United States, President Donald Trump, said Thursday that he ordered a deadly strike on Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria. A US official told Financial Times (UK) that the US worked with Nigeria to carry out the strikes, approved by the Nigerian government. Trump had accused the terrorists group of persecuting Christians in Nigeria. In a…
About 2000 people from communities in the western part of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State have abandoned their villages over a threat of reprisal attacks by bandits, according to reports by Daily Trust. The bandits were reported to have threatened to avenge the killings of many of their members, including some of their…
The chairman of Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State, Boyi Manja, has been abducted by gunmen. The tragic incident occurred yesterday when he was on Monday along the Takum-Wukari Highway in the state. His police orderly was however, killed during the unfortunate incident. Spokesperson of the Taraba state police command, Abdullahi Usman, confirmed the…
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has asked traders in the state to continue using the old naira notes for their transactions. At a meeting on Tuesday with the traders in Kaduna, the governor old the traders not to take their money to banks, saying that if Bola Tinubu is elected President he will review the…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) will on Friday arraign three ex-appointees of former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, in a fresh N64 million money laundering charge. The ex-appointees are former Senior Special Adviser/Counsellor, Mr Olajimi Lawal, a former Accountant General of Kaduna State, Mr. Umar Waziri and the…
The chairman of the fact-finding committee on killings in Plateau, Maj. Gen. Nicholas Rogers (rtd) has said that 11,749 people in the state have been killed between 2001 and 2025 due to various violent attacks. Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, ‘Sunrise Daily’, on Friday, Rogers said the committee presented its report to the Plateau…
