•Terrorists As the renewed attacks from suspected Boko Haram persist, the people of Allawa and neighboring communities in Niger State have fled their ancestral homes following the withdrawal of military base in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. It was reliably gathered that about seven communities together were burnt down by the rece...
Indigenes of Gwer West Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State yesterday took to the Makurdi-Naka Road to protest the gruesome murder of over 28 persons in three communities by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen, calling on Governor Hyacinth Alia to ensure total enforcement of the Benue anti-open grazing law. The governor has, however, express...
•A pregnant woman The Nigerian Police has apprehended the leader of a “one chance” robbery gang in Abuja who physically attacked a pregnant woman, causing her to lose her pregnancy. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known on his X account yesterday. Adejobi wrote, “This is a ring leader of one chance […]...
Agojeju-Odo community in Kogi State was a community thriving on agriculture before incessant attacks by Fulani herdsmen forced the residents flee their homes and livelihoods. YEKINI JIMOH visited the community and spoke to displaced persons in desperate need of government intervention for them to return home to safety, reports Nigerian Tribune...
Multiple air attacks on the Russian border region of Belgorod adjoining Ukraine today killed two people and injured at least seven, the governor said. Further east, an overnight drone attack on the Samara region caused a fire at a major oil refinery, the latest in a series of strikes against Russia’s fuel industry, reports AFP. […]
•Bandits Against the backdrop of the resurgence of the mass abduction of pupils, the federal government has said schools in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are at risk of attacks by bandits and insurgents. The National Coordinator of Financing Safe Schools in Nigeria, Hajia Halima Iliya, confirmed to our correspondent yeste...
•FUTA students Students of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, today, protested what they described as incessant robbery attacks against them off the campus of the institution. The protesters, who were singing various solidarity songs, barricaded the busy Akure -Ilesa Road, causing gridlock on the expressway, reports The PU...
•Judge Holthus cradling her head after the attack A convicted criminal attacked and assaulted a Las Vegas judge during a hearing after she refused to grant him bail. Convicted offender Deobra Delone Redden attacked Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus yesterday as she was in the middle of giving a sentence. The moment […]...
•Governor Caleb Mutfwang In the wake of the attacks on Christmas Eve in several Plateau State towns that claimed the lives of over 150 people, the state administration today announced a seven-day mourning period that would begin on January 1. The announcement was delivered by Governor Caleb Mutfwang during his statewide New Year’s broadcast to...
•Lagbaja The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has dismissed calls for self-defence in the wake of attacks in Plateau. Over 195 persons died in the most recent attacks in the North-Central state with scores wounded, reports Channels TV. While the development has elicited outcry in and outside the country, the Army [...