The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed that three officers and 22 soldiers were killed in the ambush and helicopter crash that occurred in Wushishi and Shiroro Local Government Areas of Niger state. According to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Director of Defence Media Operation, Edward Buba, disclosed this during a biweekly…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued one of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, Saratu Dauda. On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram terrorists invaded Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok town, Borno state and abducted 276 schoolgirls. Addressing a press briefing on Monday, the Theatre Commander of the North-East joint Operation Hadin Kai, Maj. Gen. Ibrahim…
Humphrey Abah, a former Minister of Police Affairs, has consulted with the executives and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the North Central Zone on his ambition for the National Chairmanship of the party. Abah was said to have met with the stakeholders in Abuja, where he made his intentions known and sought…
Full text of Easter message by Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese. 1. Easter and our inconclusive dreams: The resurrection of Jesus Christ is everything for the Christian faith. Without it, every pillar and the foundation of the Christian faith collapses. It is the single most shocking and dramatic event in human…
At least 21 athletes from Kano state contingent to the just concluded National Sports Festival in Abeakuta, Ogun state, are feared dead, following a fatal accident on Saturday. The Kano state commissioner for sports, Umar Faggie, confirmed that the auto crash occurred at the Dakatsalle Bridge in Kura LGA of the state. The athletes were…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman The horrific scourge of armed banditry across North-West Nigeria has plunged the region into one of the darkest and most tragic chapters in our nation’s recent history. From the epicentre in Zamfara, the violence has spread across Kaduna, Sokoto, Katsina, Jigawa, and Kebbi, bleeding into parts of Niger State. The entire…
