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3 weeks ago | 
prnigeria.com | Usman Muhammad Salihu |Abdulhameed Yushau
Nigeria’s North and its Leadership MirageNorthern Nigeria stands at a defining moment in its history. Once the bastion of strong leadership and cultural resilience, the region is now plagued by a crisis of governance. The distinction between “leaders of the North” and “leaders in the North” has never been more pronounced.
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1 month ago | 
prnigeria.com | Emmanuel Onwubiko |Mukhtar Ya'u Madobi |Abdulhameed Yushau
Breaking the 35-Year Jinx: NDLEA’s Milestone and the Power of Development Journalism “Whenever I was upset by something in the papers,” Jackie [Kennedy] once recalled, “[Jack] always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away flies in the summer.” Yet her disdain for the press never waned. To her, journalists were adversaries in a zero-sum game—a sentiment captured in her Latin quip to designer Oleg Cassini: “Mors tua vita mea est” (“Your death is my life”).
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1 month ago | 
prnigeria.com | Usman Muhammad Salihu |Abdulsalam Mahmud |Abdulhameed Yushau
Yushau Shuaib: A Legacy Etched in Faith and GenerosityThere are those who build fortunes for themselves, and there are those who build legacies for others. Alhaji Yushau A. Shuaib, alias Yashuaib, belongs to the latter—a rare breed of individuals whose generosity ripples beyond their immediate circle, touching lives in ways that transcend time.
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2 months ago | 
prnigeria.com | Abdulsalam Mahmud |Femi Fani-Kayode |Abdulhameed Yushau
Sokoto NSCDC arrests suspects over alleged abduction, gang rape of minorThe Sokoto State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged abduction and gang rape of a minor. The State Commandant, Mr Usman Alfadarai, disclosed the development while addressing journalists in Sokoto on Tuesday. According to him, the arrest was made after the victim’s parents reported her missing for over three days.
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2 months ago | 
prnigeria.com | Abdulsalam Mahmud |Femi Fani-Kayode |Abdulhameed Yushau
NDLEA seizes 537kg drugs, nabs 46 in YobeThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Yobe, says it has seized over 537 kilogrammes of illicit substances and arrested 46 suspects in 2024. The NDLEA Commander, Mr Abdulazeez Ogungboye, stated this on Tuesday in Damaturu while reviewing the activities of the agency in the last one year. He said the seized drugs included 396.526kg of Marijuana and 141.2kg of psychotropic substances.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
prnigeria.com | Abdulsalam Mahmud |Abdulhameed Yushau
Troops arrest 18 suspected kidnappers, gunrunners, rescues 18 victimsTroops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) and 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Rukuba, near Jos, have arrested 18 suspected kidnappers, bandits and gunrunners in Plateau and part of Kaduna state. Maj. Samson Zhakom, the Media Officer of OPSH disclosed this during a press conference on Thursday in Jos. Zhakom said that troops also rescued 18 victims kidnapped in a forest at the boundary communities between Plateau and Taraba.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
prnigeria.com | Abdulsalam Mahmud |Abdulhameed Yushau
FOR THE RECORD: Supreme Court Rules That Suspects’ Confessional Statements Must Be Video Recorded: ‘No Video, No Valid Confession’In a landmark decision aimed at protecting the constitutional rights of crime suspects against potential abuses by law enforcement, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled in *F.R.N. v. Akaeze* [2024] 12 NWLR (Pt. 1951) 1 that confessional statements made by suspects must be recorded electronically in an audio-visual format.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
prnigeria.com | Abdulsalam Mahmud |Abdulhameed Yushau
Zulum Appoints Bundi STA on Print, Digital CommunicationsBorno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi as Senior Technical Assistant (STA) on Print and Digital Communications. The appointment was announced on Wednesday by the Governor’s spokesperson, Malam Dauda Iliya, in Maiduguri. Bundi graduated from the University of Maiduguri in 2011 and later obtained his master’s degree in Media Management from Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
prnigeria.com | Abdulsalam Mahmud |Abdulhameed Yushau
In 2024, Nigerian Customs Seized 397 Vehicles – CGC AdeniyiThe Nigeria Customs Service said that it recorded 397 seizures of vehicles valued at N5.64bn in 2024, as it continued to enforce import regulations and protect government revenue. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Bashir Adeniyi, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday during a press briefing on the service’s activities for 2024.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
prnigeria.com | Abdulsalam Mahmud |Abdulhameed Yushau
FG moves to strengthen Correctional Service as Tinubu okays recruitment of 5,000 personnel In a decisive step to tackle overcrowding and strengthen the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 5,000 new personnel. The Acting Comptroller General of the Service, Sylvester Nwakuche Ndidi, disclosed this during a presentation to the House of Representatives Committee on Reformatory Institutions, chaired by Hon. Chinedu Ogar.
