Suspected bandits have killed at least nineteen persons and injured several others during two separate attacks in Birnin Gwari and Kajuru Local Government areas of Kaduna State. Confirming the incident, the Kaduna State Commissioner for internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement released, said fourteen persons were killed on Saturday February 6 by…
Chairman of Zamfara State Council of Chiefs and Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Muhammad Ahmed has again warned against polygamy which he claimed is responsible for the falling standard of education in the country. Speaking during a meeting with seventeen emirs of the state and the chairman, Zamfara State Universal Education Board, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu Maradun…
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters has approved the returned control of the Lekki Toll Gate plaza to its owners, the Lekki Concession Company (LCC). The panel suspended operations of the toll plaza after the gunshot incident on October 20, 2020. Military men…
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed a member of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Daniel Adejuyigbe in Iju, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the deceased was part of the search team organised to secure the release of a farmer, Solomon Akinmeji, who was kidnapped at Okeji farm settlement last…
Kidnappers have killed an Atlanta, Georgia-based Nigerian man, Prince Eloniyo Dennis Abuda, after payment of N10m ransom to secure his release and that of other family members. The decomposing body of Abuda was found in a bush near the small town of Agbanikaka, Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday, February…
Tuface Idibia has questioned why Africans look down on those who speak English with an African accent and see as superior those who have an accent from the Western countries. He tweeted: “Why do we as Africans laugh or look down at us that can’t speak English proper or don’t have the accent? …
A German veterinary clinic has reportedly trained sniffer dogs to detect coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94% accuracy. The dogs are conditioned to pick up the “corona odour” that comes from cells in infected people, said Esther Schalke, a vet at Germany’s armed forces school for service dogs. Filou, a three-year-old Belgian…
Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has apologized to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, for describing him and other Youruba leaders as ”Fulani slaves”. Igboho in a virtual meeting on Tuesday February 2, accused the Ooni of failing to tell President Buhari the truth about the plight of Yorubas during a meeting…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has again reignited the call for a state police following increased criminal activities across the country. The Governor who hosted representatives of lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress South-West caucus in the House of Representatives who paid him a courtesy visit in his office on Tuesday February 2, stated that…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night, reportedy asked the Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu to hand over. The Nation reported that Adamu who completed his 35 years service on Monday February 1, was expected to have handed over to the most senior officer at the close of work on Monday, but he did not, fueling the feeling that…
