The Kaduna state government has disclosed that 323 persons were killed while 949 others were kidnapped by bandits in the last three months across Kaduna State. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan stated this on Friday while presenting a report on the security situation in the state at a security…
Bandits have abducted a student of the Calvary Ministries (CAPRO) in Gana Ropp, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state. The school located close to the Yakubu Gowon Airport, Heipang, was said tho have been attacked on Wednesday night Some of the students were said to have alerted security agencies when they noticed strange…
In the past six months, Nigerians have witnessed an uncontrolled increase in the price of cement, a key material in the construction industry. TEMILOLUWA O’PETERS writes on the impact on building projects Mid-April 2020, Mr Idowu Adesina, an accountant, started the expansion of his family house to a two-storey building. Trying to take advantage of…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu has said that the the timetable for the 2023 general elections will be release after the Anambra governorship election scheduled for November 6. Yakubu disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at a public hearing on the electoral act amendment bill. The INEC Chairman also…
The sum of N1.63 billion has been approved by federal government for poultry farming in Borno, Plateau, Yobe and Zamfara states. The minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouk, disclosed this at the end of the 43rd virtual federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has accused the President, Muhammadu Buhari of working for the Fulani ethnic group to take over Nigeria. The governor spoke on Tuesday while condemning the killing in parts of Benue state allegedly by herdsmen. According to Ortom, no fewer than 70 people have been killed in the last two weeks…
