Governors Violating Interstate Travel Ban
State governors have been embarking on interstate movement in clear violation of a ban to that effect which they agreed on as a measure to mitigate community transmission of COVID-19. The governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), had on Wednesday, April 22, “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an interstate lockdown in the country to mitigate...
66-Year-Old Man Who Lures, Rapes Children With Chocolate, Candy Arrested
Parents and concerned residents in Yobe State are calling for justice after they found out that a man in their community had been defiling little children by luring them with chocolate and candy. Baba Sahabi, 66, a resident of Daban Kare area of Sabon Gari in Yobe State, allegedly lures the children into his compound before raping them. Sahabi was arrested...
Governors Violating Interstate Travel Ban
State governors have been embarking on interstate movement in clear violation of a ban to that effect which they agreed on as a measure to mitigate community transmission of COVID-19. The governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), had on Wednesday, April 22, “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an interstate lockdown in the country to mitigate...
66-Year-Old Man Who Lures, Rapes Children With Chocolate, Candy Arrested
Parents and concerned residents in Yobe State are calling for justice after they found out that a man in their community had been defiling little children by luring them with chocolate and candy. Baba Sahabi, 66, a resident of Daban Kare area of Sabon Gari in Yobe State, allegedly lures the children into his compound before raping them. Sahabi was arrested...
NBM Decries George Floyd’s Death, Wants Justice For Omozuwa, Ezekwe, Others
The Neo-Black Movement of Africa (NBM) Worldwide has expressed sadness over the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man from Powderhorn, South of Downtown Minneapolis, America by Minneapolis Police officer, Derek Chauvin under the watch of his colleagues. The group in a release signed by the National President, Chief Felix Kupa, and made available to ABN TV on Thursday...
President Buhari Nominates Okonjo-Iweala For WTO DG Position
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the nomination of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a development economist and former Finance Minister of Nigeria, for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), TheCable can report. In a document seen by TheCable (not ABN TV) on Thursday, Buhari withdrew the candidacy of Yonov Frederick Agah, Nigeria’s permanent representative to WTO, for the same position. The...
President Buhari Nominates Okonjo-Iweala For WTO DG Position
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the nomination of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a development economist and former Finance Minister of Nigeria, for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), TheCable can report. In a document seen by TheCable (not ABN TV) on Thursday, Buhari withdrew the candidacy of Yonov Frederick Agah, Nigeria’s permanent representative to WTO, for the same position. The...
“Convicted Rapists To Face Life Imprisonment” – Speaker
The Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye said during plenary in Wednesday that anyone found guilty of rape in the state will be liable to life imprisonment while an attempt to commit rape attracts imprisonment of fourteen years, AMILOADED confirmed. Owoeye stated that the growing trend of rape cases in Nigeria has gotten to an alarming state that...
Senate Committee Uncovers Missing $3.3bn In Foreign Tax
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday said it had uncovered how $3.3 billion was missing from taxes collected by the Federal Inland Revenue Services and remitted to the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2015. The Senate committee is probing the federation accounts from 2015 to 2018. CBN officials, led by Deputy Governor Edward Adamu, appeared before the committee...
Man Rapes 70-Year-Old Woman In Ogun, Blames Alcohol
The police have arrested a young man, Wasiu Bankole, accused of raping a 70-year-old woman in the Agbado area of Ogun State. In a statement on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the 25-year-old man committed the crime two days ago in Ifo Local Government Area of the state. He explained that the arrest followed a...
