The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned the coordinated suicide bomb attacks on Gwoza community in Borno State. At least 18 people were killed while 30 others were injured on Saturday in multiple attacks by female suicide bombers during a wedding in Gwoza. The first suicide bomber detonated during a marriage celebration, minutes later the…
One person has been reportedly killed while about 200 students of an Islamiyya school in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state were abducted by bandits. The incident was said to have occurred on Sunday at about 4:30 pm. The Islamiyya school was said to have been built by a retired Immigration Officer and…
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the revocation and withdrawal of the broadcast licenses of 52 broadcast stations across the country, including African Independent Television (AiT) and Silverbird television by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). In a statement in Lagos on Friday, the MRA described the action as ill-advised, insensitive and antithetical to the…
A Nigerian Air Force FT-7NI trainer aircraft has crashed in Makurdi, Benue state. The two pilots on board the aircraft however survived the crash. Edward Gabkwet, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Gabkwet said the incident occurred on Friday in Makurdi, Benue state, at about 4.15pm. He…
Mohammed Idris, minister of information, says President Bola Tinubu will listen to stakeholders and work with them to ensure that all the concerns about the tax bills are “duly and comprehensively addressed”. The minister stated this in Kaduna on Saturday while speaking at the 2024 Annual General meeting (AGM) and Public Lecture of the state’s…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has filed a suit seeking the removal of Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, from office. In the suit dated August 12 and filed same day, the PDP maintained that Buni violated Section 183 of the Constitution, by serving as chairman of the caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress…
