Dare devil bandits have attacked the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna, killing two officers. Sources said the bandits who arrived in large number also abducted one officer, injuring one other. The incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Tuesday. The wounded officer was said to be receiving treatment at the Academy’s…
Seven people have been confirmed dead following an outbreak of what is suspected to be cholera in Tella Town, Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Innocent Vakkai, who confirmed the incident in Jalingo, on Monday, also disclosed that several others had been hospitalised in health care centres in the…
A Rivers state High Court has granted an interim order restraining Chief Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The presiding judge, Justice Okogbule Gbasam, gave the order on Monday in ruling on a motion ex parte marked PHC/2183/CS/2021 filed by Ibeawuchi Alex, Dennis Amadi, Emmanuel Stephen…
The Tareyar Eklisiya a Nigeria (TEKAN) and the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), a bloc of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that 85 people were killed while 55 others were injured during the recent attack on communities in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. Addressing a news conference on Monday in…
The Anglican Bishop of Zonkwa, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Rev, Jacob Kwashi, has asked communities in the Southern part of Kaduna state to defend themselves against rampaging suspected fulani herdsmen terrorising them. Kwashi who is also the Zangon Kataf Local Government chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), spoke at…
Troops of Operation Safe Haven have rescued 15 commuters abducted by bandits in Jagindi, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the 15 persons were kidnapped from two vehicles in the area while on transit,…
