Thirteen worshippers have been killed by bandits inside a mosque in Unguwan Mantau community, Malumfashi LGA of Katsina state. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning as worshippers observed Fajr prayer. The Katsina state commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Nasir Mu’azu, confirmed the killings in a statement issued in Katsina on Tuesday. He said…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has approved the posting and appointment of some senior officers to key command, instructional, and staff positions across various formations and units of the Nigerian Army. The redeployment affected a few Principal Staff Officers (PSOs) at the Army Headquarters (AHQ), two General Officers Commanding (GOCs),…
The Emir of Zuru, Kebbi State, Major General Muhammadu Sani Sami, has passed on. Sami died in a London hospital following a brief illness. He was aged 81. The Kebbi State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Garba Umar-Dutsinmari, confirmed the monarch’s death in a statement on Sunday. The Kebbi state government expressed deep…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state has won all three by-election in Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency, Zaria Kewaye and Basawa state constituencies which held on Saturday. In Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency, Felix Bagudu of the APC was declared winner by Prof. Abubakar Mohammed Jumare, the returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who announced…
Abubakar Abba, a suspected terrorist kingpin terrorising Niger state, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). The Niger state governor, Mohammed Bago, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday signed by Bologi Ibrahim, his spokesperson. Abba was said to be the leader of the dreaded Mahmuda terrorists organisation, which…
The federal government has imposed a seven-year embargo on the establishment of new federal universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education. The minister of education, Dr. Tunji Alausa announced this at a briefing with ourselves after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa Abuja. The minister cited the proliferation…
