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A teacher in Government Secondary School Kuriga, Sani Abdullahi, narrated how the attack took place, adding that about 280 pupils and teachers were whisked away by the hoodlums. This was just as the state Governor, Senator Uba Sani led senior government officials and heads of security agencies in the state to the scene of the attack on Thursday evening. The ...
Whistle Blower
March, 2024
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8 March
Opinion: Edun And Cardoso: Not the right men for this season !
The more I watch Cardoso and Edun struggle to come to grips with the abnormal situation, the more I am convinced they are not the right men for this season….They areIkoyi-Bred Economists Trying To Operate Fadeyi Economy. First, I personally give them their due for at least hustling to find solutions. They are not just staying in their offices, crying ...
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8 March
Tinubu’s govt launches alternate to Gotv, Dstv !..N2,500 for 55 stations
Nigerians have been yearning for alternatives to Satellite PayTV that can serve as an alternative to the existing ones.. Now it’s here! The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja launched a new satellite pay television which it affirmed would yield Nigerians value for money. YOUNEWS understand that with this new experience, Nigerians can pay upwards of N2,500 for its package ...
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8 March
Tinubu axe falls on REA boss, directors over N1.2bn Rural Electrification fraud
President Bola Tinubu has indefinitely suspended the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency, Ahmad Salihijo, alongside three executive directors of the agency, from office. This followed “new findings unearthed during a comprehensive investigation into the financial activities of the Rural Electrification Agency,” the State House revealed in a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Media ...
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8 March
Chibok girls tragedy reoccurs, 289 pupils from Kuriga school kidnap !
In what appears like a reenactment of Chibok girls kidnap, Over 280 pupils and teachers of Government Secondary School and LEA primary school at Kuriga, Kaduna State were abducted by bandits on Thursday. Curiously, Kuriga was the same village where a school principal, Idris Sufyan, was killed and his wife kidnapped over a month ago! The bandits YOUNEWS learnt, invaded ...
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6 March
Ghana Central Bank’s axe falls on GTB, First Bank for infractions
The Bank of Ghana on Monday announced the suspension of the Foreign Exchange Trading Licences of Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana Limited (GTB) and FBNBank Ghana Limited (FBN). The suspension, effective 18 March, will run for one month. According to a statement by the Ghanaian central bank, the suspension is in accordance with section 11 (2) of the Foreign Exchange Act ...
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6 March
Tinubu orders Customs to Auction seized food items immediately
The Nigeria Customs Service has commenced the sale of seized food items to vulnerable Nigerians to address hunger across the country, the Comptroller General of the Service, Adewale Adeniyi, has said. The Customs boss stated this on Tuesday on the floor of the House of Representatives during the sectoral debate series which also had in attendance the Minister of Agriculture ...
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6 March
Food smuggling: EFCC intercepts 141 grain trucks
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has intercepted 21 food trucks heading to neighbouring countries. Announcing the seizure in a statement on its X handle on Tuesday, the anti-graft agency said the items were heading towards N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic, and Cameroon. The seizure was made by operatives of the EFCC Maiduguri Zonal Command, it said. “The ...
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6 March
Dangote gives way to tears, names street after Wigwe
An emotional Aliko Dangote struggled to hold back the tears when the funeral rites for the late Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings Herbert Wigwe began in Lagos State on Monday. Dressed in black attire, the Chairman of the Dangote Group broke into tears as he paid tributes to Wigwe whom he described as brother and friend. The ...
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6 March
Hope rises for Naira, gains for four straight day since CBN’s rate hike
There are indications that all stringes and strategic moves by Tinibu’s administration to revive the Naira is working. Since Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s rate hike, the naira has really improved . It has gained for the fourth straight day on Monday as the embattled currency extended its longest winning streak in over a month. The naira, which traded at ...
