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WHAT IS YOUR ORIGIN? My name is Adoo Eugenia, I hail from Konshisha  local government, Gaav precisely in the family of late Akor Mela. I am From a family of (8)eight, five siblings my mum and Dad, though I lost my dad in 2008. BACKGROUND My mum is a Co rice farmer, I lost my Dad in 2008, he was the only child of my of late grandma tho I grew up with my Dads best friend who picked me up when I was 7 years, after my Dad died 2008.  My Dad's best friend was a pilot but later retired and when he died life in 2009, became so difficult for I and my Aunt so I had to join hand with my aunt we will buy pure water and make kunu drink. I will  hawk round the market, every airport market, so we were surviving on that. I came back to meet my mum in 2011 by then I was in sss 1 at Goodnews Secondary Grammar school, things were very difficult to a point I had to proceed to another school to get my ssce at Gucci Gwer Unity college at Ikpayongu because of difficulties.  In...

The Kaduna State Police Command has paraded some youths who were allegedly behind the aborted maiden edition of a sex party in the state. The youths had advertised the event on social media platforms, revealing that the sex party was scheduled to hold on December 27, 2020 at an undisclosed location in the state capital.  The invitation detailed that participants, male and female, were expected to be naked as no clothes would be allowed at the venue Also, the party which was slated to start at 8 pm, would last till daybreak to allow participants interested in having sex during the party to do so.  The invite stated that interested participants would have to pay N2,000 (for the popular side) and 3,000 naira or 5,000 naira (for VIP).  Speaking to journalists on Thursday, one of the promoters of the event, said, “Kaduna Sex Party started as a joke between me and my friends; it was not meant to go public. It was not meant to cause any nuisance among the public in K...

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday sign the 2021 budget into law at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja. The scheduled time for the signing was 11 am. This is coming ten days after both chambers of the National Assembly passed the N13.5trn budget and three days after it was transmitted to the President for assent.  According to Channels TV, more details will follow shortly....

Modupe Odele has proceeded on a journey from Nigeria for ‘a long time,’ she said in a tweet on Thursday morning alleging another brush with Nigerian immigration officials. “You force me to go on exile from my own country for no crime,” Ms. Odele said “I can’t visit and go as I please anymore. What a shame. I would have missed my flight if I didn’t make those calls. Because the person to do the secondary clearance wasn’t “on sit”.” Ms. Odele was traveling out of Nigeria on New Year’s Eve when the incident allegedly happened at the airport. It came weeks after she was prevented from traveling out of the country over her role in the historic #EndSARS campaign to end police brutality in Nigeria. It was unclear why Ms. Odele has been the only one being held amongst her group. Several members of the feminist groups that champion #EndSARS have been travelling without hitch. Dozens of them have been seen in Dubai and the UK since the protests ended with the Nigerian Army massacre o...

The National Publicity Secretary of Arewa Consultative Forum, Emmanuel Waye, has said that he has lost faith in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s  Politics Today on Wednesday, Waye lamented the worsening level of insecurity in the country. “How can I have faith in someone who presides over this kind of thing? I had faith in him when I followed him as a reporter and he chased away some foreigners who were coming to kill us,” he said. “When he was coming to be President, I had faith in him. I witnessed how successful this man was in chasing enemies out of our country in 1983. But now, 300 people kidnapped in his home state.” For the Arewa forum’s spokesman, fear has gripped him now that he no longer feels safe travelling to his country home in Taraba State following the frequent report of killings and attacks. “I can’t go to my home state of Taraba. The whole place is in chaos, they are killing people every ...

