•Bandits Armed bandits have blocked the ever-busy Gusau – Funtua highway, kidnapping unspecified number of travellers. Yusuf Tsafe, a commuter who is still stranded around the area told our correspondent that the bandits stormed the highway in the early hours of today and mounted a roadblock around the Tazame axis of the road, reports Channels...
Police and youths have blocked the All Progressive Congress (APC) Secretariat in Makurdi, Benue State capital . It is the fourth time the APC Secretariat will be put under lock and key, reports The Nation. This is coming ahead of Comrade Austin Agada- led State Working Committee (SEC) APC caucus meeting scheduled for today. The […]
•Bandits Bandits who blocked the Gusau-Funtua road, have abducted all passengers in 3 vehicles at Margazu village in Tsafe Local Government Aeaa of Zamfara State. The hoodlums also blocked the road near Unguwan Chida and other neighbouring communities and abducted passengers in 5 vehicles, reports Vanguard. Locals said the bandits who were als...
•Protesters in Rivers As the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest enters Day 5 yesterday, a massive crowd of demonstrators blocked the Port Harcourt Refinery Junction, Akpajo Eleme. President Bola Tinubu had addressed the protesters on Sunday. But the demonstrators in Port Harcourt are not pacified. The crowd yesterday was double that of the p...
•Hunger protest Some #EndHunger protesters have blocked the Keffi-Abuja highway preventing motorists from plying the road. Nigerians are holding protests from today August 1 to 10, 2024 mounting pressure on the government to tackle hunger, bad governance, and high cost of living in the country, reports Daily Trust. It was earlier reported that...
Truck drivers brought traffic on Zaria Road to a standstill yesterday after a confrontation with officials of the Nigeria Customs Service. The incident occurred at Kwanar Dawaki after customs officers reportedly shot at the tyre of a truck, forcing it to a stop, reports Daily Trust. An eyewitness stated that the shooting of the tyre […]
•Applicants for NIN Over 70 million bank customers are at risk of losing access to their accounts when the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive on restricting accounts without Bank Verification Numbers and National Identification Numbers goes into effect. The CBN had on December 1, 2023, in a circular directed that a ‘Post no Debit’ restriction...
•Bandits Scores of residents of Wurna village yesterday blocked the Katsina-Dutsinma highway in Katsina State, to protest the alleged incessant bandits’ attacks on their community. The villagers stormed the highway as early as 9 am where they set up bonfires made up of dried items, reports Saturday PUNCH. The development made many road users e...
•Kaduna-Abuja highway Residents of Gonin-Gora in the troubled Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, today, barricaded the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway while protesting the abduction of an unspecified number of people in the area. The residents stormed the highway protesting and urging the government to do something over the incessant attack...
The Nigerian Communications Commission has reiterated its directive to telecom operators to bar telephone subscribers not linked to their National Identification Numbers on or before today, Wednesday, February 28, 2024. The Executive Vice Chairman, National Communication Commission, Dr Aminu Maida, spoke at the NCC’s Special Day during the ong...