The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has decried the increasing wave of insecurity across the country. The party also lamented the religious and ethnic divide among Nigerians, saying it is retrogressive. Director-General, ADC Global Campaign Council, Abdul-Azeez Sulieman said this at the launch of the North-West chapter of the party’s ‘Unity, Peace and Development Lecture Series’…
A food vendor has been lynched and set ablaze in Kasuwan-Garba town, Mariga LGA of Niger state, over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. According to reports by Daily Trust newspaper, the incident occurred on Saturday after the woman, identified as Amaye, made comments considered offensive while interacting with a customer in her restaurant. Amaye was…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended Channels Television for violating the broadcast code. The station was also fined N5 million for the offence. The NBC, in a letter signed by its Acting Director-General of the NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba and addressed to the Managing Director of Channels Television, said on April 25, 2021 at…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the security chiefs to arrest perpetrators of last Friday’s massacre in Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Tinubu gave the directives on Wednesday during a sympathy visit to Benue state following the killing of over 200 people in an attack on communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen….
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has arrested members of a notorious sextortion syndicate in the federal capital territory (FCT). The Director-General of agency, Fatima Waziri-Azi who spoke on Tuesday described the arrest as a breakthrough. She added that the arrest followed intense surveillance and undercover operation in response to…
The Niger State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the federal government to adequately equip the Nigeria Police to fight insurgents bandits and other criminal elements in the country. The state Chairman of the association, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna, made the call when he paid a courtesy visit to the Niger…