Member of the House of Representatives representing Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency in Rivers State, Kingsley Chinda, has said President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the capacity to solve the problems in the country. Chinda, who is the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, House of Representatives Caucus, had earlier called for the impeachment of Buhari over worsening insecurity in the country. The lawmaker who spoke at the grand finale of sensitisation and verification of wards and local government area offices of the Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI) in the state, explained that his earlier call for the impeachment of the President was not out of hatred or anything personal. He said it was because it was in the best interest of Nigerians. He said, “We do not hate Mr. President. He has done nothing personal to us, but we are saying that Mr. President is not fit for purpose. “If we look at our country and we do nothing and keep quiet because we are afraid, because we want...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom once more appeals to the Federal Government not to muzzle patriotic Nigerians who are raising genuine concerns over the worsening security situation in the country. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, Governor Ortom describes as unfair and repressive, Federal Government’s reaction to the message of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Reverend Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah whom the government accused of stirring hatred against Mr President and calling for a coup.  He says Bishop Kukah is a selfless Nigerian who only seeks to unite the nation and speaks his mind frankly on national issues calling on the government to serve the people.  The Governor suggests that instead of politicizing the views of the Bishop and castigating him, the Federal Government should take a second look at the things he raised in the Christmas Day message to avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater.  He stresses th...

The Nigerian Army has deployed combat helicopters, gun trucks and soldiers to search some forests in the South-East states where the Eastern Security Network, recently launched by Nnamdi Kanu, is suspected to be camping. From the drones and hidden cameras believed to be installed by the ESN, a video captured the Nigerian Army helicopters and their vehicles and soldiers searching for the camp of the ESN to make arrests. Kanu, a leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, on December 12, launched the ESN, saying the regional security outfit, just like Amotekun in the South-West, would help tackle crime. "The Nigerian Army that is supposed to fight Boko Haram were seen everywhere searching for the camp of Eastern Security Network team. But they forgot they are dealing with sophisticated men. There are cameras and drones everywhere watching them," an official told Saharareporters. "If the Nigerian Armed Forces attack the ESN, the people of Southern Kaduna, the Mi...

Some National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Jigawa State who allegedly tested positive for COVID-19 have allegedly been abandoned at the state’s isolation centre. According to the corps members who are currently under quarantine at Rasheed Shekoni Specialist Hospital, Dutse, they have been in the isolation centre for 14 days, even though they showed no symptoms. "We were to return to camp on the 15th of this month but they conducted COVID-19 test and said we were positive. “We have been in the isolation centre for 14 days now without showing any symptoms. The pain of celebrating Christmas here can’t be described; they said Jigawa State doesn’t adopt the method of releasing COVID-19 patient after 14 days without symptoms,” one of them said. The Jigawa State government had on December 15, 2020 announced it discovered eight new cases of COVID-19 among members of the NYSC posted to the state.

Residents of Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State have killed and burnt three gunmen suspected to be bandits. According to Katsina Post, the suspected bandits were caught with an AK-47 rifle at the Charanchi market on Sunday. “The bandits came to the cattle section of the market to sell their cattle but a good Samaritan noticed one of them carrying a gun. “All of them were wearing gowns, apparently to conceal what they were carrying. “On seeing the rifle, the people of the market descended on them, killed two of them instantly and set them ablaze. “One of them was able to escape the mob attack with serious injuries but couldn’t leave the market. He was later found dead in a gutter and was also set ablaze,” a villager said. Katsina, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been plagued by bandits who regularly attack villagers and kidnap them for ransom.

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has described Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah’s recent statement as unguarded and an open incitement to military coup and insurrection against the democratically elected government of Muhammadu Buhari. In a Christmas message titled: ‘A Nation in Search of Vindication’, the Bishop had said Nigeria was on the verge of becoming a failed state. He said, “This government owes the nation an explanation as to where it is headed as we seem to journey into darkness. The spilling of this blood must be related to a more sinister plot that is beyond our comprehension. Are we going to remain hogtied by these evil men or are they gradually becoming part of a larger plot to seal the fate of our country?” But AYCF in a statement signed by its National President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of Kukah for what it described as a treasonable felony against the Nigerian state. The statement read, “Such a reckless stat...

