Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Wednesday, undertook an on-the-spot assessment of the Kano State High Court, which was vandalised, looted and razed amid the recent nationwide hunger protest, which turned violent in parts of the North. Yusuf, during the tour, regretted the invasion and destruction of the state high court by hoodlums, lamenting that “the hired miscreants carted away corruption charges documents on former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who has been facing multiple charges before the state high court.” According to a statement on Wednesday by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Tofa, the governor was conducted round…
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The Kano State Police Command has arrested two suspects involved in the theft of the Bachirawa Police Station sign post in the Ungogo Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the state police command, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed this on Facebook on Wednesday, adding that the suspects were arrested with the help of residents in the area. His message written in Hausa, translated to English, read, “The person who stole Bachirawa Police Station (sign post) and the person who collected it are working hand-in-hand. Residents of the neighbourhood have brought up a new sign post. “We are grateful…
The X (Twitter) handle of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vanished from the frontline social media platform. Checks throughout Wednesday by Peoples Gazette showed the organisation’s handle, with its 2.2 million followers, was no longer accessible. “This account doesn’t exist” was the page’s message instead. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s chief spokesman, confirmed that the handle, @officialEFCC, has been down for three days. He attributed the issue to a network problem and noted that the agency’s ICT department is working to resolve it. “Our ICT department is working on it. They have been on it for almost three days…
Suspected cybercriminals appeared to have compromised the domain address of Nigeria’s banking giant GTBank since Wednesday night, 14th August, 2024. The incident came a day after the domain name was renewed for another five years from August 13, 2024, through March 21, 2029, according to multiple online platforms that analyse domain information. No hacker has claimed responsibility for the vandalism yet, which appeared to have started midnight yesterday, August 14. Already, the attackers appeared to have created another HTTP layer of the website in an apparent ploy to steal customers’ data through phishing. A cybersecurity expert with experience in the Nigerian banking…
Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has approved payment of another N1 billion to defray gratuity arrears of the retired local government workers. This is coming a month after second tranche of such payment was given of some retired local government workers. The state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Amidu Takuro, revealed this on Wednesday during an interview with newsmen in his office in Akure. “In continuation of the gradual bulk defrayment of gratuity for local government and primary school teachers retirees, the Ondo State Government is set to complete payment of 2012 and flag off defrayment…
The Ogun State Police Command said it had commenced investigation into an alleged assassination attempt on one Adebowale Emmanuel, a chief in the Iredo Community of Lagos State, in connection with a kingship dispute. Spokesperson of the State Police command, SP Omolola Odutola, who disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta, said the victim was travelling from Ijebu Ode to Ikorodu via the Ijebu-Ode-Epe expressway on Monday when some hoodlums, suspected to be assassins allegedly attempted to take his life. Odutola noted that several bullets tore through the victim’s vehicles during the attack. The statement titled, “Attempted assassination over a…
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja has refused to compel the famous Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja to admit an admission-seeking applicant, Master Aondo Terdoo Caleb as a student of the College. Rather, the Judge invoked Order 26 Rule 8 of the Court to direct the authorities of the College and the Federal Ministry of Education to appear before him on August 16 for their defence in a suit against them. Master Aondo Terdoo Caleb dragged the Loyola Jesuit College and the Federal Ministry of Education before the court seeking an order to compel the College to admit…
The Police Command in Katsina State said it foiled a kidnap attempt at Yan Shantuma village in the Danmusa Local Government Area of the state and rescued seven victims. The spokesman for the command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement in Katsina on Wednesday. He said, “On Wednesday, at about 4:30 pm, a distress call was received at the Danmusa Divisional Police Headquarters that some suspected bandits attacked the village.” According to Mr Sadiq-Aliyu, the suspected bandits kidnapped three persons, rustled 23 goats, robbed the villagers of foodstuffs and some valuables. He explained, “Upon receipt of the report,…
Ex-Kano State governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, said on Wednesday that he never collected bribes from any contractor throughout his tenure. Mr Shekarau said this in Abuja at a news briefing to release the activities marking the 70th Anniversary of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria. He also said he never touched any of the local government’s funds throughout his eight years due to the inspiration of moral training of society. He said, “In my government. I have told you and said it in the media. This eating away local government fund. I may not be the only one but you may…
The management of Ondo State Information Technology Agency, (SITA) today paid a courtesy visit to the Public Service Training Institute, (PSTI) Ilara Mokin. The visit was part of preparation by SITA for the upcoming ‘Build-A-Thon’ boot camp training program for some selected senior secondary school students across the state in partnership with the federal ministry of communications to enhance digital literacy among students. Speaking during the visit, the SSA to Ondo state Governor on ICT,Hon. Tomide Akinribido,who led the visiting team commended the state government for providing state of the art technology equipments at the Institute,while he equally expressed satisfaction…