Benue APC delegation to rally involved in accident
By Peter Duru, Makurdi Several members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Benue State sustained serious injuries on Saturday morning when a bus conveying them to the party’s rally in Lafia, Nasarawa State, was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle. It was gathered that the accident occurred in Lafia, a few kilometres […]
Insurgency: 28 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, 41 family members surrender to troops in Borno
By Kingsley Omonobi Troops of 202 Battalion have taken custody of eight Boko Haram Insurgents and their families, comprising 10 adult females and 22 children, who surrendered to troops at Ruwaza village in Bama Local Government Area of Borno state. Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier Gen Onyema Nwachukwu made this known on Friday night […]
Wife of Benue Lands Commissioner kidnapped in Makurdi
By Peter Duru – Makurdi The wife of the Benue State Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Solid Minerals, Mrs. Ann Unenge, has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown armed men in Makurdi town. The abduction of Mrs. Unenge is coming less than one week after the kidnap of the wife of a medical doctor and another […]
Passengers stranded, many missing as flood cuts off Bauchi-Kano road
By Charly Agwam Many passengers have been left stranded at the Bauchi-Kano road after flood washed away the road linking Bauchi and Kano States in Ningi local government area of Bauchi State. According to an eyewitness, the flood followed a downpour that lasted for several hours from Thursday night to Friday morning leading to the […]
Man bags 6-month imprisonment for stealing employer’s N1.3m
A Magistrate Court sitting in Abeokuta, on Friday, sentenced a 54-year-old man, Egbedeyi Adebanjo, to six months imprisonment for stealing N1.3 million, belonging to his employer. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adebanjo, of no fixed address, was sentenced on a count charge of stealing. The Magistrate, Mrs O.M. Somefun, said that all the […]
Bauchi residents decry hike in rubber footwear prices
Some residents of Bauchi have expressed concern over hike in prices of rubber footwear due to the increase in the demand for the products occasioned by the rainy season. A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Wunti and Muda Lawal markets, on Friday in Bauchi, showed that prices had shot up […]
