Full List: Names of 37 miners who died in NSCDC custody
Names of 37 miners, who died in the custody of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger State, have been released
Security operatives attack passenger boat, kill businessman in Bayelsa community
By Emem Idio – Yenagoa Igbomoturu Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State weekend protested the alleged killing of a father of five by surveillance security operatives working for a multinational oil company. It was gathered that the deceased identified as John Adolphus, was shot dead when operatives of a surveillance security […]
17 rescued as boat capsizes in Lagos
..as LASWA warns ferry operators By Bose Adelaja Barely a month after a ferry passenger boat capsized in Lagos Island enroute Ikorodu, another boat with 17 passengers on board has capsized on Saturday. The incident reportedly occured 20 minutes after the privately owned boat identified as GT Water Line 4 took off at Ebute-Ero enroute […]
66m NIN issued, as FG extends SIM linkage deadline
The Federal government has approved extension of the deadline for the National Identity Number-Subscriber Identity Module, NIN-SIM, data verification/linkage, while noting that 66 million NIN have been issued.
Bandits abduct 9 Kaduna villagers, demand N50 million
By Ibrahim Hassan Bandits struck at Dangilmi community in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where they abducted 9 villagers. While confirming the incident, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) in Kaduna state, Rev Joseph John Hayab,said the bandits had demanded for a N50 million ransom on the abductees. The affected […]
Two drown in Kano
Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the drowning of an eight-year-old boy, Usman Nasiru, and Nafi’u Ahmad,10, at Bachirawa Yan Rake in Ungogo Local Government Area of the state. Spokesman of the Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, gave the confirmation in a statement issued in Kano on Saturday. He stated that: “on Saturday morning, we received […]
