputy Governor’s office of a contract for the supply of fertilizers to all the Local Government areas in Katsina State.
The accused allegedly told the complainant that the money was for the purchase of bidding documents, but cut off all contact with the victim immediately after he obtained the money.
The EFCC told the court that one Kabiru Dan-Asali had disclosed in his statement that he was present when the complainant, Musa Baba gave one Nasiru who works for the complainant, the sum N2.5m on behalf of the accused person. The accused person also allegedly confirmed this in his voluntary statement to the EFCC.
The anti-graft agency charged the accused person thus;
“You Sule Yusuf Saulawa while being the permanent secretary with the office of the Deputy Governor, Katsina State, sometimes in 2015 in Katsina, within the Judicial Division of the High Court of Katsina State with intent to defraud falsely obtained from one Alhaji Musa Baba, the Chairman of Many Agro Allied and Chemical Company Nigeria Limited and Diamond Fertilizer Nigeria Limited the sum of N2,500,000 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira Only) by falsely representing that the Office of the Deputy Governor of Katsina State would award him contract for the supply of fertilizers to all the Local Government areas in the state and asked him to purchase a bidding documents which would be given to him as soon as he writes a proposal offering best price to the State Government which he did, but which you knew all to be false and you thereby committed an offense contrary to section 1 (1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act."
The accused however pleaded not guilty to the charge and was remanded in prison custody by Justice Tukur till January 6, 2017 when his trial would commence.
Two men were on Tuesday remanded in prison custody by a Kano magistrates court for allegedly raping a 13 years old girl.
The prosecutor, Suleman Danladi told the court that sometime in May 2016, the accused persons, Muhammad Abubakar, 58, and Ali Garba, 45, both residents of Hotoro Quarters, Kano had taken turns to rape the girl on several occasions.
He said that Murtala Aminu the elder brother of the victim who lives at the same address reported the case at Hotoro Police Division on Sept. 11, 2016.
“The accused persons had deceived and lured the 13-year-old girl to different locations to rape her.
“As a result, the victim became pregnant,’’ he said.
The prosecutor said that the minor was confirmed pregnant at the Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, Kano after examination.
He said that the offense contravened section 283 of the penal code.
The Chief Magistrate, Muhammad Jibril adjourned the matter to January 18, 2017 after the accused had pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge of rape.
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