A former Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brig.Gen. Maharazu Tsiga (rtd) and 18 others have been rescued by security forces. Tsiga was abducted alongside other persons in his hometown of Tisga in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina state, on on February 5, 2025. Tsiga regained freedom on Wednesday after spending…
The Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, (ABUZ) students’ “Ango-Must-Go” protest of May 22-23, 1986, led to the shooting, raping and killing of students and other citizens by police. The protest was triggered by Professor Ango Abdullahi’s expulsion and rustication of students’ leaders. The crisis led to a national confrontation between Babangida government and the National Association…
The House of Representatives has commenced the process of immortalising former Speaker, Ghali Na’Abba. Na’Abba, who was speaker of the house between 1999 to 2003, died on December 27, 2023, in Abuja at the age of 65. This was considered after a motion brought to the floor of the House by a member of the…
The convoy of Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, was attacked on Saturday by gunmen, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. The Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, made the disclosure in a statement in Lokoja. He said the attack took place near a Naval Base, few kilometers away from Lokoja, the state capital. Fanwo alleged that the gunmen…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has condemned the arrest and brutality meted on Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Ajaero, alongside other members of the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the NLC in Owerri, the Imo state capital, on Wednesday to commence strike against the state government over alleged insensitivity to…
The Zamfara State Government has accused the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, of using the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) to intimidate opposition figures in the state. The allegation followed the reported abduction of Saleem Abubakar, a technical assistant in the Office of the Governor Dauda Lawal. Abubakar was said to…
