Residents count losses as river ravages C’River community
The tarred federal highway that once knit this historic community in Calabar Municipality together has been erased. In its place yawns a crevice, a raw, widening gash that has swallowed a hospital, car parks, offices, and homes nurtured for decades.
Gunmen abduct traditional ruler in Plateau
Gunmen have Kidnapped Da Gyang Balak, the Gwom Rwei (District Head) of Vwang District of Jos-south Local Government Area of Plateau. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, the Media Officer of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) maintaining peace in Plateau and environs confirmed the incident in statement on Monday in Jos. He said that the chief was kidnapped on […]
Bandits to Zamfara villages: Pay N24m tax or be attacked
By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Nine communities in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State were asked by bandits to pay a compulsory tax of the sum of N24 million or be attacked. The communities would pay from N500,000 to N5m, according to the bandits. Journalists were told that the communities have started mobilizing to pay the […]
Again, terrorists kill 3; kidnap 28, demand for soft drinks, gallons of petrol as ransom in Niger
Terrorists have struck in Niger state again killing three people and abducting 28 in Farin-Shinge, Kulho, Jigawa, Dogo Fadama communities of Mashegu local government area of Niger state
Scramble for Gold in Edo: Uneasy calm as illegal northern miners troop in
By Ozioruva Aliu THE sleepy community known as Dagbala in Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State has been in the news for the wrong reasons for over a year as activities of alleged illegal gold miners deepened and created security breach in the area, forcing the state government to ban all forms of mining […]
How police sergeant’s ‘accidental discharge’ killed colleague while on patrol in Calabar
TRAGEDY struck again at the Cross River Police Command, when the riffle of a policeman, Sergeant Ubi Arikpo, accidentally went off and killed his colleague, Sergeant Francis Agube
