By Aluta News Jan. 21, 2023 No fewer than 1,773 members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have died while fighting Boko Haram and Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the North East Zone. The Chairman of CJTF, Babashehu Abdulganiu, made this known on SaturdayContinue Reading
By Bridget Ikyado The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has approved the sponsorship of officers on Pilgrimage, also institutionalizing support for the exercise. The IGP has also sought and gotten the approval of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) for the exercise. He has equally institutionalized the systemContinue Reading
By Hamza Waziri Jan. 21, 2023 The Niger State APC gubernatorial candidate, Hon. Mohammed Umaru Bago has declared that he would create a ministry of Intertribal that would be headed by one of the members. Bago made the declaration today, at the commissioning of a Tinubu/Shettima and Bago/Yakubu campaign officeContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 20, 2023 The Supreme Court on Friday restored former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godwin Akpabio as the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC for Akwa Ibom North Senatorial District. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, the Apex Court upheld the judgmentContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 20, 2023 The Police in Nasarawa State say some gunmen on motorcycles on Friday abducted six pupils of Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) Primary School Alwaza, Doma Local Government Area. The Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the development to newsmen in Lafia. Nansel saidContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 20, 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, the Chinese Government and people, as well as the Chinese community in Nigeria on the occasion of the Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year begins on Jan. 22. Mr Femi Adesina, theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 20, 2023 There is no respite for Lagos residents over the lingering fuel scarcity as Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has increased the price of petrol to N185 per litre without official notification. The News Agency of (NAN) reports that fuel scarcity persisted onContinue Reading
By Bridget Ikyado The Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC),under the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has taken the war against human trafficking to schools. The programme took place at the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN), Basic School, Wuse ll, Abuja. Chairman of the Commission Barr JosephatContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 19, 2023 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has vowed to sanction commercial banks still dispensing old Naira notes ahead of the Jan. 31 deadline for the cessation of the currencies as legal tender. Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor of CBN stated this on Thursday during aContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 19, 2023 The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Dingyadi, says the appointment of Mr Usman Baba as the Inspector-General of Police (I-G) is for a single tenure of four years. A statement by the Press Secretary to the minister, Mr Ošaigbovo Ehisienmen on Thursday inContinue Reading