The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on security forces to adopt more effective strategies to end banditry and terrorism ravaging communities. In a statement on Saturday in Kaduna, the forum condemned Thursday’s abduction of 287 school children and their teachers in LEA Primary School and Government Secondary, Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna…
Troops of Operation Safe Haven have rescued 15 commuters abducted by bandits in Jagindi, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the 15 persons were kidnapped from two vehicles in the area while on transit,…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Theophilus Danjuma, a former minister of defence is to Chair the Nwunyo fishing and cultural festival in Taraba state. The festival is scheduled to hold on April 19th and 20th, 2024, in Ibi LGA of the state. The Nwunyo Fishing Festival is an annual event that attract tourists from within…
Four people have been killed while 44 others were abducted by terrorists in an attack on two churches in Rubu community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Sources said the terrorists attacked worshipers at St. Moses Catholic Church and Maranatha Baptist Church in the community on Sunday during worship service. Three people were said…
Dozens of students sitting for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination at Government Secondary School, Namnai, in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State narrowly escaped death on Wednesday evening after their classrooms collapsed during a downpour accompanied by a windstorm. According to PUNCH newspaper, the students, along with teachers, corps members, and…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman The nomination of a deceased Nigerian, the late Senator Adamu Talba, as an ambassador, is not a routine administrative oversight that can be brushed aside with bureaucratic excuses. It is a glaring indictment of a system that has grown disturbingly casual with power and careless with consequence. When governance descends to…
