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Angry youths yesterday blocked the Makurdi-Abuja highway to protest the killing of over 15 farmers and abduction of many others from their farms by herdsmen at Garba-Atson in Agan community of Makurdi local government area of Benue State. The protesters who displayed the corpses of those killed said they would not desist until justice was […]
Two suspected kidnappers, Ibrahim Umaru and Adamu Mallam Musa, known for terrorising residents of Taraba State and beyond, have been arrested by troops of 6 Brigade of the Nigeria Army, Sector 3, Operation Whirl Stroke, in Rafin Taba community of Karim Lamido local government area of the state. The acting assistant director, 6 Brigade Army […]
Abia State council of Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has elected a new leadership headed by Vanguard Newspapers correspondent, Steve Oko. Oko emerged alongside other members of the leadership unopposed on Friday during the chapel’s 2025 triennial conference in Umuahia, the state capital. The others are Henrietta Ifeanyi Ashikodi of Statesman […]
The recent conviction of Simon Ekpa in Norway is a major lesson for Nigeria’s sluggish judicial system and renews the call for the expeditious investigation and prosecution of suspects. Ekpa, a self-styled Biafra separatist agitator based in Finland, was engaged in broadcasting incendiary messages that incited violence in South-East Nigeria. The fact that it took […]
A South African hospital cleaner has been arrested after being found in possession of a bag of human placentas in eastern Mpumalanga province, police said yesterday. Rose Mnisi was allegedly seeking potential buyers for the human body tissue when she was picked up by security officers following a tip-off. “Upon being approached by police, the […]
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has assured Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of its commitment to ensure their safe return to ancestral communities. Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Christopher Musa gave the assurance at the Durumi IDP Camp in Abuja during an outreach organised to mark the International Day of Peace yesterday. The CDS who was represented […]
A total of 106 Nigerians have been listed among 660 foreign nationals arrested across India on charges of drug trafficking last year. A report by the Indian Express also listed Nepalese (203) and Myanmarese (25) topping the list. Quoting data from the country’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) annual report, the medium noted that 18 Bangladeshi […]
Almost one billion people worldwide face mental health conditions, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned, and urged governments to take decisive steps to address the problem. Director General of the organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed this prior to a meeting on non-communicable diseases and mental health to hold on September 25. Ghebreyesus warned that […]
Kano State Governor Alhaji Abba Yusuf has disclosed that his administration inherited virtually empty government coffers, with one bank account containing just N9,000 when he assumed office, and challenged the past administration to justify its financial management. This came during Thursday’s distribution of permanent appointment letters to 4,315 former BESDA teachers in Kano, as contained […]
The upheaval in Warri, Delta State has taken another dimension as the Itsekiri people have demanded the immediate removal of all Ogbe-Ijoh monarch banners from Warri South. The latest escalation is part of a long-standing boundary dispute between the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic groups as the latter accused the former of community expansion. Speaking at […]