Seven police personnel were reported to have been killed by suspected bandits in Zamfara state. The police personnel were said to have been ambushed along the Tofa-Magami Road, Gusau Local Government Area of the state. An indigene of the area, Salisu Sani, told The PUNCH that the incident occurred about 6pm on Monday when the…
Those Nigerians who once thought that the Buhari presidency would take our country to a destination better than this forlorn outpost of stasis, anarchy and overwhelming misery now know better. They are shaking their heads in utter regret, and sheer bewilderment. When we warned, even as early as the days before the 2015 presidential vote,…
The Nigerian Army has arrested a soldier who killed a 16-year-old protester in Zaria. Army spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said soldiers were enforcing the 24-hour curfew imposed on Kaduna and Zaria metropolis following reports of violence during the nationwide protest. He said the soldiers were attacked…
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday insisted that it is against the constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the national chairman and presidential candidate to come from the same region. Speaking at the inauguration of a campus of the Rivers State University in Ahoada east LGA of the state, the resignation of…
The Plateau state House of Assembly has condemned the killings in the state, asking the people to defend themselves against such barbaric acts. About 40 people were killed by suspected fulani militia in an attack on Wednesday on Yelwan Zangam community, Jos North Local Government Area of the state. Angry youths later took some of…
Non-indigene staff of the Taraba Publishing Company Limited, have dragged the company to the Jos Division of th National Industrial Court over 77 months salary arrears totaling N73.3m In their statement of claim, the workers alleged that 18 of them who are not from Taraba state were denied salaries since the company stopped operation in…
