Seven journalists of the Plateau state Radio and Television Corporation (PRTVC), narrowly escaped death on Tuesday following an attack by hoodlums. It was learnt that the incident occurred at about 10:30pm at Dandin Kowa, Jos South Local Government Area, when the journalists who closed from night duty were being conveyed to their respective homes. The…
The Kaduna state government has approved the resumption of students in Junior Secondary Schools 3 (JSS III) to enable them write the National Examination Council Basic Education Certificate Examination (NECO BECE). The examination is scheduled for Monday, August 21 to Monday, September 6, 2021. The commissioner for education, Dr. Shehu Mohammad disclosed this in a…
The Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria (CSWN), has demanded justice for Ruth Ngladar Pogu and Hassana Adamu, two of the students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state recently freed from Boko Haram captivity. The two girls who have given birth to two children each, returned home with their captors who parade themselves as…
No fewer than five people were reportedly killed on Tuesday at Chando-Zrrechi village, Miango district in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state, despite the curfew imposed in the area. Spokesman of the Irigwe Development Association (IDA), Davidson Malison disclosed this on his Facebook page. According to him, the killings occurred on Tuesday night when…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has asked the federal government to bring repentant Boko terrorists to justice. In statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, chairman of the forum and former minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe said it will be gross injustice against thousands of victims of the terrorists if they are not brought to face…
Former deputy senate president, Ibrahim Mantu is dead. He was said to have died in the early hours of Tuesday in a private hospital in Abuja following an undisclosed ailment. He was aged 74. Mantu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was elected as the senator representing Plateau central senatorial district in 1999….
