Reports indicate that bandits have claimed the lives of nine traders along the Jibia/Batsari Road in Katsina State. According to gathered information, the traders were returning home from a local market in Jibia when they encountered the gunmen around 6 p.m. on Sunday, February 11, 2024. The assailants ambushed the traders who were traveling in…
Governors elected under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have drawn parallels between Nigeria and Venezuela, urging President Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to avert further deterioration of the country’s economic situation. Venezuela has long grappled with persistent shortages of food and medicine, business closures, high unemployment rates, reduced productivity, human…
The Nigeria Customs Service has seized 52 units of elephant tusks in Mfum, a border town located in the Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River state. Ahmed Waziri, the Area Comptroller of Cross River/CFTZ/Akwa Ibom Command of the NIS, disclosed this during a news conference held in Calabar on Monday, February 12. Waziri revealed…
A woman who went missing in the Sabongari area of Jalingo, Taraba State, has been located. Hanatu Daniel Yotti left her home on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, and had not returned since then. According to a Facebook user who confirmed the recent development on Saturday, February 10, the woman was discovered confined by individuals described…
The Presidency has called for an investigation into the civil service framework to root out individuals labeled as “moles” believed to have allegiances to opposition parties and who are suspected of leaking classified documents to these parties. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, made the request for the investigation…
On Friday, February 9, around 12:55 am, operatives of the FCT Police Command, specifically the Rapid Response Squad 74 (RRS 74), intercepted Muhammad Isah of Kafanchan, Kaduna, in a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number APP 489 XE. Isah was found transporting twelve underage children – four male and eight female – to a destination…
In Plateau State, a young graduate named Moses Gyang, along with three other individuals, tragically lost their lives due to a mining pit collapse. Specific details about the incident remain unclear at the time of this report. However, a Facebook post on Thursday, February 8, mentioned that Moses was awaiting NYSC mobilization. Confirmation of the…
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has asserted that no kidnapper or bandit can ambush and harm him. Speaking to journalists in his palace on Wednesday, February 7, the Osun monarch declared that anyone attempting such actions would be challenging the authority he represents. Expressing concern over the recent killings of three monarchs in…
Eze Victor Agala, an attorney hailing from Ibaa in Emohua LGA of Rivers State, collapsed and passed away outside a courtroom in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The tragic incident occurred as he exited the Magistrate Court building on Moscow Road, Port Harcourt. Despite immediate efforts to assist him, Agala was swiftly conveyed to the…
On Tuesday night, February 6, President Bola Tinubu arrived in Abuja after a two-week personal trip to Paris, France. The presidential aircraft touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport around 9 pm. Upon arrival, he was greeted by several high-ranking government officials, including his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; Secretary…
