Category: Featured
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Kashim Shettima: My Boss/Friend @54
By: Inuwa Bwala The story of Kashim Shettima, former Governor of Borno State, now’ Distinguished Senator representing Borno Central Senatorial district in the National Assembly, could be likened to that of the hunter, who picked what he thought was a puppy during a hunting expedition, only to realise that it was actually a baby lion…
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Borno: In Zulum’s shoes, what else would you do?
By Isa Gusau – August 10, 2020. Before reacting to that question-headline, please, take a little while to walk in the ‘shoes’ of Borno governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. A few persons have been writing to condemn what they perceive as Zulum’s political incorrectness. They refer to the governor’s expression of concern over…
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MAGU: AS FRANKINSTEIN MONSTER
By Inuwa Bwala I hardly know Ibrahim Magu, embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, but I have heard a lot about him, long before he came to national cum international limelight. As his kinsman from Borno, I have keenly followed his outing as chairman of the EFCC and I dare…
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Northern Youths Hint of Impending Defeat of Boko Haram
A group, Northern Youth Anti Corruption Ambassadors have hinted of impending defeat of the Boko Haram insurgents in the north east following the renewed onslaught championed by the Chief of Army Staff, Brig. Gen. Tukur Buratai. According to the group, the position is based on credible sources in the theatre of operations in North-East Nigeria…
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500,000 households to benefit from Aisha Buhari’s donation in Kano
Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, through her foundation, ‘Future Assured’, has donated 16 trucks of assorted food items and for distribution to 500,000 households in Kano State. Mrs Buhari also donated Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) to the Kano State Government, as her contribution towards stopping the spread of Coronavirus in the state. News…
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BREAKING: Buhari to address Nigerians today by 8pm
President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation at 8.00 p.m. today. This was confirmed in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity). It would be the way third time he would be doing so since the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The…
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BREAKING: Kwankwaso writes Buhari over mysterious deaths in Kano
Former Kano state governor Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has written to President Muhammadu Buhari on the rising incidences of mysterious deaths in Kano state. In the letter with the heading on Monday, ‘ COVID-19 and the rising incidences of mysterious deaths in Kano state: a call on the federal government for urgent action to save…
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BREAKING: Heavy Fire outbreak in NNPC filling station in Ogba, Lagos State
There is an ongoing fire outbreak at Yaya Abatan area of Ogba, Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the fire had affected a filling station and nearby houses along College Road. As of the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire outbreak is unknown. “Yes, there is fire,” a resident in the…
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Borno recovers COVID-19 patient who fled isolation centre
The Borno State Commissioner of health, Salisu Kwaya Bura, has confirmed that Abbas Kaka Hassan, a 24 year-old male, who tested positive for Covid-19 has been traced around 2am in Maiduguri. The patient who was tested at UMTH’s COVID-19 laboratory was declared at large yesterday, after his phones and that of his mother were off.…
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COVID-19: FG has abandoned Kano, says Ganduje
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has accused the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 of neglecting the state in its current efforts against the coronavirus pandemic. Ganduje expressed his displeasures in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Monday. He said, “We are in a serious problem. I can tell you the situation is really…