Abuja-Kaduna Train Bombing: Terrorists demand release of arrested commanders in exchange for abductees
Terrorists locally known as bandits have requested the release of 16 top commanders and sponsors in government custody in exchange for the release of the over 100 individuals abducted during an attack on the Kaduna-Abuja train. The attack and abduction, which occurred on March 28, have continued to elicit
2023 Presidency: Why south-west region should reject Osinbajo – Islamic group, MURIC
An Islamic group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has reacted to the declaration of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to contest for the 2023 presidential election. In a statement on Tuesday, the Muslim group said Osinbajo’s presidential declaration was not only unethical but was also evangelical in appearance. The statement was
BREAKING: Ruling party, APC vhairman, Abdullahi Adamu resigns from senate
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has resigned from the senate. Adamu was elected as APC national chairman at the convention of the party that was held on March 26. Abubakar Kyari, the current APC deputy chairman (north), also resigned his membership of the
US offers $5m reward for arrest of Kinahan gang leaders, as it ranks them with the Mafia
Speaking in Dublin, after the US government unveiled tough Russia-style sanctions against the gang, the US ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin said the reward would be provided for “information leading to the financial disruption of the Kinahans, or the arrest or conviction” of Daniel Kinahan, his father Christopher Snr and
Benue councillors lament unpaid allowance since 2020, threaten one-week protest
Elected councillors in Benue State have threatened to embark on a one-week protest in Makurdi, the state capital, against the nonpayment of their furniture allowance. The ex-councillors, under the aegis of “Benue State Councillor’s Forum 2020,” disclosed this in a letter to the Commissioner of Police in the state.
University of lagos discovers body of unidentified person floating on its shore
The management of the University of Lagos has raised alarm over the body of an unidentified person found floating on the shore of the University of Lagos Lagoon Front. This was contained in a series of tweet posted Monday night by the school management, affirming that a body was
Unknown assailants hack mother and her 5-year-old daughter to death in Kebbi
The Deputy Governor of Kebbi State, Sama’ila Yombe Dabai, has condemned the cold-blooded murder of a woman and her 5-year-old daughter in Birnin Kebbi. The 25-year-old housewife, Malama Sadiyya Idris and her daughter, Amina, were macheted to death by unknown assailants at their residence along Labana Rice Mill,
War in Ukraine: UK ‘working urgently’ to verify reports of possible chemical attack in Mariupol
James Heappey made the comments to Sky’s Kay Burley – as foreign secretary Liz Truss said the UK was “working urgently” to check the reports that Russia used chemical agents in the besieged city of Mariupol. Ms Truss said any confirmed use of such weapons in Mariupol would be a
2023: Osinbajo declares intention for Presidential race
By Dooshima Fidelis Yemi Osinbajo, Vice- president Federal Republic of Nigeria has on Sunday night met with a group of governors of the All Progressive Party over the declaration for the 2023 presidential race. The meeting on Sunday night at his Aguda House, Abuja official residence, was apparently for Muslim
FCT: Strange persons enters Abuja- FCT Police Warns
By Dooshima Fidelis DCP Ben Igwe has warned that some strange persons have been trooping into the nation’s capital, FCT even as he stated that the command is working towards eradicating such personalities from Abuja. The FCT Deputy Police Commissioner DCP Ben Igweh made this statement while parading 98 suspected