The Benue state government has released 210 cows seized from herdsmen at Mbala, Makurdi, and Gbajimba in the Guma Local Government Area of the state. The cows were arrested by the state’s livestock guards when they were found wandering on the streets, an act that violates the state’s 2017 Open grazing law. The commander of…
Several persons were reportedly injured on Monday afternoon when the car they were traveling in collided with an articulated vehicle at the LAMECO Roundabout, Service Area in Osogbo. According to reports, the cause of the accident could not be ascertained but the articulated vehicle conveying a bulldozer collided crushed the car beyond recognition. As at…
Buhari says new measures have been developed to fight insecurity. President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that last Friday’s abduction of female students from Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe, will be the last to happen. The president’s statement was relayed on Sunday, through the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, who led a high-powered…
The Management of the Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, (KSUSTA), Aliero, has announced the indefinite closure of the institution over the death of a 22 -year-old final year Biochemistry student. Registrar of the University, Alhaji Musa Labbo, announced the closure in a statement made available to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi, on Sunday. Labbo…
Adamu Garba, a former presidential aspirant and northern commentator took to social media to air his grievances on how Nigerians view controversial personalities from different parts of Nigeria. Mr. Garba’s described people of southern Nigeria as hypocrites, saying they have always been reluctant to condemn criminalities when carried out by people of their region; as…
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has said that Nigerians will be shocked to know those behind the abduction of over 300 Schoolgirls from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Jangebe on Friday. Matawalle stated this on Sunday, when 17 Emirs in the State paid him a sympathy visit. The Jangebe attack took place almost two weeks after…
The Police Command in Anambra says they have arrested three suspected members of different cult groups in the state. Haruna Mohammed, the Police Public Relations Officer (CSP), announced this in a statement on Sunday in Awka. Mohammed said the arrest followed the raid of their hideouts by personnel of Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SPACS), following an…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be completed in the first quarter of 2022. He said this during an interview on Bond FM on Sunday. According to him, the delay in the completion of the project was caused by the government’s inability to shut down the bridge. He noted…
Two suspected drug peddlers, Effangha Effangha, 37, and Eno-Obong Udome, 34, were arrested by Army personnel attached to the Cross River Government security outfit “Operation Akpakwu” The suspects were arrested on Thursday and Friday, February 25, 26, at Nelson Mandela street in Calabar and Ekpenyong Ekpo in the Akpabuyo local government area of the state. The…
Some communities in the eastern part of Sokoto state are deserted after armed bandits killed four persons and rustled several livestock. Colonel Garba Moyi (Rtd), the state Commissioner for Carrier and Security Matters, who confirmed the attacks, said three persons were killed at Bargaja village in Isa local government area while one was killed in…