Over 40 people have been reportedly killed in an attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Punch newspapers reports the incident happened in the church, which is less than 200 meters away from the Palace of Olowo of Owo. According to the report, the…
The magistrate court grade 1 in Jalingo, Taraba state, has sentenced three persons arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to 10 years’ imprisonment over arms trafficking. The convicts — Sakina Garba, Ali Gono, and Ibrahim Abdulrashi were arrested between January and February 2026 along the Wukari-Jalingo road in Taraba with arms…
The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion (Worldwide), Most Rev. Josiah Idowu-Fearon, has made further clarification about the position of the church on gay. Speaking in an interview via zoom, the former Archbishop of the Kaduna diocese of the Anglican Communion, said the Bible is very clear about homosexuality. “On the issue of homosexuality, the…
The Director General, Kaduna State Transport Regulatory Authority (KADSTRA), Inuwa Ibrahim, has said that the Kaduna Bus Rapid Transit Project (KBRT) will soon commence operations to ease transportation. Addressing a press conference on Friday at the NUJ press Centre, Kaduna, Ibrahim said, Uba Sani, the state governor is committed to modernizing urban transport. He said…
Ben Kure, Kaduna state chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Ibrahim Ahmed, the state legal adviser, have been removed from office for alleged anti- party activities. Their removal was announced on Tuesday in a statement in Kaduna by Albehu Gora, the state publicity secretary. Gora said Kure had been replaced with Nuhu…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has urged President Bola Tinubu to take “tough decisions” to end insecurity in the country. According to TheCable, Abbas spoke on the floor of the green chamber on Tuesday when the house resumed plenary after the December break. The speaker said he is “deeply troubled by…
