•Flood Despite warnings by the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET) about severe flooding this year, especially, in the South-south region, and with records of deaths already as a result of flooding, state governments in the region are ostensibly unperturbed as no major preparations are on ground against the impending flood, reports Saturday Gu...
•Bandits No fewer than 100 heavily armed bandits yesterday stormed three communities in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, killing an unspecified number of villagers, burning homes, and looting properties, including rustling over 200 cattle. The affected communities — Zagzaga, Chibani, and Kuchi — were attacked in a coordinated operat...
•Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State Plateau State governor, Caleb Muftwang, has decried the attacks in some communities in his state, saying bandits have taken over 64 communities. The governor stated this last night during an interview on Channels Television. “These communities that have been recently attacked were part of the communiti...
•Cows Recently, the association of town unions in Igbo land (ASITA), raised issues over the plan by the federal government to acquire land in Imo State and other parts of South-East region to build cattle ranches. Although the modalities for the project were not clearly outlined by the government, especially on who runs such ranches, […...
•Blackout The Rural Electrification Agency, REA, today, disclosed that there are over 20,000 communities across the country without electricity supply. The Managing Director, REA, Mr Abba Abubakar Aliyu who disclosed this at the inauguration of two mini-grid projects in Bakin Ciyawa and Kwande communities, Qua’an Pan LGA, Plateau State, said t...
•Bandits Notorious bandit kingpin Dogo Gide has demanded over ₦100 million in levies from 23 communities in the Tsafe West under the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. It was gathered that the affected communities were instructed to pay specific amounts, with the highest levies imposed on Kunchin-Kalgo (N20 million), Sungawa (N15 mi...
•People gather for funeral of victims of military bombing in Sokoto State yesterday Sokoto State governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has visited the two communities that were bombed by the military fighter jets. At least 10 people were killed with several injured in military airstrike in the early hours of yesterday, reports Channels TV. Worried by the [&...
•Hunger bites Across Nigeria, many poor citizens are battered by hunger pangs, forcing them to abandon decency and steal food in public places. Some have also resorted to serially begging for food and seeking palliatives in a bid to put an end to the seemingly endless cycle of hardship in the country, reports Saturday PUNCH. […]
•Bandits The Chairman of Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Alhaji Sharifu Kamarawa today, has told Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, that some communities in the council are still under the control of bandits. Receiving the minister at the local government secretariat, he said the bandits led by Kachalla Bello Tur...
•Crocodile The Borno Museum Park has raised the alarm over incursion of deadly animals into residential communities. The General manager Borno State Museum Park, Ali Abatcha Don Best, disclosed this in a statement today. He said the flood disaster caused damage to properties and led to the deaths of over 80% of animals. “The General […]...

