Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits on Saturday killed four farmers and kidnapped eight others from Nahuta village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed the attack on Sunday in Katsina. Aliyu said the farmers were on the farms harvesting their crops when the…
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has refuted all the reports making the rounds declaring a purported nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Monday, December 18. A statement issued and on Sunday by the NLC’s Head of Information and Public Affairs, Beson Upah said the notice circulating on social media was fake. He called on…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, on his 81st birthday. Tinubu described the former President as the “finest paradigm of sacrifice, devotion, patriotism, and fidelity to the national cause.” This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. The…
Suspected bandits have killed another district head, Ali Hakimi of Sarkin Kudu town in the Ibbi Local Government Area of the Taraba State. The incident occurred around 12:30 am on Friday when about 10 armed bandits forcibly entered Hakimi’s palace and shot him dead. The bandits also abducted some persons, instilling fear in other…
From 27.33 percent in October 2023, Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 28.20 percent in November 2023. The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed this in its November consumer price index report. The figure presents the Eleventh times’ hike in Nigeria’s inflation headline inflation rates in 2023. The November inflation rate showed an increase of 0.87…
A young businessman who committed suicide some days ago, Mr. Onoh Chukwuma Richard has been buried. The young man was buried at his hometown in Ututu, Abia State, according to a report by Daily Independent. Recall that he committed suicide after losing a sports betting worth N2.5m naira. A friend who confirmed the news,…
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has urged supporters of Nnamdi Kanu to remain calm in the face of Supreme Court ruling on Friday. Abaribe said he’s confident that President Bola Tinubu will soon release the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Speaking on Friday in a statement made available to newsmen by his…
No fewer than 12 persons were killed while 30 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a truck in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The accident occurred in the Hawan-Kibo community on Thursday afternoon, December 14. It was gathered that the vehicle was descending a hill on the dilapidated road when it…
Detectives of the Osun State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old man, who specializes in breaking into shops in the Okefia area in Osogbo, the state capital. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ishaq Muhammed, said the suspect identified as Damilola Oladele, burgled shops in the Agunbelewo area and stole valuable items….
The former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has called the World Bank ‘a bunch of evil and heartless control freaks’. This is as he slammed the World Bank over its suggestion to the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government to increase petrol price. Recall that the World Bank said that Nigeria’s current fuel prices are…