BAUCHI STEPMOTHER BRUTALLY BURNS 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN HORRIFIC CHILD ABUSE CASE.

By: Bashir Hassan Abubakar Barely few weeks after a viral story of a housewife in Magama Gumau of Toro LGA of Bauchi State burning the private of a 12-year-old girl for accusing her of alleged involvement in witchcraft, another housewife, Rabi Nuhu, in the same Magama Gumau has allegedly brutalised the body of a five-year-old girl for bed wetting. It was gathered that the girl, a minor, (name withheld) has lost her mother about a year ago and lives with her father, Mohammed Umar and his wife but has been…

CARDOSO CONFIRMS 14 BANKS THAT MET CAPITAL REQUIREMENT

The Central Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, says about 14 banks have met the regulatory capital requirement. He spoke on the funding progress during a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, while announcing the decisions of the Nation’s apex bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC). “On the financial sector, the MPC noted the continued resilience of the banking system with most of the financial soundness indicators remaining within projected benchmarks,” he said. “Members also acknowledge the significant progress in the ongoing bank recapitalisation exercise, as 14 banks have fully met the new…

NIGERIAN ARMY COURT-MARTIALS 3 SOLDIERS TO DEATH FOR ARMING TERRORISTS

Nigerian Army special court-martial has convicted four soldiers for illegal arms trade and aiding terrorists in the north-east. The trial, convened by Ugochukwu Unachukwu, a brigadier general and acting general officer commanding 7 division and commander of sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), was held at the officers’ mess, Theatre Command Headquarters in Maiduguri, Borno State. Delivering judgment, Mohammed Abdullahi, a brigadier general and president of the court-martial, sentenced Raphael Ameh, a sergeant; Ejiga Musa, a sergeant and Patrick Ocheje, a lance corporal, to life imprisonment. Omitoye Rufus, a corporal,…

FULATARI REFUGEE CAMP: UN AID CUT SPARKS SUFFERING, LEADS TO CHILD DEATHS

The heartless activities of Boko Harm Insurgents in North North-Eastern part of Northern Nigeria have forced some families from their ancestral homes to different refugee camps across the region and some parts of the Country. Fulatari is one of such camps. After reviewing a CNN report on the Fulatari Refugee Camp in Dikwa, Borno State, Sooth News is highlighting the case of Fatima Usman. Usman, a refugee and mother of 13, lost six of her children while living at the camp. She told CNN that one of her twins died…