Jabir1990:

To all workers in the state and local government? Wallahi it is outright lie, I presently live in Kebbi state, more than 40% of the workers of both states and local governments did not even get a single bag of the said 20kg bet it rice, millet or genuine corn.

maasoap:


Only you? Hope many other people got it too

SeverusSnape:
Based on connection.

Mightymanna:
check 1966

The late Abubakar Lawal, a Nigerian international footballer and former player of Vipers Sports Club, Kampala, Uganda, has been buried in Sokoto on Tuesday.

Our correspondent reports that no official from the Nigerian Football Association (NFA) was present at the burial.

Lawal’s body was flown into Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto, around noon, accompanied by a representative of the Nigerian Embassy in Uganda and officials from his former club.

Among those who received the body were Alhaji Mustapha Muhammed, Sokoto State Commissioner of Youth and Sports Development; Abdullahi Shehu, former Nigerian international footballer and other prominent individuals.

The funeral prayer was held at Sultan Abubakar III Juma’at Mosque before the burial at 4pm in Unguwan Salame, Sokoto South LGA.

2025 Ramadan Feeding Programme to provide daily meals for fasting Muslims, particularly
vulnerable residents, during the holy month.
Deputy governor, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo,
launched the initiative at Dandali Centre in Fagge
Local Government Area.

Under the programme, 91 feeding centres will serve meals to 91,000 people daily for 27 days.

Speaking at the launch, Gwarzo, who chairs the
programme, emphasised the importance of timely
and effective food distribution, urging vendors to
maintain high standards to fulfil the initiative’s
humanitarian mission.

The event was attended by key government
officials, including the Commissioner for
Information and Internal Affairs, Comrade Ibrahim
Abdullahi Waiya; the Commissioner for Religious
Affairs, Sheikh Tijjani Auwal; and the Permanent
Secretary of the Deputy Governor’s Office, all of
whom serve on the Ramadan Feeding Programme
Committee.

The Kano State government reaffirmed its
commitment to supporting fasting Muslims and
easing the economic burden on residents during
Ramadan.

The Kebbi State Government has conducted a mass wedding for 300 couples, providing financial and material support to help them start their new lives.

The ceremony, coordinated by the APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje and the Emir of Gwandu, took place at the Emir’s Palace in Birnin Kebbi

This is the second mass wedding organized under Governor Nasir Idris’s administration.

The beneficiaries, drawn from the 21 local government areas of the state, received ₦180,000 each as dowries during the ceremony.

The solemnization of the marriage was conducted by the Walin Gwandu, Malam Muktar, assisted by other prominent Islamic clerics.

The committee responsible for organizing the wedding stated that all couples underwent medical screenings, while grooms were assessed to ensure they had a trade and shelter to support their wives.

BloomingDale:
This is the reason why Yorubas badmouth every other region, so every foreign investments will go to them. You hear them screaming on every social platform that South West is the only safe region in Nigeria. I’m not sure why that is so, with all the Skull Mining and Ritual killings going on over there.

The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Ikioye Orutugu, has narrated how two suspected killers of Justice Azuka, a state lawmaker, escaped from police custody in the state.

Mr Orutugu spoke on Friday during a press briefing at the Police Command Headquarters in Awka.

The police spokesperson in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga, forwarded a text of the press briefing to PREMIUM TIMES.

Lawmaker’s killing, escape of the suspects

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that gunmen, on 24 December 2024, abducted Mr Azuka, a member of the Anambra House of Assembly.

A joint security team, on 6 February, found the lawmaker’s decomposing body at Second Niger Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State.

The police in the state later confirmed that nine suspected killers of the lawmaker had been arrested.

But on Tuesday night, the police authorities announced that two of the suspected killers of the lawmaker had escaped from custody.

On Thursday, the police admitted that they suffered “operational lapses” which resulted in the escape of the suspects, vowing to sanction officers involved in the incident.

The slain lawmaker was a member of the opposition Labour Party.

How it happened

Speaking at a press briefing, Mr Orutugu identified the escaped suspects as Ikemefuna Ossai from Delta State and Chinedu Okoli from Imo State.

He said although Messrs Ossai and Okoli were not “principal actors” in the crime, they served as drivers for the criminal gang who abducted and murdered the lawmaker.

The police chief said a total of 11 suspects, including the two suspects who escaped from custody, had been arrested in connection with the abduction and murder of the lawmaker.

The commissioner said the two suspects were assisting police operatives of the Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu to arrest Tochukwu Akolisa, one of the buyers of stolen vehicles belonging to the victim.

He said that during the operation, Mr Akolisa attempted to flee upon sighting the operatives, who were accompanied by Messrs Ossai and Okoli.

“In the course of this operation, Tochukwu Akolisa was shot in the leg and taken into custody. However, in the ensuing confusion, the two suspects managed to escape in a vehicle.

“Despite an immediate pursuit by police operatives, they abandoned the vehicle and fled into a nearby bush. Unfortunately, all efforts to re-arrest them have so far been unsuccessful,” he narrated.

Mr Orutugu reiterated that, contrary to insinuations, the two suspects escaped from custody on 8 February two days before his assumption in office as the state police commissioner on 10 February.

“However, upon receiving intelligence regarding this case on 18th February 2025, I deemed it necessary to brief Ndi Anambra and the general public, reaffirming the Command’s commitment to keeping residents informed about the evolving security situation in the state,” he said.

Over 30 unidentified bodies of suspected ritual killing victims have been found on Imo River in Oriendu autonomous community, Umuahia North local government area of Abia State since last year.

The traditional ruler of the community, HRH Eze Philip Ajomiwe, stated this while speaking with LEADERSHIP Sunday in his palace after the body of a woman was found

“The bodies, like the recent one, are either completely naked and without their private parts or in a bag. There’ve also been cases of two decomposing bodies seen beside the NNPC pipeline,” he said.

Explaining that there had not been any arrests since then by the security agents, he expressed concern that the situation was getting out of hand and had created fear in and around the community.

According to the monarch, efforts by the community’s vigilante group to arrest the suspects had failed too, because the group is not as equipped as the suspects are said to be.

“So, we’re appealing to the state government to empower the vigilante group with the necessary logistics and the wherewithal to enable it to match the suspects,” he said.

He argued that nobody ever embarks on such a mission with empty hands especially when the enemy is fully armed with sophisticated weapons and is ready to fight back.

He asserted that his complaints about the situation to the agents had been to no avail, noting that the latest was a letter to the speaker of the State House of Assembly on February 7.

The monarch, who appreciated the government’s upward review of monthly stipends of the traditional rulers, however, noted that the amount is not enough for them to handle insecurity.

He maintained that as the monarchs do not have security votes like the governor to equip their communities’ vigilante groups, the communities need the intervention of the government for peace and security.