A pregnant woman and her two children, aged three and five, were among residents who escaped death by a whisker on Saturday night when fire engulfed a residential building in Asaba, Delta State. The kids were said to have stepped out shortly before the fire started. Property worth millions of naira were destroyed when the […]
Nigerians igerians on Sunday took to the social media to express anger over the Saturday’s killings of rice farmers at Zabarmari, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents. While some urged the National Assembly to open a debate on the incident, others demanded immediate sack of service chiefs. A concerned citizen, Audu Anuga, said: “We’ll continue […]
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress has announced that an emergency meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 8. According to a formal invitation sent to APC NEC members by the National Secretary of the Party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, the meeting will “review the Party’s […]
A former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has urged the government to up the ante in dealing with the menace of crime and insecurity in the country. Reacting to the recent killings in Borno State and across the country, Duke said the nation’s security system needs a total overhaul especially in the areas […]
US President Donald Trump has insisted that he will not change his mind about what he describes as the “massive fraud” of the November presidential election. Joe Biden, candidate of the Democratic Party, secured 306 electoral votes — surpassing the 270 votes required to become president — while Trump had 232 votes. Trump has repeatedly […]
The United Nations has said that the gruesome attack against civilians carried out by Boko Haram insurgents in villages near Maiduguri, the Borno State capital has left at least 110 civilians ruthlessly killed and many others were wounded. The UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria Mr. Edward Kallon said this in a statement on Sunday. While […]
The national grid has collapsed again, leading to power outage in parts of the country. This was announced on Sunday afternoon by two of the power distribution companies in the country, Eko Electricity Distribution Company, and Kaduna Electric. Eko Electricity in its message via its official Twitter handle said, “Dear customer, the outage you’re experiencing […]
Gunmen have reportedly killed a lecturer with the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi in Benue State (FUAM). According to Daily Trust the incident occurred on Saturday night at the J S Tarka Foundation in High-Level area of Makurdi. It was learnt that the deceased, Dr. Karl Kwaghger, an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering was first […]
There was a drama at the Kwannawa motor park in Dange-Shuni local government area of Sokoto state on Sunday as a commercial driver identified one of his abductors amongst his passengers, Daily Trust reports. Our correspondent learnt that the driver had spent three weeks in captivity before his release after the payment of an undisclosed […]
The Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, says he has known the value and landmark a former President, Goodluck Jonathan left in Nigeria and its political landscape after his tenure in office in 2015. According to Dailytrust, the lawmaker spoke on Saturday at Apo legislative quarters, Abuja, during the Grand Opening of Dr. […]
