Two nurses have been abducted by bandits following an attack on Idon General Hospital, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The incident, according to the Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Shingyu Shamnom, occurred in between 12 midnight and 1 am on Thursday. Shamnon said the bandits gained access to the premises of the…
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suspended its two months old nationwide strike. JUSUN had, on April 6, embarked on a nationwide strike in protest of the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. However, the union resolved to suspend the industrial action during its national executive council (NEC) meeting, which held on…
Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has lamented the killing of 134 people by rampaging armed invaders within five days in separate attacks on villages in Otukpo, Apa and Guma Local Government Areas of the state. It was gathered that the death toll of Wednesday’s attack on Umogidi village in Otukpo LGA rose to 52 from…
Sixteen supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau state have died in an accident while after a zonal rally which held in Pankshin. Over 80 others were also said to have sustained injuries when the driver of the truck conveying them lost control and crashed in a ditch. The accident occurred on Saturday…
Some Christians under the aegis of the Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria (CSW-N), on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest demanding the immediate release of Leah Sharibu as she marks her 21st birthday in captivity. Sharibu was one of the 110 female students of the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, who were abducted…
The Kaduna state government has promised to ensure the release of the remaining 83 students of the Bethel Baptist High School still being held in captivity by bandits. The Commissioner for Education, Dr. Shehu Muhammad stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna. He also said the state government will ensure that those students…
