Insurgency destroyed over 5,000 Borno schools — Zulum
MAIDUGURI — Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said the insurgency in the state destroyed more than 5,000 school structures and forced about 2.2 million children out of school at the peak of the crisis. Zulum stated this on Sunday in Maiduguri while inaugurating several completed projects across the state. The governor said the destruction […]
NAF airstrikes kill 26 ISWAP terrorists in Lake Chad, Sambisa forest
By Kingsley Omonobi Nigerian Airforce fighter aircraft eliminated 26 terrorist kingpins including top ISWAP Commander Mallam Buba Danfulani during a raid on Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorist’s strongholds around the Tumbuns area in Lake Chad and Sambisa Forests surroundings. The Amirs/Commanders eliminated in Sambisa forest air raids include Musa Amir Jaish, Mahd Maluma, Abu-Ubaida, Abu-Hamza and Abu-Nura […]
Woman accuses policeman, LASTMA officials of seizure of phone for 2 years
By Anita Ahmed Chief Executive Officer, Ronade Travels and Tours, Mrs Adeniyi Aderonke, weekend, accused a policeman and officials of Lagos State Traffic Management, LASTMA, of assaulting her and forcefully collecting her mobile phone from her for two years, in Ikotun area of Lagos. She lamented that efforts to retrieve her phone met a brick […]
Petrol tank installer dies while working in Ilorin
By Demola Akinyemi A 29-year-old tank installer/maintainer simply identified as Ahmed was recovered dead inside a petrol tank at a popular filling station in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Vanguard reliably gathered that the incident occurred Saturday at about 7.30pm at Bovas Filling Station opposite Adisco Ajase-Ipo Road, Ilorin. The victim, according to sources, came from […]
Pregnant woman, 8 others burnt to death in Kwara auto crash
By Demola Akinyemi, ILORIN A pregnant woman and eight others were burnt to death, yesterday, when a commercial passenger bus rammed into a vehicle laden with petrol in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Eight others were said to have survived the crash with multiple burnt injuries. It was gathered that the accident occurred at Ilorin […]
NDLEA intercepts $4.7million counterfeit cash in Abuja
**Arrests nursing mum 3 weeks after bail on same drug offence By Kingsley Omonobi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, an Sunday disclosed that its operatives have foiled the attempt by a syndicate to steal at least N2.7 billion from the Nigerian economy by pushing into circulation fake $4.7 million cash. The operatives had […]
