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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]