1,106 terrorists killed, 758 collaborators arrested — Abubakar
By Ndahi Marama, MAIDUGURI The immediate past Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar, has said troops killed more than 1,106 JAS/ISWAP terrorists and arrested 758 suspected logistics collaborators during his 17-month tenure. Abubakar disclosed this on Tuesday during the handing and taking-over ceremony at Maimalari […]
Niger flood: 5 more bodies recovered, death toll now 158
The death toll arising from the Mokwa Flood has risen by five, making a total of those already buried to 158.
Man falls from 26-storey Cocoa House in Ibadan
According to reports, the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, causing alarm within the local business community.
‘Ear bitten, crown removed’ – Protest rocks Ondo over attack on monarch by community leader
“… a confrontation between the monarch and the community leader who rained curses on the monarch and attacked him…”
One killed as suspected cultists escorting masquerade clash in Osun
By Shina Abubakar Osogbo —A suspected cultist, identified as Kazeem was reportedly killed after a rival cult gang escorting a masquerade clashed in Osogbo. It was gathered that some suspected members of Eiye confraternity from Oke-Baale led by one Tajudeen followed the masquerade to Oke-Ola area of the state capital where a rival gang joined […]
61 killed in fresh herdsmen attacks, communal crisis in Benue
It was a bloody weekend in parts of Benue State, following the killing of over 46 persons by rampaging armed herdsmen in two separate attacks on communities in Apa and Gwer West Local Government areas of the state.
503 households affected as death toll from Niger flood hits 200
The death toll in the flood that ravaged Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State has increased to 200.
Parents jailed after allowing son walk home alone, hit and killed by car
A tragic accident in Gastonia, North Carolina has led to manslaughter and child neglect charges against the parents of 7-year-old Legend Jenkins, who was fatally struck by a car while walking home from the store with his 10-year-old brother.
‘Over 950 locations in South East occupied by bandits, herdsmen, kidnappers’
A human rights organisation, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has raised the alarm that 950 locations, especially forests, across the South East communities are under the occupation of bandits and destructive herdsmen.
Police confirm identity of woman found dead in Bayelsa hotel
The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed that the woman found dead in a hotel in Igbogene, a suburb of Yenagoa Local Government Area, was a 22-year-old commercial sex worker, not a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as earlier speculated.
2027: Tinubu should not play god —Sule Lamido
Former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, speaks about on the party’s current challenges and what needs to be done
