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Hassan Adamu, 30, a security guard, was taken into custody by the Jigawa State police on suspicion of stealing property from Government Girl Unity Secondary School in Kazaure. DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, the command’s spokesman, confirmed the arrest in a statement provided to ProbitasNews. The Vice Principal of Government Girls Unity Secondary School in Kazaure, One Bashir Ahmed, complained to the Kazaure Police Station that he had discovered some school property had been stolen by...

President Bola Tinubu has been called by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to look into claims that over $15 billion in oil earnings and N200 billion set aside for refinery repairs are missing. According to the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), the organization requested that the President “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that over US$15 billion of oil revenues and N200 billion budgeted to...

In response to Mr. Mutalubi Adebayo, SAN, a lawyer located in Ibadan, the Osun State administration has asked him to desist from pursuing legal action against Governor Ademola Adeleke and the administration over the unpaid allowances of judges employed in the state, calling on the lawyer to refrain from “interloping activism.” Adeleke was given a 10-day ultimatum by Adebayo on Thursday to pay the arrears of allowances owing to retired and active state judges, failing...

In his address to the 78th United Nations General Assembly, President Tinubu called for the UN to universally sanction any individuals or companies that smuggle weapons or minerals into or out of Africa. The time is now for UN member states to demonstrate, with their actions, that they mean what they say regarding the crackdown on terrorism financing, economic sabotage, and illicit mineral & arms smuggling in the developing world, according to President Bola Tinubu,...

In order to restructure the livestock business and find long-term solutions to the nation’s recurrent conflicts between herders and farmers, President Bola Tinubu has given his approval for the creation of a Presidential Committee. Following the submission of a report from the National Conference on Livestock Reforms and Mitigation of Associated Conflicts in Nigeria, the President announced the formation of the Committee on Thursday in Abuja. Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, a former executive governor of...

Following the catastrophic failure of Nigeria’s energy grid early Thursday morning, there is widespread blackout across the country. According to reports, the grid completely failed about 12:40 a.m. on September 14, 2023, resulting in a massive loss of supplies to power distributors nationwide. On Thursday morning, many sources in the power sector, as well as electricity distribution businesses, verified the situation to our correspondent. On Thursday, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc issued a warning...