Babies in the rubble: Inside Lagos’ growing child abandonment crisis
ON a rainy Tuesday morning in Ikeja, sanitation workers made a grim discovery. Tucked inside a carton by a roadside drain was a newborn, still with the umbilical cord attached and wrapped in a thin cloth.
Abia under pressure to domesticate Tobacco Control Act
Abia State Government has come under intense pressure to domesticate the National Tobacco Control Act passed into law since 2015.
Robbers kill Ibadan Polytechnic final year student due to wed next Saturday
A final year student of the Department of Music, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Ebenezer Ayeni, has been killed by armed robbers. The promising student who was a Music producer was shot on Thursday morning at Ojoo area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state Command, DSP Adewale Osifeso, and Public Relations Officer […]
Gunmen attack Polytechnic in Kaduna, abduct lecturers, family members
Some gunmen Thursday attacked Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, in Kaduna State, abducting some lecturers and their families. An official of Kaduna Sate Vigilance Service who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) but did not want his name mentioned, said some students of the institution were also injured. The official, who did not give […]
Herders kill 6 in Katsina-Ala, abduct women
Six people were killed by armed herdsmen in Wednesday afternoon’s attack on Anyom community of Mbatyula Council Ward in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State.
Illegal Possession of AK-47: My shoot-on-sight directive remains— Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, said that his shoot-on-sight directive to security agents against anyone illegally in possession of AK-47 and other assault weapons remained in place.
