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The executive governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawale has revealed that hundreds of bandits have been killed or arrested. Matawalle disclosed this at the swearing-in of the Secretary to the State Government, Head of Service, 18 commissioners, 16 special advisers and three Director-Generals. The Zamfara Governor pledged that his administration will not tolerate any complacency in the war against banditry. According to Matawalle, Zamfara state is at a critical stage where it is trying to get out of “the woods” with the massive clampdown on bandits. The Governor attributed recent successes to security measures taken flush out the criminals. Banditry:…

Standing beside North Korea’s largest missiles, leader Kim Jong Un said his country’s weapons development is necessary in the face of hostile policies from the United States and a military buildup in South Korea, state media said on Tuesday. Pyongyang was only increasing its military in self-defence and not to start a war, Kim said in a speech at the Defence Development Exhibition on Monday, according to a report by state news agency KCNA. Kim made the remarks standing next to a variety of weapons, including the country’s intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), photos in the ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun…

…allows political parties to devise modalities for primaries The Senate has empowered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to determine the procedure for the transmission of results during the general elections. The upper chamber also allowed political parties to determine the modality for holding primaries for aspirants to all elective positions. The amendments were made on Tuesday by the Senate to some clauses of the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) bill 2021, passed on July 15, 2021. The chamber explained that the decision to subject the amended clauses of the bill to re-committal was reached after critical examination by the…

Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder of of Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga, has pled not guilty to the charges leveled against her. The 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos pleaded her case on Tuesday during her arraignment before before Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square. The 22-year-old along with one Adedapo Quadri, are the key suspects in the murder of Ataga. Chidinma’s sister, Egbuchu Chioma from whom the late Ataga’s iPhone 7, was said to have been recovered, was also arraigned on Tuesday. Super TV…

The Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday October 11, 2021 arraigned the duo of Ukhuriegbe Glory Irekpitan and Onyekwa Joshua Chinedum before Justice S. M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State on two-count charge each of impersonation. The defendants are alleged to have impersonated Anthony Joshua, the British boxer of Nigerian descent, to defraud two ladies of the sums of £10,000 pounds and £5,491,23 in London. One of the counts reads: “that you Onyekwe Joshua Chinedum (a.k.a Anthony Joshua) sometime in 2019 did with intent to defraud sent…

A group of armed bandits have reportedly attacked a Catholic seminary in Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The seminary, St. Albert the Great Institute of Philosophy, which belongs to the Catholic church was attacked on Monday night by the assailants who whisked away a large number of students from the premises. According to reports, the bandits stormed the theological school which is located at Fayit community, Kagoma Chiefdom in Kaduna. During the attack, they shot sporadically to scare away residents. The incident has not yet been confirmed by the Kaduna state police command. The latest attack comes barely…

Henley Business School (HBS) holds an induction ceremony for 153 participants of the AdCademy Masterclass programmes. The induction ceremony is billed to hold today 12 October. A total of 91 inductees were received from the first masterclass tagged, “The Future of Advertising” which held in March, while 61 were recorded from the second edition tagged, “The Winning Strategy” which held in August. Following the successful completion of the training, the participants will become HBS alumni and granted access to diverse professionals ranging from business leaders, entrepreneurs, coaches and educators. They will also gain access to benefits ranging from peer-to-peer mentoring,…

Chelsea have held informal talks with Real Madrid over re-signing 30-year-old Belgium playmaker Eden Hazard – but the Spanish club would want England right-back Reece James, 21, in return. (El Nacional – in Catalan) Manchester United are considering bringing in Leicester’s Nigerian midfielder Wilfred Ndidi, 24. (Fichajes – in Spanish) Liverpool are closely monitoring Ousmane Dembele’s situation at Barcelona. The 24-year-old France winger, who has not played since Euro 2020 because of a knee injury, is out of contract at the end of the season. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish) Former Borussia Dortmund boss Lucien Favre, 63, and ex-Chelsea manager Frank Lampard, 43, are two of the names the new Newcastle United owners are considering as…

Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, says social media is partly responsible for the country’s divisive problems. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ribadu spoke on Sunday, while reacting to social media reports that he accused government officials of sponsoring banditry in the country. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, the former EFCC chairman said social media promotes fake news, which creates religious and ethnic divisions in the country. “July 2019 was the first time I came to know about it, and I came out with a very strong denial, saying that…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was accused Tuesday of “crimes against humanity” at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his alleged role in the destruction of the Amazon, the first case seeking to explicitly link deforestation to loss of life. Planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from burning and industrial-scale agriculture in the Amazon are higher than the total annual emissions of Italy or Spain. Deforestation in the region already releases more CO2 than the rest of the Amazon can absorb. Austrian environmental justice campaigners Allrise filed the official complaint at The Hague-based court Tuesday morning. They asked for legal proceedings against Bolsonaro…