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Bandits’ Negotiator, Mamu, Nabbed Over N2bn Ransom Racketeering

T ukur Mamu, the Kaduna-based publisher was arrested on Tuesday by security operatives in Cairo, Egypt for his alleged involvement in collecting ransom and taking same to terrorists in exchange for kidnapped victims, according to an exclusive report by Daily Trust gathered from…

08/09/2022

INEC Opens New Portal For Staff Recruitment Ahead Of 2023 Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has announced the approval of INECPRES as a registration portal for interested applicants who wish to work for the body as ad-hoc staff in the 2023 general election. This announcement was contained in a statement made available…

07/09/2022

DSS Arrests Tukur Mamu At Kano Airport

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have picked up Tukur Mamu at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. The Lawyer had reported how Mamu was arrested in Cario, capital of Egypt, and flown back to Nigeria. The former negotiator between the…

07/09/2022

Gumi’s Spokesman Arrested In Egypt

The spokesperson for the Kaduna-based cleric, Ahmad Gumi, Tukur Mamu, was arrested in Egypt Tuesday. He was arrested and detained by Interpol at the Cairo International Airport while awaiting a connecting flight to Saudi Arabia. Mr Mamu, who is the Publisher of Desert Herald…

07/09/2022

Polish President, Duda, in Historic Visit To Nigeria

President Andrzej Duda of Poland yesterday made history as the first Polish President to visit Nigeria in the about 60 years old bilateral relations between Nigeria and the European country. The visit which was aimed at deepening cooperation between the two country seemed…

07/09/2022

Falana Asks Court to Compel FG to Provide CCTV, Double-Perimeter Walls in Prisons

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has asked the court to compel the federal government to provide closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at the country’s correctional centres. In a suit filed at the federal high court sitting in Lagos, Falana also asked the court…

07/09/2022

Tariff Hike: Tribunal Dismisses Suit Against DStv-GOtv Operators

The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit filed against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, the operator of satellite televisions – the DSTV and GOTV. The suit was challenging the recent price hike by the company. However, the three-member panel…

06/09/2022

ASUU: FG Announces 23.5% Salary Increment For Lecturers

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday said the government could only afford 23.5 percent salary increase for lecturers, while a 35% increment will be enjoyed by professors. The minister also noted that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) warned against…

06/09/2022

Vandalisation Of Conference Materials: NBA President Inaugurates Probe Committee

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Yakubu Maikyau, has inaugurated a 15-member committee to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the sad incident of Tuesday, August 23rd when lawyers broke into the pavilion…

06/09/2022

Federal Govt Launches Database For Suspected Criminals

The Federal government has secured an arrest database where records of arrests by all security agencies are to be henceforth stored to facilitate quick filing of charges and prosecution of offenders on federal offences. Section 29 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act…

06/09/2022

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