A Kano State Shari’ah Court has directed controversial TikToker, Murja Ibrahim Kunya, to undergo a psychiatric evaluation at a public hospital. The presiding judge, Nura Yusuf Ahmad gave the order on Tuesday. Nura Yusuf said that during her previous appearance, she was allegedly not in a sound state of mind due to suspected drug influence. The court ordered her to be remanded at Hisba Board custody pending her psychiatric evaluation. It then adjourned the matter to May 20th, 2024. Details soon….
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano Area Command, says it has intercepted four trucks of food items as part of efforts to tackle smuggling. This is contained in a statement by the Spokesman of the Service, Saidu Nuradeen, on Tuesday in Kano. He said that personnel of the Service intercepted the vehicles transporting a significant quantity of food items intended for illegal export along Hadejia – Taura – Ringim axis in Jigawa. Nuradeen listed the items to include 1,505 cartons of big and small-size dried fish, 17 bags of local variety rice, and two bags of beans. According to him,…
Disturbed by the attitude of children roaming the streets during lesson periods, the Kano state government has vowed to take punitive measures against parents of such pupils. Particularly for children in public primary and secondary schools in Kano, the state ministry of education insisted that henceforth, the act of lateness and absenteeism would no longer be tolerated. Speaking at a one-day stakeholder’s engagement with parents and women on the significance of girl child education in Kano, the state Commissioner for Education, Umar Doguwa wanted parents to complement government investment in education by ensuring child punctuality in school. The Commissioner…
Disturbed by the attitude of children roaming the streets during lesson periods, the Kano state government has vowed to take punitive measures against parents of such pupils. Particularly for children in public primary and secondary schools in Kano, the state ministry of education insisted that henceforth, the act of lateness and absenteeism would no longer be tolerated. Speaking at a one-day stakeholder’s engagement with parents and women on the significance of girl child education in Kano, the state Commissioner for Education, Umar Doguwa wanted parents to complement government investment in education by ensuring child punctuality in school. The Commissioner…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Abuja from the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tinubu who departed Addis Ababa in the morning on Monday, arrived in Abuja around 3:40 pm. While in Ethiopia, the Nigerian leader actively participated in the 44th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, held bilateral meetings and attended other events on the sidelines of the AU summit. Read also: Prices of Cement Will Fall in 30 Days Time” CEPAN Chairman Tinubu joined other African leaders in high-level meetings on institutional reforms of the African Union; peace and security; specific thematic issues such as climate…
Nigeria’s unemployment rate increased significantly in the third quarter of 2023, rising by 0.8% from Q2 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. In its ‘Nigeria Labour Force Survey Q3 2023’ report published on Monday, the NBS said the country’s unemployment rate rose sharply from the 4.2% recorded in Q2 2023 to 5.0% in Q3 2023. The NBS said the labour force participation rate among the working-age population declined to 79.5% in Q3 2023 compared to 80.4% in Q2 2023. Giving a breakdown of the statistics, the Bureau said, “The employment-to-population ratio was 75.6% in Q3 2023 with…
The Cement Producers’ Association of Nigeria, CEPAN, has expressed readiness to support the President Bola Tinubu administration in reducing the price of cement in 30 days. The Chairman of CEPAN, Prince David Iweta, told The Tribune on Monday that the current hike in price of the product is due to production being overwhelmed by demand. He said the association had alerted the Federal Government about the ramifications and probable outcomes of assigning the responsibility of producing and providing for the cement requirements of more than 200 million individuals to a select group with privileges. “What we are seeing today is…
The Nigeria Correctional Service, Kano Command has refuted the alleged varnish of popular female Tiktoker, Murja Ibrahim Kunya from its Gorondutse custody. Kunya who was arrested last week and charged to court by the Kano Hisbah Board for public disturbance was remanded by a Sharia Khadi. She was arrested following complaints from her neighbours over her alleged immoral behaviour which included public nuisances, attempts to corrupt and recruit young girls into prostitution and sharing explicit material and vulgar language on social media. However, Kunya who was expected to appear before the Sharia Court was said to have disappeared from…
Jigawa state governor, Alhaji Umar Namadi has revealed plans to convert Dutse airport into a cargo airport to boost international trade relations with the outside world. Alhaji Umar Namadi who spoke in Dutse explained that arrangements are on top gear to expose the potential of the Maigatari livestock market to the outside world. A statement signed by Hajiya Zainab Rabo Ringim, SSA Media Affairs that was made available to newsmen said the state government is in talks with foreign investors to upgrade the Maigatari livestock market. Zainab Rabo Ringim quoted her Principal to have said “Maigatari market…
Again, another pressure group, Yan Dangwale Jihar Kano (Kano Electorates) has joined the call for the review of Kano Emirate Council Law, and subsequently reinstatement of the 14th Emir of Kano Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II. Addressing a press conference on Saturday in Kano, convener of the group Najeeb Abdulqadir Salati said restoring the deposed emir became necessary to right the injustice meted out by the immediate past government. Salati lamented that Sanusi was forcefully removed by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to suit his political interest to the detriment of over 100 years old traditional heritage. The…
