•The rescued Youth Corps members After a seven-day ordeal, the rescued prospective Corps members have reunited with their families in Ibadan, Oyo State. DSS Oyo State headquarters in Aleshinloye released them to their family members around 8:30pm yesterday, reports The Nation. Their parents and family members received them after waiting about ...
•Mrs Alimotu Akanke Abductors who seized 19 graduates travelling from Ibadan, Oyo State, for their National Youth Service Corps orientation camps have demanded N950 million for their release, it has been learnt. The victims were travelling in two buses when gunmen attacked them along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Umunoha, Imo State, on Thursday, ...
•Bandits Bandits have killed four people and abducted four others in Gorau community, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The attack occurred last night, barely six days after a boat mishap in the community claimed 65 lives, reports Daily Trust. The assailants also shot seven residents, who sustained injuries and are currently recei...
•Diphtheria outbreak For many families in Rurum community in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State, seeking medical help for a sick child often comes only after the illness has become severe. Some parents first turn to patent medicine sellers known in local parlance as ‘chemists’, while others rely on traditional healers or simply treat [&h...
•Tinubu and terrorists Families of 116 persons abducted in different parts of Borno State have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Babagana Umara Zulum to intensify efforts to secure the immediate and safe release of their loved ones. The families, who expressed anguish over the prolonged captivity of schoolchildren, parents a...
•Bandits What began as an ordinary night of sleep turned into hours of terror for residents of Abudu Community in Oke Oyi, Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State, after suspected bandits invaded the settlement, looted homes, brutalised occupants and abducted several residents during a coordinated late-night attack. The attack, which ...
•The rescued Oriire pupils and teachers with their families at the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital (LAUTECH) Ogbomosho, Oyo State yesterday Parents and relatives yesterday reunited with some of the 44 pupils and teachers recently rescued from kidnappers in Oyo State. The victims were kidnapped on May 15 when terrorists attacked th...
•General Musa (rtd) The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has explained why security forces are yet to rescue the pupils and teachers abducted in Oyo State, saying the kidnappers threatened to kill the captives if troops advanced on their hideout. Musa stated this in a preview of an interview with News Central TV shared on […]
No fewer than six buildings have been destroyed, with several families displaced, following severe gully erosion in the Ibolo community of Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. Residents said the erosion has continued to expand with every rainfall, cutting deep into residential areas, leaving homes on the brink of collapse...
•Families of the detained military officers in Abuja today Families of military officers facing trial over an alleged coup plot have raised concerns over the health and welfare of their detained relatives, alleging that some are suffering from injuries, deteriorating eyesight and respiratory complications after spending months in detention. T...

