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Copyright Commission raids Ibadan bookshops, arrests suspects over piracy

Copyright Commission raids Ibadan bookshops, arrests suspects over piracy

Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has raided bookshops in Ibadan, Oyo State, over the sale of pirated books, arresting several suspects and sealing multiple outlets. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the operation, carried out on Saturday, was led by the Oyo State Coordinator of NCC, Mrs Oluropo Oke, with support from operatives of […]

Angry Benue youths barricade highway with five corpses of armed herdsmen victims

Angry Benue youths barricade highway with five corpses of armed herdsmen victims

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Angry protesters Saturday morning blocked the busy Makurdi-Lafia-Abuja highway with the corpses of three persons reportedly murdered Saturday morning in their farms by suspected armed herdsmen at Abagena and Atsom villages in the outskirts of Makurdi Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. The attack came less than 24 hours after […]

Nigerian students connect with NASA astronaut in space, pose questions

Nigerian students connect with NASA astronaut in space, pose questions

Some Nigerian students in the FCT on Saturday connected with Dr Zena Cardman, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut on board the International Space Station (ISS). The connection, being the first time in Africa, was set up by the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) in Abuja on Saturday. The contact was […]

Village Head assassinated as Lukarawa bandits strike Sokoto Community

Village Head assassinated as Lukarawa bandits strike Sokoto Community

By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO: In another night of horror, armed bandits suspected to be Lakurawa insurgents have unleashed terror on Sayinna community in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing the village head and a resident in cold blood. The victims, identified as Alhaji Murtala Sa’adu, 47, the village head of Sayinna, and […]

Two killed, 4 injured as explosion rocks DICON factory in Kaduna

Two killed, 4 injured as explosion rocks DICON factory in Kaduna

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo, Kaduna Kaduna—Two persons, including a military officer, were on Saturday confirmed dead while four others sustained varying degrees of injuries following an explosion at the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) factory in Kaduna. The incident, which reportedly occurred during gunpowder production at the Kurmim Gwari-based facility, sent panic across nearby communities […]

Survivors recount tale of horror in Nasarawa kidnappers’ den

Survivors recount tale of horror in Nasarawa kidnappers’ den

By Abel Daniel, Lafia Unending menace of kidnapping in the state has subjected many unsuspecting residents to horrific torture, payment of millions as ransom and in some cases death. The sad experience of Mr James Adamu, who was kidnapped last week at Keana, in Keana local government, by alleged Fulani bandits and made to undergo […]

FCT Herdsmen relocation: FG begins infrastructural devt in Kawu grazing reserve

FCT Herdsmen relocation: FG begins infrastructural devt in Kawu grazing reserve

On the heels of stopping cattle and herders movements in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has kicked the relocation process of herders to the 9,000 hectares Kawu Grazing Reserve in Bwari Area Council, Abuja with infrastructural development.

Tinubu grants automatic employment to children of late FCT Head of Service

Tinubu grants automatic employment to children of late FCT Head of Service

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: President Bola Tinubu has approved automatic employment for the four children of the late Head of the Civil Service of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Dr Grace Adayilo who recently passed on. FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, announced this on Saturday during the funeral service held at the National Ecumenical Centre, Abuja, […]

Third soccer player killed in Ecuador in September

Third soccer player killed in Ecuador in September

Ecuadoran soccer player Jonathan Gonzalez was killed on Friday in what was the third murder of an athlete in the South American country since the start of September, according to police.