The Israeli health ministry has said a 75-year-old man from Beit She’an died of a heart attack two hours after receiving vaccination against COVID-19 on Monday morning. It was learnt that the man had preexisting conditions and had suffered from heart attacks in the past. Chezy Levy, the Director-General of the Health Ministry, has launched an investigation into the incident. “We share in the grief of the family,” he said in a statement. He was injected at around 8:30 am at a Clalit Health Services Clinic. He stayed at the facility, as is customary, for a short period of time to ensure he had no side effects. When he felt well, the clinic released him. According to Levy, the early discoveries do not reveal a link between the man’s death and his inoculation. When Pfizer presented its safety data to the US Food and Drug Administration in early December, it was found that two trial participants had died after receiving the vaccine. One of the deceased was immunocompromised, mea...

The House of Representatives has denied reports that it apologized to President Muhamadu Buhari over the saga that followed his recent invitation to the National Assembly. It would be recalled that the House recently invited the President following a motion moved by some lawmakers from Borno. However, the President declined to honour the invitation after he had initially agreed to do so. The development led to the call by some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) calling for the impeachment of the President. In a statement by the Speaksperson of the House, Ben Kalu, he debunked media reports that the House apologized to the President over the invitation. “It has come to the knowledge of the House that few sections of the media reported that the House apologized to the Presidency over the resolution of the House which arose from the motion sponsored by members from Borno State, requesting for the invitation of the President to brief the nation on the state of insecu...

Kidnapped Chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Apostle Emmanuel Egoh Bako, and his wife, Cindy, have regained freedom from their captors. At about 8:00 pm on Christmas day, Gunmen invaded the Albarka Prayer Camp at Fadan Kagoma near Kafanchan in Jema’a Local Government Area of the state, shot indiscriminately before taking away the cleric, wife and one other person identified as Mr Douglas to an unknown destination. A government statement by the Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, said Bako and the wife were freed from the kidnappers’ den on Sunday. The statement was titled, ‘Apostle Bako, wife regain freedom.’ The commissioner said the Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in Kaduna State, Rev. Tony Inwulale, also confirmed the government's development. Aruwan said Governor Nasir El-Rufai expressed relief and happiness over the development and offered his best wishes to the c...

The House of Representatives is no longer keen on inviting President Muhammadu Buhari to address it on the security challenges in the country, a report by The Nation said. On December 1, the House passed a resolution summoning the President, following the killing of more than 70 farmers in Borno State. The motion was moved by Satomi Ahmad, lawmaker representing Jere Federal Constituency, and nine others from Borno, who had insisted that Buhari should to address the lower legislative chamber of the National Assembly on the government’s efforts to address insecurity in the country. Thereafter, Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House, on December 2, said the President had agreed to address the lawmakers. But Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), had argued that the National Assembly has no constitutional powers to summon the President. Quoting a source in the House as saying the invitation had assumed an ethnic and political dimension, the newspaper said s...

President Muhammadu Buhari, who was Nigeria’s military Head of State between December 1983 and August 1985, has given a number of reasons why he toppled the democratically elected government of the then President, the late Alhaji Shehu Shagari. Buhari, then as a Major-General who was the General Officer Commanding of the Third Armoured Division in Jos, Plateau State, said in a letter that he led a “revolution” in Nigeria because of the staggering corruption, insecurity and indiscipline in the government.  Buhari’s letter, obtained by SaharaReporters which was dated, January 6, 1984, and was addressed to Her Excellency, the then Prime Minister of Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher was personally signed by him, as Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Head of the Federal Military Government, Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces. SaharaReporters observed in the letter that Buhari identified collapsed economy, rising inflation, corruption in government and the failure of the...

The Federal Government, on Saturday, warned religious leaders in Nigeria to refrain from stoking the embers of hatred and disunity. The government, in a veiled reference to the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, consequently warned that “resorting to scorched-earth rhetoric at this time could trigger unintended consequences.” Sunday PUNCH  reports that Kukah had, in his 2020 Christmas message titled ‘A nation in search of vindication,’ accused the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), of nepotism. Kukah had said, “Every honest Nigerian knows that there is no way any non-Northern Muslim president could have done a fraction of what President Buhari has done by his nepotism and gotten away with it. “There would have been a military coup a long time ago or we would have been at war. The President may have concluded that Christians will do nothing and will live with these actions. “He may be right and we, Christians, cannot feel sorry that we h...

