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Jan 24, 2025 | 
solacebase.com | Mustapha M Mustapha
The Chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado who was arrested by the Inspector General of Police monitoring unit and detained at the Zone One Police headquarters has been released. Rimingado was arrested on Friday evening over the confiscation of property allegedly linked to the National Chairman of All Progressive Congress, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
solacebase.com | Mustapha M Mustapha
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of board Chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers for 42 federal organisations and a secretary to the board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services. This is contained in a State House release issued on Thursday by the president’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. According to the statement, all the appointments take immediate effect.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
solacebase.com | Mustapha M Mustapha
The publisher of WikkiTimes and a U.S.-based Nigerian investigative journalist is set to deliver the prestigious Robert Mayberry Memorial Lecture at Grand Valley State University in Michigan on February 19. SolaceBase reports that the annual lecture, organized by the School of Communications, invites distinguished speakers to share insights on pressing global issues. This year, Salisu will address the challenges of practising journalism in Nigeria’s conflict zones.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
solacebase.com | Mustapha M Mustapha
In a decisive military operation, Bello Turji, the notorious bandit leader, has fled to the Maradun Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State amid a relentless onslaught by troops from Operation Fansan Yamma. In a significant development, forces have successfully neutralized Aminu Kanawa, Turji’s second-in-command, during an assault on a high ground in Fakai.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
solacebase.com | Mustapha M Mustapha
The Defence Headquarters says that two notorious terrorists, Abu Radde and Umar Black, operating in the North West theatre of operation, have on Jan. 19, surrendered to troops of Operation Fansan Yamma. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a statement on Tuesday, said the surrendered terrorists had been operating in Batsari and Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
solacebase.com | Mustapha M Mustapha
The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has alerted Nigerians to the outbreak of anthrax, a zoonotic disease, in Zamfara. The Director of the Information and Public Relations Department in the ministry, Ben Goong, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the outbreak occurred on a farm in Zamfara.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
solacebase.com | Mustapha M Mustapha
The governor gave the directive during a visit to the scene of the explosion at Dikko junction in Suleja local government area of the state. He described the incident as pathetic while expressing sadness over the loss of lives. He, however, expressed relief that it did not extend to adjoining communities in the area. Bago decried the recklessness of some drivers just as he directed that vehicles coming from the Maje axis should not pass through Dikko Bridge.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
solacebase.com | Mustapha M Mustapha
Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger State has banned heavy-duty trucks from plying one way through Dikko bridge, following a tanker explosion that claimed many lives on Saturday. The governor gave the directive during a visit to the scene of the explosion at Dikko junction in Suleja local government area of the state. He described the incident as pathetic while expressing sadness over the loss of lives. He, however, expressed relief that it did not extend to adjoining communities in the area.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
solacebase.com | Mustapha M Mustapha
Over 50 persons lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion on Saturday along Dikko-Maje road opposite Badeggi filling station in Suleja local government area of Niger. Federal Road Safety Commander (FRSC) in Niger, Mr Kumar Tsukwam, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. He said a loaded petrol tanker fell at the scene of the incident with people scooping the spilling fuel, unaware of the impending danger.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
solacebase.com | Mustapha M Mustapha
Federal Road Safety Commander (FRSC) in Niger, Mr Kumar Tsukwam, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. He said a loaded petrol tanker fell at the scene of the incident with people scooping the spilling fuel, unaware of the impending danger. Tsukwam said those who went to scoop fuel were engulfed by the flames just as those who went to rescue them were also affected. He said more than 50 people lost their lives in the tragic incident.
