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Nigeria is a secular state The recent destruction of 30 truckloads of beer by the Kano State Hisbah Board has raised several questions about the character of our federation and rule of law in Nigeria. According to the Hisbah Board Public Relations Officer, Adamu Yahaya, the cartons were destroyed upon …

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Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri Eighteen firewood merchants were killed by suspected Boko Haram members in Borno State. A source told our correspondent that the 18 persons were slaughtered around Koshebe, in Jere Local Government Area of the troubled state. A police officer who worked in one of the Divisional Police Offices …

The deputy speaker of Yobe State House of Assembly, Dr. Ibrahim Kurmi is dead. He died on Monday night, after a protracted illness at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital. A family source told our correspondent that the deceased, a Doctor by profession, left …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Jigawa State has confirmed that all the sensitivities materials will arrived at all the 27 local government areas of the state by 10pm today. The confirmation was made by the Jigawa state Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Dr Muhammad Isah, while briefing newsmen at …

Leke Baiyewu and Adeniyi Olugbemi Workers on Wednesday besieged the Automated Teller Machines of various banks in Sokoto State after the state government paid February salaries ahead of time. A worker in the Government House of Sokoto State, who declined to be named, confirmed the payment to our correspondents on …

Gov. Bagudu signs Kebbi’s N151bn 2019 budget Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State on Wednesday signed the state’s 2019 N151 billion budget into law. Mr Bagudu, while signing the budget at the Government House, Birnin Kebbi, said it would consolidate the gains achieved in 2018. He said N104 billion of …

Over 1,300 people displaced by bandits’ attacks at villages in Katsina State last week have relocated to Batsari town. They are from Sabon Garin Dunburan, Garin Labo, Kwandatso, Garin Yara, Shigi, Garin Dodo and Dan Tudun Garin Yara. Bandits had in an attack on Kasai village killed an army captain …

A suspected kidnapper, Magaji Gudaji, 30, has landed in police net following the N2million ransom he allegedly received from a businessman (name withheld) in Malumfashi, Katsina State. The suspect, a resident of Dayi in Malumfashi local government area of the state, was said to have threatened the businessman to pay …