Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Caretaker Chairman of Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Bege Katuka. A commercial motorcyclist was reportedly killed during the kidnapping incident. Although the police and government authorities are yet to confirm the incident, sources told Channels Television that the council chairman was kidnapped on his way […]
At least 30 chiefs are said to have been killed in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State by youths in the area allegedly using charms and other fetish powers. The pararamount ruler of Tyoshin community in the local government, His Royal Majesty, Chief Daniel Abomtse, disclosed this Friday during the burial ceremony of […]
Two persons have been killed in a renewed boundary war between the people of Izzi in Ebonyi State and their neighbours in Obubara, Cross River State. The two neighbouring communities have been at war for many years with many killed and properties worth millions of naira destroyed. The age-long boundary war, which restarted on Wednesday […]
Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has stated that the current insecurity being experienced across the country is a potential threat to Nigeria’s corporate existence. He stated this yesterday in Abuja while declaring open a two-day retreat and workshop on promoting effective legislation and oversight of the security sector in Nigeria, organised by […]
Palpable tension has enveloped the Amaeze Community in Ishiagu, Ebonyi state, after 30-year-old Miss Chinenye Aroh, was brutally attacked and abandoned unconscious in a farm by yet-to-be identified assailants. A relation of the victim, Christy Aja, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakiliki on Wednesday that Aroh was attacked in a remote farm […]
Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Sunday invaded Governor Samuel Ortom’ s village, Tse – Apera in Nzorov, in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State and killed five persons . According to a native , who simply identified himself as Tseagba , several people were also injured during the invasion of the governor […]
A traditional ruler in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State , Bulus Chuwang Jang, has been killed by gunmen. The Chairman of Berom Youth Moulders in the neighbouring Heipang district in the LGA , Rwang Tengwong , confirmed the incident to our correspondent in Jos on Tuesday. Tengwong said that the diseased paramount […]
…leaving about 22,000 widows Killings by bandits in Zamfara State has claimed the lives of 11,000 adult males that were bread-winners of their families , leaving behind an estimated conservative figure of about 22,000 widows, the Arewa Youth Forum, AYF, has stated. Alhaji Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, the National President of AYF ,in a statement ,explained […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday , urged indigenes of Kaduna State to learn to live as brothers and sisters. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity , Femi Adesina , the President made the call at the virtual opening of the fifth Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit, with the theme […]
At the instance of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, troops of the Nigerian Army and police operatives have been deployed to Kaduna Airport Road on Sunday in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deployment also covers some strategic locations, where aggressive operations by troops and police are in progress. The deployment was aimed […]
