Another video of the remaining 29 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna has surface on the social media. On March 11, 2021, bandits invaded the school at about 11:30pm and abducted 39 students. Weeks after the abduction, 10 of the students were released following the payment of N17 million, according…
Two more of the abducted students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, have been killed by their captors. This brings the number of the students killed to five. Three of the students were earlier killed by the bandits on Friday by their captors. Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, disclosed this…
The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has condemned the killing of 12 soldiers in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State. The NSGF, in a statement by its chairman and governor of Plateau state, Mr. Simon Lalong, said the incident was unfortunate and must not be allowed to repeat itself as it is capable of…
The decision to ease the lockdown is obviously more political than realistic and scientific. The economic reasons adduced for proposed easing of the lockdown are purely political excuses that do not explain much. It should be pointed out that Nigeria’s economy is a monoculture economy depending on the sale of oil. Even if we increase…
WASHINGTON—President Trump said the U.S. would halt funding to the World Health Organization while his administration investigates what he called the group’s mismanagement of the coronavirus response. In a press statement, President Trump faulted the World Health Organisation for its role in mismanaging the spread of the coronavirus. President Trump described WHO’s decision to oppose travel…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has on Tuesday confirmed 11 cases of coronavirus in Nigeria. According to the commission all of the 11 new cases were in Lagos. “As at 11:00 pm 14th April there are 373 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria,” NCDC said. The news which broke in the late hours of…