A mob of angry villagers has killed five bandits and one other knocked down in Sanga and Lere Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kaduna State, security agencies have reported on Friday. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the incident noted that it occurred on Thursday. Two of the bandits killed had attacked a businessman and dispossessed him of his money and other valuables at Fadan Karshi in Sanga LGA. Aruwan explained that on receiving the information of the attack, the military and police set out to the location. When they arrived at the scene, the security officials found out that some angry residents had already mobbed the bandits and burnt them to ashes. The commissioner disclosed that elsewhere in the same local government, some bandits opened fire on motorists plying the Aboro-Kafanchan Road. In the process of the shooting, bullets hit one Richard Sabo who knocked down one of the bandits to death while he wa...

Veteran Nollywood filmmaker, Chico Ejiro is dead. He died in the early hours of Christmas day from a seizure. He only just concluded directing his new movie on Christmas Eve. His remains have been deposited at the morgue. Born Chico Maziakpono in Isoko, Delta State, Ejiro is a movie director, screenwriter, and producer. Prior to his death, he held the record of the Nollywood director with the highest number of released movies. He says he has produced and directed over 85 movies in his career in the span of three decades. Ejiro who studied Agriculture in school was drawn into video production because Nigerians would not buy blank video cassettes. The filmmaker is the younger brother of veteran filmmaker, Zeb Ejiro. He is married to Joy Ejiro and they have four children.

The Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Magashi (retd.), has said that the purported rescue of over 300 Kankara Government Secondary Schoolboys in Katsina State by the military was a Christmas gift to Nigerians. Magashi added that Nigerians should pray for the troops, who by reason of their call to duty, would not be able to celebrate Christmas with their families and loved ones. Bandits, who were armed with guns and riding on motorbikes had invaded the school two Fridays ago, abducting over 300 schoolboys. The Boko Haram terrorists had later claimed responsibility for the incident, before the boys were later rescued, six days after some ransoms had allegedly been paid. The minister stated in his Christmas and New Year message, as released by the Special Assistant to the Minister on Media and Publicity, Mohammad Abdulkadri, that the rescue was a Christmas gift to Nigerians. Magashi said, "There is the need for peaceful co-existence, unity and peace especially as the co...

Bandits who kidnapped seven residents of Dankurmi village in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State have refused to release their victims despite collecting N4 million as ransom. The gunmen had on October 29 stormed the village and murdered one Alhaji Haruna Koli, an elderly person, before kidnapping the victims. Those kidnapped include Hajiya Baraka Sani, wife of the district head of Dankurmi, Alhaji Sani Usman, and her four children. The gunmen also went away with two men identified as Ibrahim Tailor and Lawali Dogo. A source told SaharaReporters that the bandits later contacted their families and demanded a sum of N50m for their release. He said the families were able to raise N4m which was sent to the gunmen, who have refused to release the victims. “All the families involved contributed N4 million and it was delivered to the bandits, but they have not released our people. “They even collected N20,000 recharge cards from us, the state government was informed bu...

Benue state government has adopted Zugacoin as honourable Speaker to the Benue State House of Assembly, Hon.Titus Ubah alongside, Hon. Bem Mngutyo minority leader Benue state house of Assembly officially became registered members of Zugacoin. This new feat was achieved during their courtesy visit to the founder of Zugacoin Archbishop Dr Sam Zuga who is also from Benue state, a Tiv man by birth. The Honorable Speakers expressed excitement over the establishment and the progress of Zugacoin as the first Cryptocurrency in Africa founded by a Nigerian. In addition, the Honourables said many members of Benue state house of assembly and other top government officials are already registered members of Zugacoin, assured Archbishop Dr Sam Zuga of the Benue government’s full support and backing towards the establishment of Zugacoin as the aims is also inline with the Archbishop’s vision 0202-2020. Which is to make the able Nigerian youths millionaire. It would be recalled that few we...

