Suspected gunmen, on Sunday, abducted two people in the Shabewa community of Dukku Local Government Area of Gombe state. The state police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar, while confirming the incident to newsmen, said police would utilise its partnership with the local vigilante group to ensure their timely release, adding that the state Commissioner…
A 65-year-old man, Mohammed Baburam, has been arrested by the men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Yobe State for allegedly chaining and starving his wife for one year in Potiskum. According to the Command’s spokesman, DSC Bala Garba, who made this known in an interview with the newsmen in Damaturu…
A 36-year-old man, Jaafar Adamu, has been arrested by the operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly raping his neighbour’s wife in the Hong Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement signed by the spokesperson of the command, SP Suleiman Yahaya-Nguroje, in Yola, the state capital, on Wednesday, the suspect…
Justice Theodora Uloho-led three-man panel of the Adamawa State Governorship Electoral Petitions Tribunal on Monday, dismissed the petition filed by Dr. Umar Ardo, Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate against Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. In the petition filed on May 8, 2023, Ardo had joined INEC, Fintiri, and 16 others as respondents.Alleging corrupt practices, threat and…
Justice G.A Sunmonu-led Taraba governorship election petition tribunal has upheld the election of Kefas Agbu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the state’s duly elected governor. Justice Sunmonu, in a judgment delivered on Saturday, dismissed the petition filed by Muhammad Yahaya and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for lacking merit. The Independent National…
Dr. Agbu Kefas, the Taraba State Governor, on Sunday, approved a N75,000 welfare package for National Youth Service Corps members serving in schools across the state. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Re-orientation, Zainab Usman Jalingo, in Jalingo, said the governor has approved significant allowances for NYSC corps members serving in…
Bauchi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday upheld the election victory of Governor Bala Mohammed in the March 18, 2023 governorship election. Justice P.T Kwahar-led three-man panel of the tribunal, while delivering the judgement on Wednesday, dismissed the petition of the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakr (rtd), who challenged…
Gombe State and National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Gombe on Tuesday nullified the election of the speaker, State House of Assembly, Abubakar Mohammed Luggerewo. The Informant247 gathered that Peoples Democratic Party’s Dr Bashir Abdullahi Gaddafi dragged Luggerewo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the tribunal…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday were reported to have killed a housewife and wounded her husband in Jalingo, Taraba state capital. SP Usman Abdullahi, spokesman of Taraba Police Command, while confirming the incident to newsmen in a telephone interview, explained that the incident happened at Mile 6 area of Jalingo metropolis in the…
Muhammadu Yahaya Inuwa, the Gombe State Governor, has ordered the immediate closure of local nightclubs, popularly called ‘Gala Houses’. According to Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Njodi, who announced on Monday that the measure was followed by a series of complaints from the general public, adding that the enforcement of its closure will…
A 15-year-old Adamu Ibrahim of Jital village along Gombe road has been arrested by the operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly amputating a farmer’s hand following a disagreement. The Informant247 gathered that the suspect was said to have trespassed into the victim’s farmland on several occasions while rearing his cows, a development…
Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Fintiri has congratulated the newly-appointed minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike over his appointment The Informant247 had reported President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, inaugurated 45 cabinet members, the ceremony, which was held at the banquet hall of the presidential villa in the federal capital territory (FCT). Meanwhile,…
Mai Mala Buni, the Yobe State Governor on Monday, approved the appointment of 24 special advisers to work with him in running the affairs of the state. In a statement released by the Shuaibu Abdullahi, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said the appointments followed approval granted by the State House of Assembly, in…
The election of Muktar Umar Yerima of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Thursday, nullified by the Kano state National and State House of Assembly elections petition tribunal. It could be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Yerima as winner of the House of Representatives election for Tarauni Federal Constituency….
Mansur Manu Soro, member representing Darazo/Ganjuwa Federal Constituency of Bauchi State, has promised to provide foodstuffs to 2,000 widows in his constituency. The lawmaker stated while addressing the newsmen on Wednesday He said, “After the petrol subsidy removal, Nigerians have found themselves in a very precarious situation which is compounding their challenges and bringing in…
Prof. Babagana Zulum, the Borno State Governor has approved the immediate recruitment of 52 medical staff amongst them — two doctors, eight nurses and midwives with 42 other supporting staff. The Informant247 gathered governor Zulum’s approval was disclosed by professor Abubakar Ali Kullima, the Chief Medical Director, Borno State Hospital Management Board, during a visit…
Adamawa state Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri on Thursday, announced appointment of 47 media aides. Fintiri, while making the announcement in a tweet on Thursday evening, expressed confidence that the team would serve the people effectively. The statement reads; “I’m pleased to announce the appointment of the following members to constitute my media team: SPECIAL ADVISERS: SENIOR…
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri in Monday, relaxed the 24-hour curfew earlier imposed on the state by 12 hours. The development was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Humwashi Wonosikou, in Yola, saying the curfew was relaxed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. after meetings with security chiefs…
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri on Sunday, declared a 24-hour curfew on the state with immediate effect. The declaration was made in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou in Yola, following a wide scale looting and attacks on citizens by hoodlums. According him, the situation has assumed dangerous dimension as…
The Yobe state government has began palliative programme of 500 People Living with Disability (PLD) to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. The Executive Secretary, Yobe Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Mohammed Goje made this known on Thursday while flagging off the programme in Damaturu. Goje said the state governor, Mai Mala Buni directed…
