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…
The Kaduna state police command said it had rescued 16 kidnapping victims along the Birnin Gwari road. Spokesman of the command, Muhammad Jalige, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. He said the victims were rescued following information provided to the police who acted promptly. Jalige said, “On the 16th January, 2022, the…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has vowed to resign if embattled former Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, is not prosecuted. In a chat with editors at the commission’s headquarters, Jabi, Abuja, on Tuesday, Olukoyede swore to follow the prosecution of Bello to the logical conclusion He also vowed that…
Israel has denied having a hand in the air strike that is believed to have killed about 500 people at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. According to agencies reports, the hospital is where thousands of displaced Palestinian civilians seeks for medical treatment and shelter from attacks in the conflict between Israel and Hamas….
Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo The Ayatutu Cultural and Social Development Initiative (AYACASODI), has called on the federal government to tackle the incessant attacks on Tiv communities in Benue Taraba and Nasarawa states by bandits. National president of AYACASODI, Chief Timothy Baaki, made the call in a statement on Wednesday in Jalingo. Baaki said the continued attacks…
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani mourned the death of Ekene Adams, a federal lawmaker representing Kajuru/Chikun federal constituency of the state. Ekene died on Tuesday in Abuja following an illness. In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, the governor said, he was sad over news of the death of the lawmaker. He said Adams lived…