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has issued a stern warning to Nigerians to desist from using inflammatory language against the government. In a statement by Mr Henshaw Ogubike, the ministry’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Matawalle gave the warning in Abuja against the backdrop of some unguarded utterances coming from some quarters of the country due to the security challenges in the country. “Such comments are incitive and destructive and can exacerbate tensions and lead to violence in our beloved nation,” he said. According to him, President…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will hold a two-day nationwide protest over the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as well as the deteriorating security situation in the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday after an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union. He said the protest will begin a week after the expiration of the 14 day ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government which will expire on February 23. The planned days for the nationwide protest is February 27 and 28. On…
The Sokoto State Police Command killed a suspected bandit and paraded fifteen suspected terrorists arrested from different operations. Police authorities in the North-West state said sophisticated weapons including a General Purpose Machine gun and three AK-47 rifles and large caches of ammunition were recovered from the suspects. While parading the suspects at the Command Headquarters on Thursday, the Sokoto State Police Commissioner Hayatu Kaigama said the neutralised bandit was killed during a gun battle with a group of terrorists in the Gwadabawa Local Government Area of the state. Police authorities in the state also arrested a suspected…
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, asked the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to adopt community policing as outlined in Section 15 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020. The call followed the adoption of a motion on a matter of urgent public importance by Asama Ago, a member of the Labour Party from Plateau State. Ago noted that the House had passed several resolutions in the past with little or no improvement in the security situation in Plateau State. He said, “The House is aware that the Police Act, 2020 provides for the establishment of community…
The Federal Government alongside the governments of the 36 states are considering the creation of state police. This followed an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and state governors at the Aso Rock Villa on Thursday. Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, explained that the process is still in its infancy and would only take shape after more deliberations between stakeholders. He said, “There is also a discussion around the issue of state police. The federal government and the state governments are mulling the possibility of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday met with the 36 state Governors at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. Though the agenda of the meeting was not made public, it is believed to have a focus on the insecurity, economic situation and general hardship in the country. The meeting also had in attendance Vice President Kashim Shettima, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. Governors of Yobe, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Abia, Plateau, Kaduna, Sokoto, Niger, Taraba, Adamawa, Cross River, Ogun, Enugu, Ekiti, Delta, Borno, Lagos, Kwara,…
Monarchs from the North, under the umbrella of Northern Traditional Council, NTC, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday, told the Federal Government that the hardship, insecurity, poverty and unemployment in Nigeria and the North, in particular, was getting to a level they could no longer pacify the people from revolting. Addressing members, yesterday, at the Arewa House, Kaduna, during the 6th executive Northern Traditional Council Committee meeting, the Sultan informed the government that the traditional rulers, religious leaders, as well as state governors, had been pacifying the masses and the jobless youths from…
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says Nigeria cannot continue to subsidise electricity, adding that the nation must begin to move towards a cost-effective tariff model, as the country is currently indebted to the tune of 1.3 trillion naira to generating companies (GenCos) and 1.3 billion dollars owed gas companies. Adelabu, addressed a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, said only 450 billion naira was budgeted for subsidy this year but the ministry needs over 2 trillion naira for subsidy. He said state governments will now be allowed to generate power independently to supply power to their…
The Corporate Affairs Commission has urged social media content creators, Instagram users, and TikTok users with large followers to register their businesses with the commission in accordance with the Company and Allied Matters Act 2020. This is coming amidst alleged plans by the Federal Inland Revenue Services to onboard media content and influencers into its tax system. The Registrar General, CAC, Hussaini Magaji, made the call on Tuesday, when he was paid a courtesy visit by the Managing Director, Opay, Dauda Gotring, and his team in Abuja. The visit from the Opay team was to ensure the…
A female hostel in the Yobe State University was gutted by fire on Tuesday, destroying a complete block accommodating about 150 students. Although the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained as of the time of filling this report, an eyewitness told journalists that casualties have been evacuated to various hospitals located in the state capital. Meanwhile, a protest rocked Damaturu, the state capital, on Tuesday, as the Association of Tricycle Drivers (NAPEP) expressed displeasure over what they called extortion by the Yobe State Road Transport Agency (YOROTA). According to members of the…