Troops rescue six kidnapped victims in Kebbi
"Acting on the intelligence, troops swiftly mobilised to the scene, where they made contact with the terrorists and engaged them with a high volume of fire.
Peace Corps Bill: Senate moves to override Buhari’s veto
ABUJA— FOLLOWING President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to Peace Corp Bill, which was communicated to the Senate last week, strong indications emerged, yesterday, that the Senate may override his veto anytime from now.
Murder of ex-PDP Chairman’s son: Court grants alleged killer-wife bail because of pregnancy, asthma
ABUJA—An Abuja High Court sitting at Jabi, yesterday, granted bail to Maryam Sanda, who was remanded in prison custody for allegedly killing her husband, Bilyamin Bello, son of former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
2018 FIFA WC: Nigeria’ll cause upsets in Russia – Karembeu
FIFA World Cup winner Christian Karembeu has tipped the Super Eagles to be one of the standout teams at the 21st FIFA World Cup finals taking place in Russia this summer.
IPOB threatens to disrupt Ohanaeze’s meetings on restructuring
DESPITE its apology and regrets for disrupting the Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, meeting of Igbo leaders in Enugu recently, the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has threatened to disrupt any meeting of Ohanaeze Ndigbo meant to discuss restructuring of Nigeria, or 2019 election, as it insists that Biafra is non-negotiable.
Exercise Ayem A’ Kpatuma encouraging influx of herdsmen into Benue — Rights group
MAKURDI— Independent Human Rights and Crime Monitoring Group, IHRCMG, has accused the military of encouraging the influx of cattle into Benue State and take over of Benue communities by herdsmen in violation of the Open Grazing Prohibition Law of the state.
