•Canadian flag flies above the Canadian embassy in Beijing A shooter killed nine people and injured dozens more at a secondary school and residence in a remote part of western Canada yesterday, before the suspect took their own life. The killings occurred in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, a picturesque mountain valley town in the foothills [...
•Boat mishap At least six students reportedly returning to school have drowned after the boat they were travelling in capsised at the Buruku crossing point in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State. Witnesses said the incident occurred on Sunday night while the students and other passengers were being ferried across the River Benue at [&h...
•Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has denied the Niger State government’s claims that St. Mary’s Catholic Schools in Papiri received a security alert before yesterday’s abduction. In a statement signed today by Daniel Atori, Media Aide to Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)...
•Terrorists Barely hours after armed terrorists invaded and abducted some students and members of staff of St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Papiri community in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, another set of terrorists have reportedly attacked and abducted an unspecified number of students at the Peter’s Foundation Seco...
•Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State The Niger State government has condemned the abduction of pupils from St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Papiri area of Agwara Local Government Area, describing the incident as “deeply saddening and avoidable.” In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abubakar Usman, the governmen...
•Portable Self acclaimed street musician and controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, says he is preparing to return to school: this time, to gain deeper control over his music career and business operations. The Zazu crooner said on his Instagram page today that while he already holds an OND from Kwara Stat...
•LASEPA officials The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has intensified crackdown on environmental offenders, sealing several establishments in Ikorodu for repeated violations, including noise pollution and other environmental infractions. The enforcement operation, carried out, targeted key areas such as Agodo Gas Line, Odo...
•French primary school Montagne in Sarreguemines, northeastern France A nine-year-old girl was found dead in her home in northeastern France this weekend, prosecutors and police sources said, pointing to a likely death by suicide after she was bullied in school. Former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal today expressed his condolences to the family ...
•An explosion Seven pupils have been reportedly injured in an explosion at LGEA Primary School, Ater, in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. Witnesses told our correspondent that the incident occurred on Tuesday after some pupils picked up an object they found around the school premises and began playing with it, unaware that it [&helli...
•Rescue operation ongoing after the jet crashed into school yesterday At least 27 people, mostly children, were killed after a Bangladeshi fighter jet crashed into a school in the capital Dhaka, a government official said today, updating an earlier toll of at least 20 dead. Most of the victims were schoolchildren who had just been […]...
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