Special Forces under the 271 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Detachment, Birnin Gwari, Kaduna state, have rescued seven Chinese expatriates abducted by terrorists. The Chinese expatriates were believed to have been kidnapped in June 2022 by terrorists while working on a mining site in Ajata-Aboki, Shiroro Local Government of Niger State. The rescue operation, according to…
National Assembly Workers on Monday shut down the complex in compliance with the strike declared by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The strike, called over a new minimum wage and the recent hike in electricity tariff, has paralysed economic activities across Nigeria. The federal government had initially proposed a…
Succor has come the way of Hauwa’u Halliru, and her children, who were displaced by bandits and forced to eat grass to survive in Zamfara. The attention of the Zamfara state governor, Dauda Lawal was earlier drawn to the heart-wrenching video clip which went viral on social media platforms. In statement on Friday, spokesperson of…
Plateau state governor Caleb Mutfwang has Mutfwang warned that the government would not tolerate lawlessness or mob action by any group or individuals. The governor issued the warning on Friday at the end of an emergency security meeting at the government house, Jos. He also ordered an immediate clampdown on rising insecurity and unauthorized roadblocks…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Duchess Lounge, a popular hub for relaxation and entertainment in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, has been gutted by fire. Property worth millions of naira was destroyed in the inferno. The exact cause of the fire was not immediately known. However, eyewitnesses said a sudden power surge may have sparked…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as a member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC), Dogara was…
