Two people were critically injured and several houses were burnt down during clashes between the Tivs and Jukuns on Wednesday. The incident according to the Punch newspaper, happened at a riverside beside a rice mill around a New Bridge at Wurukum in Makurdi, Benue state capital. The crisis was said to have made a traditional…
The Bwacha Political Organisation, a group supporting the governorship ambition of Senator Emmanuel Bwacha in Taraba state, has accused the state governor, Mr. Darius Ishaku of fanning the embers of religious strife. Bwacha who represents Taraba South Senatorial District, recently decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Addressing a…
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum( AYCF) has condemned the alleged killing of eight Northerners in an attack by gunmen on Tuesday in Abia state. It was learnt that gunmen reportedly invaded the newly constructed Abia Cattle Market in Omumauzor, Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia state on Tuesday night, killing several persons and injuring…
By Patience Dombin, Jos The Plateau state governor, Mr. Simon Lalong, has condemned the killing of three people in attacks on Yelwan Zangam community and along the Zaria- Jingir road. The gunmen were said to have attacked local miners in Yelwa Zangam community, Jos North Local Government Area, killing one person while one person was…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) has disclosed that it has over 1 billion litres of safe petrol for nationwide distribution. The NNPC disclosed this in a statement on its official Twitter page on Tuesday. The company disclosed further that 2.3 billion litres of petrol would arrive in Nigeria between now and the end…
Left: Chairman Senate Committee on Power, Senator Gabriel Suswam and members of the Committee during the Screening of the Presidential Nominees for Electricity Regulations Commission at the National Assembly on Tuesday. Pix by Sylvanus Tyoakaa
