Twenty two people have been reportedly abducted by terrorists while four others were injured in an attack on Idon community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The terrorists were said to have invaded the town located along the Kaduna-Kachia road in the early hours of Wednesday. Sources said the terrorists who were many…
An Ikeja high court, Lagos, on Friday, sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (aka Evans) and two others to life imprisonment after four years of trial. The were convicted for conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. The other two convicts are Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu. However, one Ogechi Uchechukwe and two former soldiers,…
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, resolved to invite Deposit Money Banks, also known as commercial banks, on Wednesday over the scarcity of new naira notes. The Punch reports that the Managing Directors/Chief Executive Officers of the banks, under the auspices of the Bankers’ Committee, are to meet with an ad hoc committee of the…
The federal government has dismissed reports claiming that it ordered the closure of unity schools nationwide due to insecurity. There has been renewed attacks on schools and mass abduction of schoolchildren across the north-west and north-central regions with two major incidents last week. The attacks prompted the federal government to order a temporary closure of…
A pastor of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Rev. Nichodemus Kim and 20 others have been killed by gunmen in Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the pastor was killed in the Gana-Ropp community of Barkin Ladi LGA, while others were…
Full Text of Press Conference by Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), held at its National Secretariat, Kaduna, on April, 20, 2023. Gentlemen of the Press, We are constrained to address you today on the pressing issue of the security situation affecting our people in Southern Kaduna. You are all witnesses to the wanton cruelty being…
