Eleven of the children abducted from an Islamiyya school in Tegina, Rafi LGA of Niger state have been released. Mary Noel-Berje, spokesperson to the Niger state governor, said in a statement that the bandits released the children who could not walk because they were too small. The bandits had invaded the school on Sunday and…
A former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf asked the federal government to go after the bandits who abducted students of the Greenfield University, Kaduna and recovered the N180m paid by parents for the release of the students. The 17 students including a staff of the university were released…
Another office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was set ablaze on Sunday in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo state by unknown persons. The commission in a statement, by its spokesman, Mr. Festus Okoye, condemned the attacked on its offices. Okoye said, the building was substantially burnt down, along with electoral materials,…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has condemned the rampant killings in Benue state, alleging that some indigenes of the state were responsible for the killings. The forum also attributed the killings in the state to the activities of the livestock guards, set up by the state government to enforce the band on open grazing. The…
One person has been reportedly killed while about 200 students of an Islamiyya school in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state were abducted by bandits. The incident was said to have occurred on Sunday at about 4:30 pm. The Islamiyya school was said to have been built by a retired Immigration Officer and…
The Imo state police command has said that the late, Ahmed Gulak, a former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan did not inform the police about his movement before he was killed on Sunday in Owerri. In a statement, spokesman of the command, Bala Elkana, said Gulak left his hotel room in Owerri on Sunday morning…
