Gunmen reportedly killed five people including two policemen, and a university lecturer in separate attacks on two Local Government Areas of Benue State. It was gathered that the two policemen were killed in Yelewata of Guma LGA, a border town between Benue and Nasarawa states, at about 10 pm on Thursday, June 23. A…
Ogun state police command has dismissed claim of three communities in the state being invaded by Boko Haram insurgents. The Police which dismissed the report of a Boko Haram attack in Oba Oko, Oke-Ata, and Rounda-Soyoye communities in Abeokuta, said the panic was unfounded. The spokesman of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi said; “The attention of Ogun state…
Gunmen bombed Police Area Command office at Eika-Ohizenyi in Okehi Local Government Kogi State, killing one officer on duty. It was gathered that the gunmen which are seven in number stormed the station on the outskirts of the community at about 12:15 am on Friday, June 24. The police inspector, Jibril popularly known as yellow…
The naira on Thursday exchanged N611/$1 from N607/$1 it recorded at the previous trading session at the parallel market, according to Nairametrics. However, the naira and the US dollar closed at N420/$1 at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. Naira gained against the US dollar on Thursday, reaching its highest level in the week to…
Mrs Eriken Uzoamaka, Programme Manager, Homegrown School Feeding Scheme, Anambra State, has stated that the death of ten cooks for the scheme has hampered the program’s operation in the state, according to The PUNCH. On Thursday in Awka, Uzoama told journalists on the sidelines of a two-day capacity building workshop organized by the Africa Network…
Photos of some Secondary School students celebrating the end of their WAEC exams in a beer parlour in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, have sparked reactions on social media. On Thursday, June 23, photos posted by Uyo’s Facebook page, Media Boyfriend, show students gathered around a table with alcoholic beverages.
In Kasan Kogi village, Ankwa Ward, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, bandits are accused of kidnapping 21 people. Yerima Timothy, whose wife was also taken hostage, claimed that the incident took place on Tuesday, June 21, early in the morning. Mr. Yerima also provided a list of names of locals who had been…
Due to social upheaval, terrorism, and war, Lagos, the commercial hub of Nigeria, has been named the second least liveable urban area in the world. Lagos was ranked 171 out of 172 nations in the list of the most liveable cities in the world for the first quarter of 2022, according to the most recent…
According to Vanguard, Chief Sam Nkire, a member of the All Progressives Congress National Caucus, has urged the Federal Government to consider outlawing the Academic Staff Union of Universities because it is impeding the expansion of higher education in Nigeria. In a statement made available to Vanguard on Wednesday in Abuja, Nkire said that rather…
Barely five days after bandits gunned down a herder, Ado Mamman, at a Fulani settlement in Pai community in Kwali area council, another herdsman, Isah Muhammadu, has been shot dead. Muhammadu was killed at Rafin-Zurfi community in Gwagwalada area council of Abuja. A resident of Rafin-Zurfi, Yahaya Awwalu, said the incident happened in the early…