•Crocodiles A crocodile attacked and killed a woman as she worked on a palm oil plantation in central Indonesia, local police said, with her body later recovered from the animal’s clutches. Indonesia is home to several species of crocodiles that regularly attack and kill humans, reports AFP. The 44-year-old woman was working with a colleague [...
•Terrorists A Nigerian military camp was subjected to a major attack by Islamic State fighters in northern Nigeria, resulting in deaths and significant material losses. Military sources told our correspondent that Islamic State fighters attacked the Nigerian Army camp in the town of Kareto in Borno State on Saturday with various weapons, repor...
•Humanitarian workers The Federal Government of Nigeria has raised the alarm over continuous attacks on humanitarian workers in the country. Addressing a press conference in Abuja today to mark World Humanitarian Day 2024, under the theme ‘ActForHumanity,’ the Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internall...
•Kamala Harris An exuberant Kamala Harris whipped up a rapturous crowd Tuesday at her first rally since effectively clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, as she launched fresh attacks on Donald Trump for trying to “take the country backward.” In stark contrast to outgoing President Joe Biden’s often stumbling and low-energy speeche...
•Okpebholo and Ighodalo Ahead of the September 21 governorship election, Edo State’s political landscape has been in turmoil as rival parties APC and PDP battle for who rules the state in the forthcoming. The reinstatement of impeached Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, his defection to the APC, and subsequent gun attacks have intensified the pol...
•Tinubu and Boko Haram insurgents Mohammed Ali-Jajari, the 2023 gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Borno State, has decried the spate of insecurity in the state, saying the threat makes rubbish of the Tinubu-led federal government’s victory claim over the Boko Haram insurgency group. •Mohammed Ali-Jajari Ali-Jajari made...
•Armed Fulani herdsman The Amnesty International has disclosed that between January 2023 and February 2024, Benue State recorded at least 135 attacks and over 2600 deaths including women and children. The Program Manager of Amnesty International, Mrs Barbara Magaji, stated this during a photo exhibition and press conference on the conflicts in...
•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 […]...