Some gunmen have kidnapped Tejumade Babalola, sister of a member of Oyo State House of Assembly, Sunkammi Babalola. According to SaharaReporters media, Tejumade was kidnapped at the Monatan area in Ibadan. Her brother, Sunkammi Babalola is currently representing Egbeda State Constituency in the state House of Assembly. SaharaReporters also gathered on Thursday that the victim was kidnapped on Monday, while returning home from her shop. She was on a commercial motorcycle when the gunmen in a car pulled over beside her, shot indiscriminately in the air and forced her into the car. It was also learnt on Thursday that the gunmen had requested a ransom of N20M to release the victim. A source in the family said the incident was not reported to the police. The source added that the family decided to keep the incident private because it had already begun to negotiate with the abductors.

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), on Thursday, said the successes of the Nigerian Military against Boko Haram insurgents in the North-Eastern States of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa have restored stability in the three states. He stated this on Thursday during the Induction Ceremony of MI-171 Combat Helicopter And Commissioning Of Reactivated L-39ZA Aircraft by the Nigerian Air Force. Buhari, who joined the ceremony virtually from the Aso Villa in Abuja, praised the Air Force for its contribution in the fight against terrorists in the country. He said, “It is on record that one of our key promises to the Nigerian people is the resolve to maintain and leading in confronting the Boko Haram insurgency as well as other forms of criminality that bedevil our country. The successes we have achieved so far have restored some level of stability not only in the Borno and Yobe States but also in Adamawa State. “Consequently, I want to sincerely thank Nigerians for believ...

The Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi, has urged Christians to pray for the country to overcome its security challenges as they celebrate the birth of Christ. Magashi gave the charge in a Thursday statement felicitating with Christians on the special Christmas occasion. He urged Christians to be Christ-like in celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ by showing compassion to fellow Nigerians, irrespective of religious differences and to pray for peace in the country. The Defence Minister harped on the need for peaceful co-existence, unity and peace especially as the country is fighting insurgency, banditry and kidnapping among other criminal tendencies. While giving kudos to the troops, he assured them that the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari would not allow their sacrifices to go unrewarded. Magashi noted that the least appreciation Nigerians could show to the nation's gallant soldiers fighting patriotically is ...

The lawmaker representing Ekiti South Constituency at the Senate, Biodun Olujimi, has kicked against the purported move to grant underaged married girls the right to vote. The National Assembly Joint Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had reportedly recommended that young girls who are married should be given voting rights. Chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, Kabiru Gaya, had said the recommendation is a unanimous decision by the joint panel. Gaya had said, “The joint committee has proposed a review of the section of the Electoral Act that pegged the eligibility age of voters at 18 years. “The joint committee has proposed that if a lady who is not up to 18 years is married, she should be considered to be mature enough and be eligible to vote.” But in an interview with SaharaReporters on Thursday, Olujimi said it is better to stick to the minimum age (18 years) recognised by the Nigerian constitution rather than giving voting rights to un...

A 23-year-old student of the Federal College of Education, Technical, Akoka, Lagos State, Dare Williams, has been arrested for snatching a vehicle from a hailing service driver.  Williams stated that he committed the crime because he was desperate to feature either Davido or Runtown in his musical album. The suspect, an upcoming musician, was said to have lured his friend, Bethel Chukwuocha, 18, to snatch a Toyota Corolla car from the driver, Clement Aniegbe Monday night. The duo had ordered the ride to take them from Lekki to Gbagada area of the Lagos Mainland. However, while on their way to their supposed destination, the suspects threatened the driver with a knife and carted away his car and mobile phone. During his interrogation, Williams reportedly told the police that his quest to get money to feature the superstars in his album led him into robbery.  He added that he planned to sell the car for N1 million and use the money to advance his music career. Paradi...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly attacked a commercial bus in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, abducting all passengers. According to Katsina Post, the attack occurred along Shimfida to Gurbin Baure road. The number of passengers on the bus is yet to be known. The attack comes two days after gunmen abducted a traditional leader and 15 others at a community in Danmusa Local Government Area of the state. Many cases of banditry and kidnapping have been recorded in the state. Katsina is President Muhammadu Buhari's home state.