Parents of the students abducted by bandits from Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State have threatened to burn down the school if nothing is done to rescue their wards. A statement issued by the state government revealed that the bandits, on Monday, shot sporadically as they advanced to the school’s hostels and abducted an…
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, have again launched an attack on Kudi district of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State, killing no fewer than three persons. Among persons alleged to have been killed by the attackers include the Mai-Angwan Tiv in Kundi district, Zaki Terzungwe Anjua, and two others. The attack which occurred…
An Electrical Engineer with the Federal College of Education Kontagora, FEC, Niger State has reportedly died after allegedly falling off a pole while connecting electricity in the college. According to one Huzaifa Abdulhammed, the incident happened on Monday, July 5, when the electricity pole broke while the deceased identified as Alhassan, was on duty. “On behalf…
The Senior Pastor of Divine Mercy Church, Olatobiloba Peters, has called for prayers for Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Pastor Peters claims the IPOB leader might not survive his current predicament, because “I see Kanu in a coffin.” The cleric said Kanu’s group and followers would declare war on…
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has asked the Federal Government to apologise to Sunday Igboho after officials of the Department of State Services invaded his home and killed two of his associates. The DSS invaded Igboho’s house in Ibadan, Oyo State, early on Thursday based on intelligence it said it had received that he was stockpiling…
There was a fire outbreak in a building at the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations on Monday night in Ikotun area of Lagos state. According to the PUNCH, the fire, which gutted a storehouse in the church’s premises, started around 11 pm. It was further reported that the fire incident happened on…
Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the legal representative of the lawyer of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, has raised concerns about his client not getting a fair hearing in his trial, while adding that he has been subjected to inhumane treatment in the custody of the Department of State…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has revealed that N60 billion is spent annually by the federal government to repair vandalised pipelines. Mohammed stated this in Abuja on Monday at a town hall meeting on the protection of oil and gas infrastructure in the country. The minister expressed that with oil and gas providing…
Maryam Katagum, Nigeria’s minister of state for trade and Investment collapsed during an official function in Bauchi on Monday. We learned that Katagum was in the state to launch an empowerment programme when she suddenly slumped while trying to deliver a speech at the ceremony. She was immediately rushed to the Trauma Center of the…
Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says Nnamdi Kanu was kidnapped by the Federal Government. Kanu was on Sunday extradited to Nigeria to face trial after he jumped bail and fled the country in 2017. Speaking with BBC Pidgin on Monday, the literary icon said there would be an uproar in the country if the truth of…