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Bandits have attacked Tsauwa village, Batsari Local Government Area, Katsina State, killing 19 residents, while many houses were set ablaze. According to eyewitness accounts, the criminal elements also carted away valuable items from the community during the attack. It was learnt that the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday. Bandits plotting to kidnap El-Rufai’s son When contacted by newsmen, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Gambo Isah, confirmed the attack.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the extension of membership registration and revalidation in Imo, Kwara, Ogun, and Rivers for another two weeks. The decision for extension of the exercise in the affected states was contained in a statement by its caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee Secretary, Senator John James Akpanudoehede in Abuja on Tuesday. The Secretary said the extension followed the recommendation of the party’s Membership Registration Appeals Committee. “Following the recommendation of the Membership Registration Appeals Committee, the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the continuation of the Party’s membership…

Paris St-Germain have signed right-back Achraf Hakimi from Inter Milan on a five-year deal. The Morocco international, 22, had also been linked with Chelsea, who wanted to include full-back Marcos Alonso in any potential deal. Hakimi scored seven goals and notched eight assists last season to help Inter clinch their first Serie A title since 2010. “I feel a great sense of pride,” he said. “After Spain, Germany and Italy, Paris St-Germain offers me the chance to discover a new championship with one of the most prestigious clubs in the world.” Barcelona’s Junior Firpo joins Leeds United Hakimi started his…

Justice Malami Umar Dogon Daji of the Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto today Tuesday, July 6, 2021, convicted and sentenced the duo of Mainasara Malami and Emmanuel Salihu (both staff of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps) to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine for conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of Two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N2,750,000.00). One of the count charge reads: “That you Mainasara Malami and Emmanuel Salihu sometime in October, 2017 in Sokoto within the Judicial Division of the High Court of Sokoto State…

The Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today July 6, 2021 secured the conviction of one Habiba Abubakar before Justice J.K Daggard of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on a two count charge of obtaining by false pretense. The convict fraudulently sold a plot of land to the complainant with fake documents. According to the complainant, the convict sometime in November 2016 offered to sell to him a plot of land located at Rijiyar Zaki, Kano. She claimed that she put the land for sale in order to raise funds to carter for…

VP launches National Leather & Leather Products Policy Implementation Plan in Abuja Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says being one of the highest producers of leather and finished leather products in Africa with a projected revenue of US$1 billion by 2025, the industry could become a game-changer for Nigeria’s economy by improving the country’s foreign exchange earnings, boosting growth, and providing employment for young Nigerians. Prof. Osinbajo, who stated this during the formal launch and sensitization workshop on the National Leather and Leather Products Policy Implementation Plan in Abuja today, added that with the right planning and strategy, optimizing the value…

Leeds United have signed full-back Junior Firpo from Barcelona for about £13m on a four-year deal. The 24-year-old moved to the Nou Camp from Real Betis in the summer of 2019 and made 41 appearances for Barca, who have included a 20% sell on clause in the deal with Leeds. The former Spain Under-21 international helped Barcelona win the Copa del Rey last season. “I think in this team I can show the player that I am,” he said. Wolves sign Trincao from Barcelona Junior Firpo, who was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to Spain at the age…

Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has faulted calls for the formation of a Yoruba nation. He said he preferred a united Nigeria, but under certain “rigorous conditions”. Describing the country as a “basket case”, he said the political arrangement was not working. In an interview with BBC Pidgin, Soyinka condemned the raid of the home of Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho. On secession calls, he said: “I don’t like the sound of a Yoruba nation any more than I like the sound of a Tiv nation or an Igbo nation. “The reason is this: there are certain pejorative overtones, chauvinistic overtones…

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have again launched an attack on Kudi district of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State, killing no fewer than three persons. Among persons alleged to have been killed by the attackers include the Mai-Angwan Tiv in Kundi district, Zaki Terzungwe Anjua and two others. The attack which occurred on Monday, is coming barely a few hours to the northeast governors forum which is slated for today and tomorrow in the state. The victims of the attack were those who had just returned to the community from the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps following directives…

The Senate has condemned what it described as the “unlawful” encroachment and arrest of Nigerians by the authorities of the Republic of Benin. Accordingly, the upper chamber directed its Committees on Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, and States and Local Governments to interface with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Federal Ministry of Justice and National Border Commission to urgently put in place the necessary mechanism that would provide lasting solutions to this issue. The upper chamber’s decision to intervene was reached amid its resolutions, following a point of order raised by Senator Tolu Odebiyi (APC,…