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Yobe: Two Questions with Former Deputy Governor Aliyu Bagare
Yobe: Two Questions with Former Deputy Governor Aliyu Bagare
By: Yahaya Wakili
Alhaji Aliyu Saleh Bagare Turakin Tikau Emirate Council in Yobe State Former Deputy Governor during the Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim regime. Aliyu Saleh Bagare spoke to NEWSng on the credibility of appointing Senator Ibrahim Geidam as the Minister of Police Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
NEWSng: How will you describe the appointment of Senator Ibrahim Geidam as a minister of police affairs by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCON?
Bagare: This is a very welcome development because Ibrahim Geidam has been one of the outstanding governors in Nigeria who really performed, and during his tenure, subjects in Yobe State really enjoyed his tenure. People enjoyed his promotion of salary payment, gratitude payment, pension and salary payment throughout his tenure. There are no arrears on pensions; when you are due for retirement, parting with your salary means you are getting your pension.
So he really showed the people that he was a vebtrant civil servant to the core; he programmed his program such that his subject never suffered; adequate supply of fertilizer to the farmers; adequate supply of farm implements; I think he is an every-round governor; he performed in all aspects of development. You go to the hospital side, and you must credit this gentleman because he performed wonderfully there. He built an outstanding teaching hospital, and today the teaching hospital in Yobe is modernized and moderly equipped, even that of the teaching hospital in Maiduguri that has been around for many years. Senator Ibrahim Geidam deserved to be a minister in all capacities because if performance is rewarded, Ibrahim Geidam deserves every reward from the federal government.
Right from day one, when I contacted him, among the presidential aspirants who we follow, he told me that Baba Turaki today our merger survived because of Tinubu and that he really performed more than 80% of the merger requirement; he provided the money; he provided the state logistics. So he did everything possible to see that in 2015 Buhari emerged, and that is why Buhari emerged as president. Therefore, we have no person to push for the presidential seat apart from Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and you know we had a common tenure with Tinubu as governors, so I know his performance, his ability, and he is a wonderful person. That is why if you have good intentions, God will be with you.
Senator Ibrahim Geidam becoming a minister does not surprise me, as I am told, because I know he is active, because I know he can deliver, and because he has performed in Yobe, so I am sure the police will witness and witness developments that they have never witnessed in their lives, because I know he is the one who, when he promised, never broke his promise. That is one thing you will reward Geidam for everything; he is always standing by his words; he never changes; he will not tell you to do this and go and do that; that is never in his character. I have the privilege to work with him as my permanent secretary. He never betrays me; he is the type of person who calls them Ba Kona. So everything he will tell you is the truth, and such people are very nice to work with.
NEWSng: Finally, do you have something to add to what I asked you before?
Bagare: What I expect Mr. President to do is give Senator Ibrahim Geidam a chance to work. I know he will work differently; he will reorganize the police, and I am sure he will take them to greater heights. Therefore, let him have a chance to work; I know he will work.
Yobe: Two Questions with Former Deputy Governor Aliyu Bagare
Finally, DSS Arraigns Sowore on alleged Cybercrime Offences
By: Our Reporter
Judge bars him from inciting public, undermining national security
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday arraigned a politician and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, before a Federal High Court in Abuja, for alleged cybercrimes, with the court barring him from further making statements that are detrimental to the peace and security of the country.
Justice Mohammed Umar, in a ruling, threatened to revoke the bail granted Sowore’ should he ever make such statements. The arraignment came after two previous attempts, with the politician’s lawyer introducing what the DSS lawyer, Akinolu Kehinde SAN, called legal obstacles.
On Tuesday, however, Justice Umar held that since there was evidence that Sowore was a presidential candidate in the country before and having also earlier been granted bail by the court, with his international passport still being held by the court, he was entitled to be granted bail on self-recognition.
The ruling was on a bail application argued by his lawyer, Marshall Abubakar, shortly after Sowore was arraigned on a five-count charge, in which he is accused of defaming President Bola Tinubu by referring to him as a criminal in his posts on X and Facebook.
When the charge, being prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS), was read to him, Sowore pleaded not guilty.
In the charge, Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 elections, is accused of contravening the provisions of the the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Amendment Act, 2024 and the Criminal Code Act by calling President Bola Tinubu a criminal
The two other defendants listed in the charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/484/2025 are X Incorp (formerly Twitter) and Meta (Facebook) Incorp.
Details shortly.
Finally, DSS Arraigns Sowore on alleged Cybercrime Offences
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One killed, dozens abducted as bandits launch multiple attacks in Zurmi, Bungudu LGAs in Zamfara
One killed, dozens abducted as bandits launch multiple attacks in Zurmi, Bungudu LGAs in Zamfara
By: Zagazola Makama
Armed bandits have carried out a series of coordinated attacks across parts of Zamfara State, killing one person and abducting several others in Zurmi and Bungudu Local Government Areas, security sources have confirmed.
In the first incident, bandits invaded Tungar Tsamiya village in Moriki District of Zurmi LGA at about 10:40 p.m. on Nov. 30, shooting dead one resident and abducting 10 others.
Security forces launched a search-and-rescue operation to locate the victims.
Barely hours later, on Monday morning, another group of bandits attacked Doguwar Gona forest in the same Moriki District.
The assailants abducted 17 men and women who were in the area fetching firewood. Security personnel are tracking the movement of the attackers with the aim of rescuing the captives.
In a separate incident in Bungudu LGA, gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles stormed Makwa village in Kurar Mota District at about 12:15 p.m. on Dec. 1 and abducted an unconfirmed number of residents.
Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA and police operatives, supported by local vigilante groups, have intensified efforts to rescue all abducted victims and restore calm across the affected communities.
Search operations are ongoing.
One killed, dozens abducted as bandits launch multiple attacks in Zurmi, Bungudu LGAs in Zamfara
NSA Ribadu visits Kontagora Bishop, pledges swift rescue of abducted Niger schoolchildren
By: Zagazola Makama
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday paid a sympathy visit to the Bishop of Kontagora, Bishop Bulus Yohanna, following the recent abduction of students of St. Mary Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State.
The NSA, who arrived Kontagora by helicopter at about noon, was accompanied by the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Tony Ajayi; the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs; and senior officials from the Office of the NSA.
Ribadu and his entourage proceeded to the office of the Bishop at St. Michael Church, where they met with representatives of families of the abducted students, the school principal, and the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for the 19 Northern States, Bishop Joseph Hayap.
During the meeting, the NSA assured the community that the Federal Government was intensifying efforts to secure the safe release of the abducted pupils and staff.
He reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ending attacks on schools and ensuring the safety of students across the country.
NSA Ribadu visits Kontagora Bishop, pledges swift rescue of abducted Niger schoolchildren
Finally, DSS Arraigns Sowore on alleged Cybercrime Offences
One killed, dozens abducted as bandits launch multiple attacks in Zurmi, Bungudu LGAs in Zamfara
NSA Ribadu visits Kontagora Bishop, pledges swift rescue of abducted Niger schoolchildren
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