Thousands of civilians are trapped in Dikwa after Boko Harm insurgents took control of the town Monday night. Soldiers had on Monday evening repelled an attack on the town. But the insurgents returned hours later and overpowered the troops. Residents say the insurgents are roaming the streets and preaching to locals not to flee the […]
The schoolgirls kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talatu-Mafara local government area of Zamfara state have been released. Over 300 of the schoolgirls were kidnapped after gunmen invaded the school in the wee hours of the morning last Friday. There was speculation about their release at the weekend, but the Zamfara state government […]
No fewer than 62 personnel of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have been killed between January and February this year by criminal elements in 15 states. Similar killings in some other states were largely unreported within the period. Members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), bandits, kidnappers, Boko Haram terrorists, cultists and armed […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 360 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 156,017. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. “360 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-120 Edo-38 Kaduna-25 FCT-23 Imo-23 Delta-19 Akwa Ibom-17 Plateau-17 Rivers-16 Nasarawa-15 Kwara-13 Oyo-9 Ogun-8 […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha and other prominent Nigerians will be among the first set of Nigerians to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on live television. They are expected to receive the first dose of the vaccine on Saturday, March 6. The Executive […]
Salihu Tanko Yakasai, former media aide to the governor of Kano, has been released from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). TheCable confirmed Yakasai’s release from DSS custody on Monday evening. The former media aide was picked up by the agency over the weekend, after he made a post on social media, […]
The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested two men suspected of sending pornographic materials to a married woman. A statement issued by the board’s spokesman, Lawan Ibrahim on Monday in Kano, said that the suspects were traced and arrested after the woman had lodged a complaint with the board. The statement said that the married […]
Two men , Anthony John and Jimoh Idowu , have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for gang-raping their co- tenant ’ s 16-year- old daughter . John, 35, and Idowu , 21, reportedly conspired and gang-raped the victim last Thursday after breaking into their co-tenant ’ s apartment . The […]
The National Broadcasting Commission has asked the Department of State Security and the Nigeria Police Force to arrest those behind the operations of a pirate radio claiming to be ‘ Radio Biafra ’ . In a statement on Monday , the NBC, which is the regulator of broadcast stations in the country, said it jammed […]
Some southern state governments and farmers have dismissed the blockade by northern food suppliers, saying it is an opportunity for the South to boost its food production capacity. Officials of the states including Lagos , Cross River , Akwa Ibom , Delta, Enugu and Ondo in separate interviews with The PUNCH , on Monday explained […]
