The Department of State Services (DSS), on Thursday filed charges against nine suspected terrorists linked to killings in Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue and parts of Plateau state. The charges were at an Abuja Federal High Court In the the charges marked FHC/ABJ/CR/453/2025, the DSS alleged that the suspects, arrested across ethnic and…
The trial of Tukur Mamu, publisher of Desert Herald, has commenced before a federal high court in Abuja. TheCable reports that Mamu was arraigned in March by the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) on a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism. However, in March, he pleaded not guilty to all the counts and denied having allegiance to…
Full text of Easter message by Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese. 1. Easter and our inconclusive dreams: The resurrection of Jesus Christ is everything for the Christian faith. Without it, every pillar and the foundation of the Christian faith collapses. It is the single most shocking and dramatic event in human…
Two nurses and unspecified number of patients have been reportedly abducted by bandits at the Primary Healthcare Centre, Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Musa Alhassan, one of the leaders of the vigilante group in the area said the bandits invaded the health care centre at about 9am on Monday. He said their…
The Southern and Middle Belt Leadership Forum, SMBLF, has called for punitive measures against the Kaduna state commissioner of police, Mohammed Rabiu, the commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Sule Shu’aibu SAN, and the chairman of Kajuru local government area, Madaki Dauda, over the alleged concealment of the abduction of 177 persons in Kurmin…
The Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu will not attend the third edition of Arise TV town hall meeting slated for December 4. Spokesman of the Bola Tinubu campaign organisation, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. The statement said,Tinubu will not attend any presidential debate or town…
