Gunmen kill PDP councilorship candidate, brother.
Gunmen have killed the Peoples Democratic Party’s councilorship candidate in Pari Ward, in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Raymond Timothy, and his brother,...
Author : Jerry Abakpa
Why kidnapping increases despite NIN-SIM linkage — Ex-minister Pantami
Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, has explained why cases of kidnapping persist in Nigeria despite efforts by the government, claiming...
World Bank okays $1.57bn loan for Nigeria
The World Bank has approved three new loan requests totalling $1.57bn in financing for Nigeria. According to a statement released on Monday, the approval is...
Troops eliminate eight terrorists, rescue 40 hostages
The Nigerian Army says its troops have eliminated eight terrorists and rescued 40 abducted individuals in a series of coordinated operations across the country. The...
My poly lecturer left me with twin pregnancy to ‘japa’
A Nigerian woman has come forward with an account of how her boyfriend, a lecturer at Auchi Polytechnic in Edo State, abandoned her with a...
EFCC arrests 13 Usmanu Danfodio University students for internet fraud
Operatives from the Sokoto Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended 13 individuals suspected of internet fraud. In a statement...
Yobe records four new polio cases
The Yobe government says it has recorded four new polio cases in three local government areas (LGAs) three years after the state was declared polio-free....
NSCDC dismisses officer in Zamfara over alleged collaboration with bandits
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Zamfara State Command has dismissed ASCII Maikano Sarkin-Tasha for alleged collaboration with bandits to supply hard drugs and...
Police, soldiers foil two kidnap attempts in Katsina, rescue six victims
Police operatives in Katsina State alongside soldiers foiled two kidnap attempts and rescued six victims. The state police spokesperson, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, stated this in...
Six dead as Rwanda battles Marburg virus outbreak
Rwanda has confirmed six deaths from Marburg virus disease amid an outbreak that has affected 26 people nationwide. Speaking on Saturday during a broadcast on...