Unconfirmed Number Of Soldiers Killed As Bandits Ambush Troops In Niger
A yet-to-be-confirmed number of soldiers have been killed by bandits during an exchange of fire in Niger State, Nigerian Army authorities said on Thursday. The Director of Army Public…
Ango Abdullahi Loses Eldest Son
Chairman, Northern Elders Forum, Prof Ango Abdullahi, has lost his eldest son, Isah Ango Abdullahi after a brief illness. A family source, who confirmed the death to our correspondant…
Delta PDP Chairman Dies
Jude Onyia, the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State is dead According to reports, the party leader died in…
Homosexuality: Court sentences septuagenarian, two others to death
An Islamic Sharia Court in Ningi, Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, has sentenced three men including a 70-year-old to death by stoning having found them guilty of…
For riding his children’s bicycle, man wounds, burns housemaid s buttocks in Imo
The police in Imo State have arrested Uzoma Egemba for scalding the buttocks, thighs and body of his 12-year-old maid for riding his children’s bicycle. Egemba who hails from…
Labour To Hold One-Day Nationwide Protest Over Insecurity, ASUU Strike
The organised labour movement is planning to hold a protest on the state of the nation. The protest is to call the attention of the government to the…
Nigerian govt shields herdsmen, blames ISWAP for Owo attack – Report
Nigerian officials blamed the terror attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, on the Islamic State West Africa Province while avoiding references to networks of politically…
Courts Should Stop Imposing Politicians On Nigerians – Femi Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Thursday urged the courts to “stop imposing politicians on Nigerians,” arguing that, “the involvement of the courts in the electoral process has not…
Hundreds of students escape death in Enugu school fire
Hundreds of students of the Peaceland College of Education, Enugu escaped death by whiskers on Thursday, when fire gutted some parts of the school’s female hostel. The institution is…
Strike: VCs beg Buhari to takeover negotiation with ASUU, others
Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to take charge and speed up the process of resolving the ongoing trade union dispute between Academic Staff Union…