Nine people have been reportedly killed by bandits while an unspecified number were abducted along the Kaduna-Kachia road. The attack was said to have taken place at about 10:30pm on Monday, near Kasuwan Magani, in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. According to sources in Kasuwan Magani, the vehicles were many and were heading…
President Muhammadu Buhari has given a 10-day ultimatum to the troops to crush bandits terrorising communities in Plateau state. The General Officer Commanding 3rd Armoured Division, Nigeria Army, Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Ali, disclosed this on Monday, while addressing troops deployed in Tangoron community, Riyom Local Government Area of the state. According to him, more troops…
The Kaduna State Government has threatened to suspend the two-day window provided for residents to re-stock food supplies, if the Quarantine Law continued to be flouted by people.The Deputy Governor of the state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe who handed down this warning in a statement on Monday, said gvernment has directed security agents to deal decisively…
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The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has withdrawn the suspension of Mamman Mike Osuman, its chairman. Osuman was suspended on November 22, for allegedly issuing an unauthorised statement during the forum’s meeting in Kaduna. The ACF chairman was accused of issuing a statement, saying that the North would support a northern candidate for the presidency in…
The Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Kanu Uche, has been set free alongside two other clerics and his driver. They who were abducted on Sunday in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway while returning from a religious programme. News of their release filtered in Monday…
