One of the parents of the abducted students of Greenfield University, Kaduna has disclosed that N180 million was paid to bandits before their abducted children were released. The students were abducted on April 20 when bandits attacked the institution. A video shared share by Television Continental (TVC) on social media showed two parents saying that…
Fourteen of the 17 remaining abducted students of the Greenfield University, Kaduna, were set free on Saturday evening. However, three of the students were still being held in captivity. On April 18, 2021, bandits invaded the university which is located along the dreaded Kaduna- Abuja road, at about 8:30pm and abducted 23 students. Few days…
The minority caucus of the House of Representatives has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ruling (APC) has failed in all fronts in the past six years. The lawmakers also asked the President to address the worsening insecurity in the country and put an end to mass killing of…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has kicked against proposals by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), for the removal of subsidy and increase in petrol pump prices pegged at between N380 and N408 per litre. In a statement on Thursday in Abuja the labour union described the recommendation as “provocative, arbitrary and insensitive to the current…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested the Special Adviser on Infrastructure to Governor Abdullahi Sule and 16 others for alleged vandalisation of railway tracks and slippers in Lafia and Keana Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bola Longe, disclosed this on Thursday in Lafia, while parading the suspects. According…
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu. Until his appointment, Yahaya was the Theatre Commander of the Counter terrorism, Counter Insurgency in the North East,…
