President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that perpetrators of the Shiroro attack in Niger state will be fished out and brought to justice. Four Chinese and several Nigerian workers were on Wednesday abducted by gunmen at a mining site in Ajata Aboki village in Shiroro. About 17 of the soldiers mobilised to the area were reportedly…
Chris Piwuna, a professor of medicine and a consultant psychiatrist, has been elected president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Pinwuna, a former dean of student affairs at the University of Jos was declared winner AIT the election which held during the union’s 23rd National Delegates Congress at the University of Benin (UNIBEN),…
The abductors of a traditional ruler in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state, the Sum Pyem of Gindri, Charles Mato, have demanded N500 million as ransom for his release. The commander of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Ali disclosed this when members of the Plateau State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists…
Local contractors under the aegis of Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria (ICAON) on Wednesday stage a protest at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja, demanding for payment for completed projects. The aggrieved contractors blocked the main entrance to the ministry, forcing the convoy of the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, to follow an alternative…
No fewer than 10 people were on Thursday burnt to death when a petrol tanker crashed along Bauchi Road junction in Jos, Plateau state. Spokesman of the Plateau state police command, Alfred Alabo, who confirmed the incident, said the tanker, which was conveying petrol, lost control, crashed and burst into flames. He said three other…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, released yet another revised timetable and schedule of activities for the Governorship, State House of Assembly, Senate, and House of Representatives Primary Elections. The latest review of the time table by the National Working Committee led to confusion at the party secretariat in Abuja. The new schedule,…
