•Gunmen Following attacks by assailants on some communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State between the eve of Christmas and yesterday morning, the death toll from the incident has risen to 113. The Transition Committee Chairman of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, Monday Kassah, confirmed that 11...
•Boko Haram insurgents Chibok town, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, is in the news again following a fierce attack by Boko Haram insurgents, killing two persons and injuring scores. Chibok was for the first time in the global news in April 2014, when the insurgents stormed the Government Girls Secondary School there and […]...
•Barrels of crude oil Oil prices shot up nearly three percent today as more companies suspended shipping through the Red Sea following attacks on vessels by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels. Meanwhile US stocks sought to continue last week’s rally on expectations that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next year, although it appear...
•Ugorji and Tinubu The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev Luicius Ugorji, has decried Nigeria’s endless borrowing of humongous sums of money to fund personal lifestyles of public office holders, describing it as anachronistic, unconscionable, wasteful and anti-people. Ugorji, Archbishop of Owerri Metropoli...
•Gunmen The management of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Sapaade, Ogun State, today, announced the closure of the institution following incessant robbery attacks on students. The management directed the students to stay out off school for the next two weeks. Armed robbers had been attacking students of the polytechnic, dispossessing them of their va...
•Some guber candidates: Melaye (Kogi), Uzodinma (Imo), Sylva (Bayelsa) At least three persons have been killed with several others injured in separate attacks in Kogi and Bayelsa states ahead of the Saturday gubernatorial election. This is also coming on the heels of alleged attacks on the opposition in Imo State where an election is also [&he...

