Gunmen have reportedly killed Yahaya Kambasya, a pastor, and abducted 20 others in Farin Dutse, Kauru LGA of Kaduna state. The bandits were said to have invaded the community in the early hours of Tuesday. Kambasya preached at the United Church of Christ in Nigeria (UCCN), popularly known as HEKAN. Members of the church were…
Nine people have been reportedly killed by bandits while an unspecified number were abducted along the Kaduna-Kachia road. The attack was said to have taken place at about 10:30pm on Monday, near Kasuwan Magani, in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. According to sources in Kasuwan Magani, the vehicles were many and were heading…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Yola, Adamawa state, has set aside the ruling of high courts nullifying the primary elections that produced Emmanuel Bwacha of Taraba state and Aishatu Binani of Adamawa state as governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the two states. The court on Thursday ordered that their names…
The Director General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Fatima Waziri-Azi, has said that most of the human trafficking and adoption crimes in Nigeria are committed by women. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NAPTIP stated this on Thursday at a workshop organised for non-governmental organisations in…
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) is to consult with their members after a meeting on Wednesday with representatives of the federal government delegation on the ongoing nationwide strike. The meeting was held on Wednesday at the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) in Abuja, to find…
The Nigeria Police Force has debunked reports that its helicopter crashed in Bauchi. The police in a statement on Thursday by Frank Mba, its spokesman said the helicopter did not crash as it landed safely in Bauchi. The statement debunked claims by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), that the helicopter crashed and the people on…
