Malam Nasir El-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna, has alerted the public to what he called “certain malicious orchestrations” directed against him. El-Rufai, in a statement signed and released on Sunday by Muyiwa Adekeye, his Media Adviser, said the unwarranted Read more…
The Benue State Police Command has confirmed that two Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, candidates who were among passengers abducted in a commercial bus have escaped from their captors. The Police Command added that efforts are being made to rescue Read more…
When Olatunji Disu assumed office as the Inspector General of Police (IGP), terrorists and other criminal elements were and are still holding the nation by the jugular. Soon after he was decorated, the IGP got the mandate of President Bola Tinubu Read more…
The mouthpiece of the North, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has said that Nigeria’s worsening security crisis has escalated to what could be described as a “state of war”. To this end, it urged the federal government to adopt extraordinary measures Read more…
Gunmen have abducted passengers, including candidates sitting for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ((UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ((JAMB), along the Makurdi-Otukpo road in Benue State. The victims were travelling in a Benue Links bus Read more…
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have kidnapped a student of the University of Jos alongside six others while they were traveling from Jos, Plateau State, to Kaduna. In disturbing video now circulating on social media, a young man identified as Read more…
Troops under Operation HADIN KAI have repelled an attempted insurgent attack in Monguno, but the operation ended in tragedy after an improvised explosive device killed a commanding officer and six soldiers. The incident, which happened late on April 12 at Read more…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed an amended nine-count charge against former Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, over alleged fraud, abuse of office and corruption. Ukpong Abang, Lead Counsel to the former governor, Read more…
Scores of persons suspected to be members of the Boko Haram group and their sympathisers were feared dead yesterday, following an airstrike on a weekly market along the Borno–Yobe border market reportedly shut by Borno State government five years ago. Read more…
There is mounting tension at Igbariam Farm Settlement in Anambra East local government area of the state following attacks on the Anglican and Catholic churches in the area by youths of the community. Venerable Obiora Igbokwe of the Christ Anglican Read more…
Tension has gripped Sapele metropolis and environs following the abduction of the Chairman of Sapele Local Government Area, Bright Abeke. The council boss was reportedly kidnapped at about 7 pm on Friday evening by arms-wielding gunmen who stormed a hotel Read more…
This is third time a traditional ruler would be killed in the last two months in deadly attacks within the South-east. Gunmen have killed a traditional ruler in Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east. Apart from the traditional ruler, the hoodlums also Read more…