President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that perpetrators of the Shiroro attack in Niger state will be fished out and brought to justice. Four Chinese and several Nigerian workers were on Wednesday abducted by gunmen at a mining site in Ajata Aboki village in Shiroro. About 17 of the soldiers mobilised to the area were reportedly…
The National Security Adviser, (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has urged security agencies to adopt a holistic and approach that addresses the root causes of security challenges bedeviling the country. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, Ribadu said it has become incumbent on security agencies to reflect on the evolving nature of the security threats and…
The United States has accused the Nigerian government for not bringing anyone to justice for the killing of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites. The US also frowned at how Nigerian courts continue to convict citizens for blasphemy, sentence them to long-term imprisonment and death. US Secretary of State,…
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Bukola Saraki has said that Nigerians need a courageous man like him to lead the country. Saraki, a former President of the Senate stated this on Sunday, while addressing Kaduna state PDP delegates at the party secretariat on Sunday in Kaduna. He…
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has called on the federal government to ensure the return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their ancestral homes. Osodeke made the appeal while donating relief materials to 320 IDPs in Katsina, the Katsina State capital on Sunday. Represented by the ASUU…
A suspected accomplice of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has been reportedly arrested in Kaduna. The suspect identified as Nasiru Mohammed, was said to have provided secret accommodation for the terrorists escaping from the north-east. According to reports by Zagazola, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the shelter was used…
