Special Forces of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), have neutralised Mustapha Abdullahi, a notorious terrorist kingpin and five members of his group in Kaduna. In a statement on Sunday evening, Edward Gabkwet, NAF spokesperson, said the criminals met their Waterloo near Sabon Gida forest, along Sabon Birni Road in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna…
The Igede ethnic minority group in Benue state has expressed willingness to be excised from Benue and merged with the proposed Ogoja state to be carved out of Cross River state. There has been growing agitation across several parts of Nigeria for the creation of more states to reflect ethnic, cultural, and developmental interests following…
The Southern and Middle Belt Leadership Forum, SMBLF, has called for punitive measures against the Kaduna state commissioner of police, Mohammed Rabiu, the commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Sule Shu’aibu SAN, and the chairman of Kajuru local government area, Madaki Dauda, over the alleged concealment of the abduction of 177 persons in Kurmin…
Rampaging protesters demanding the release of suspected killers of Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto (SSCOE), on Saturday vandalised and torched two of the parishes of the Catholic Dioceses of Sokoto. The two parishes are presided over by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Mathew Kukah. Deborah was…
By Mathew Hassan Kukah Those invisible men came to the Plateau again, bearing their gifts of death and destruction. They came from the deepest pit of hell, the habitat of the devils that they are. They are children of darkness, sons of Satan. They opted to extinguish and snatch the light of the joy of…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs, including the Inspector-General of Police from Service. Also affected are the Advisers, and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service. The President also announced the replacements of the retired appointees. A statement on Monday by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary-General…
