“I congratulate Hon Marie Ebikake on her victory in the February 2023 House of Representatives election, as well as the favourable judgment she got against me.”
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The Ilorin Likeminds Foundation yesterday solicited the support of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, in conducting free medical outreach for the emirate’s people on Saturday in Ilorin. Alhaji Saheed Alakoso, President of the Foundation, made the request on behalf of the body during the executive members’ courtesy visit to the Emir in Ilorin….
The military high command revealed on Thursday that no fewer than three officers and 22 soldiers were killed during the Sunday bandits’ ambush on troops in Niger State. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, added that seven soldiers were wounded during the attack. He explained that it was…
As tropical storm Hilary bears down on Southern California, a series of earthquakes complicated the picture even further, with a magnitude 5.1 quake just south of the Los Padres National Forest around 2:45 p.m. Sunday (2145 GMT). Four more followed suit in the minutes after, ranging from 3.1 to 3.6 on the Richter scale. The…
Governor Banagana Zulum of Borno has approved an N80 million grant to Guwori Islamic Academy in the Jere Local Government Area of the state. Mr Zulum, who announced this on Sunday at the school’s graduation ceremony, said the gesture would enhance education opportunities for vulnerable children. He said the money would be disbursed in instalments…
Two Customs officers with the Kebbi State Area Command have been allegedly killed at their duty post along Bunza-Dakingari-Koko Highway by suspected bandits. The command’s public relations officer, Mubarak Mustapha, an assistant superintendent of Customs, made this known in a statement issued yesterday in Birnin Kebbi. He said the deceased – Kabiru Shehu, an…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Friday dismissed a fundamental human rights suit filed by a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sa’adatu Yaro, against the Department of State Services. The suit sought an order releasing her six exotic cars seized by the secret police on July 12 as well as bail from…