The Plateau State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged security agencies to fish out perpetrators of Thursday’s ambush on Senator Nora Dadu’ut and her entourage in Namu, Qu’anpan Local Government Area of the state. Dadu’ut who represents Plateau South Senatorial District, was said to have been attacked by a mob shortly…
At least 21 athletes from Kano state contingent to the just concluded National Sports Festival in Abeakuta, Ogun state, are feared dead, following a fatal accident on Saturday. The Kano state commissioner for sports, Umar Faggie, confirmed that the auto crash occurred at the Dakatsalle Bridge in Kura LGA of the state. The athletes were…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 20, 2027, for the presidential and national assembly elections. The INEC chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, announced the date on Friday at a press conference at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. He added that the governorship and state houses of assembly election would be held on March…
By Christiania Lot in Jos The Taroh ethnic nationality in Langtang Noth, Langtang South and Wase Local Government Areas of Plateau state, under the umbrella of Ngwang Ishi O’Tarok (NIO) has raised the alarm over alleged threats by terrorists. A statement jointly signed by the President and Secretary of the group, Chief David Dashe and Nangor…
The Chief of Gurku in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, Alhaji Jibrin Waziri has been released after six days in captivity. However, his wife, Sa’adatu, is still being held by the bandits. The traditional ruler and his wife were abducted by gunmen at his palace in Gurku, on August 7, at about 10pm….
Raising from their meeting on Sunday in Abeakuta, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have recommended special courts to try bandits, kidnappers and carriers of unlawful weapons in Nigeria. According to the Punch newspaper, Obasanjo and Gumi made this known in a jointly signed communique issued after their closed-door meeting at the Obasanjo…
