Eight people have been abducted by gunmen who invdaded Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna state on Thursday night. However, three of the victims were said to have been released on Friday morning. One of the two students who were shot by the hoodlums was said to have died in the hospital on Friday morning. The…
The United States Secretary of States, Antony Blinken, has condemned the suspension of Twitter by the Nigerian government, saying, restricting the use of social media has no place in a democracy. Blinken’s spokesman, Ned Price, in a statement on Thursday, said, “The United States condemns the ongoing suspension of Twitter by the Nigerian government and…
The federal government has declared Monday, June 14, as public holiday to mark Democracy Day. The was contained in a statement on Thursday by Shuaib Belgore, Permanent Secretary, ministry of interior. The statement quoted the Interior minister, Rauf Aregbesola, urging Nigerians to embrace the spirit of brotherliness for peace to thrive in the nation. The…
Leaders in the north-central geopolitical zone have called for urgent steps to address the security challenges plaguing the region. The leaders, including Tanko Al-Makura and Abdulfatah Ahmed, former governors of Nasarawa and Kwara respectively, said the north-central must regain its place as “the domain of peace and tranquillity”. They spoke at a meeting organised on…
The President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, inaugurated the commercial operations of the Lagos-Ibadan Railway project at the Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station, Ebute Metta, Lagos. Buhari, in a statement his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, described the feat as another milestone in the drive of his administration to revitalise the railway system and…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has said that the Department of State Services (DSS), has a vital role to play in providing reliable information needed by the police, the Armed Forces and other security agencies for the total defeat of bandits, insurgents and other criminal elements terrorising the country. The governor stated this while…
