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Bandits who abducted some students of Greenfield University in Kaduna state have threatened to kill the victims if their demands are not met by Tuesday.The students were abducted on April 18, 2021, when the hoodlums invaded the school at about 8:30pm. They were said to have demanded for N800 million ransom for the release of…

The Kaduna state police command has arrested four suspected kidnappers who killed their victim, Mohammed Kabiru, a six year old boy after collecting N1 million ransom. Parading the suspects on Monday in Kaduna, Mohammad Jalige, spokesman of the command, said Kabiru was abducted on April 24 at the Badarawa area, Kaduna. He said the suspects…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned that henceforth, it will no longer tolerate those who are bent on throw the country into anarchy. In a statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the secret service, Peter Afunanya, said the DSS will no longer tolerate deliberate machinations by subversive and hostile groups whose agenda…

The Gombe state government has suspended 668 of its workers for failing to present themselves for biometric capture. The state government had recently approved Integrated Payroll Payment Gateway and Human Resource Management Information System to reduce leakages in its finances. In a statement, the Commissioner for Finance, Muhammad Magaji, said the suspended workers include, 431…

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has called on the Nigerian media professionals to flush out the bad eggs whose nefarious activities are denting the credibility and reputation of the mainstream practitioners. In a message Sunday congratulating the Nigerian media on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, the Senate President also assured that the ninth…