The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately arrest the controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi for allegedly saying that declaring bandits as terrorists would lead to the end of Nigeria. HURIWA, in a statement on Monday, alleged that the Islamic Cleric had on Sunday warned that declaring…
Operatives of Ogun state police command on Sunday, October 24, arrested one Shade Adelowo 31, for using razor blades to inflict serious injuries all over the body of one Kehinde Ojo, an eleven-year-old boy who is a son of her neighbor, over an allegation that the young boy stole the sum of #3000 from her…
The Delta State Police Command has arrested one Blessing Oghule allegedly found in possession of a fabricated Beretta pistol with five rounds of live ammunition and illicit drugs. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, October 25, said that Oghule was arrested alongside three other suspects during…
A newly appointed Iranian governor was slapped on stage by an official who walked over to him during an event over the weekend. Zeinolabedin Khorram, the new governor of East Azerbaijan province, was on stage delivering a speech at the Imam Khomeini Mosque in the northeastern city of Tabriz when the incident took place. A…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced eNaira, its Digital Currency on Monday, October 25. The eNaira was scheduled to be launched on October 1, 2021, but was moved due to a clog of activities billed for Nigeria’s 61st-anniversary celebrations. The Digital Currency has two applications – eNaira speed wallet and eNaira merchant wallet, which…
GIOTV reports that the former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has revealed the people trying to divide Nigeria and trigger another civil war in the country. The former minister, in a tweet on his Twitter account on Monday, alleged that some foreign forces are determined to divide Nigeria and cause another civil war. He tweeted,…
A commercial tricyclist in Kaduna, Ayuba Yusuf, who returned the sum of N100,000 forgotten by a passenger, has disclosed how he was insulted and called all sorts for his honest gesture. Yusuf, a Diploma holder in Public Administration, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that although few people commended him, a lot more scolded…
The police command in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa has declared Sergeant Simphiwe Phumlani Lucas Sibiya, who is stationed at the same police station missing. KZN police spokesperson, Captain Nqobile Gwala said Sibiya,43, was last seen by his mother at 10 pm on Wednesday, October 20, at his homestead in the Ndikilini area, Mbongolwane. “He was due…
Prominent Islamic preacher and tutor, Sheikh Gumi, has warned that profiling bandits as terrorists will come at a price. Gumi’s statement comes after speakers of the 36 state Houses of Assembly in Nigeria called on the Federal Government to declare bandits and kidnappers as terrorists. Gumi reacted in a statement titled, “Declaring Bandits As Terrorists…
Rauf Aregbesola, the Nigerian minister of interior, has stated that the constant attacks on correctional facilities across the country are to ridicule the government and make the country unsafe. Speaking on Sunday October 24 while visiting a correctional facility in Abolongo, Oyo town, which was attacked by gunmen who freed some inmates on Friday October…