The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Benue Branch, Comrade Victoria Asher is dead. This was contained in a brief statement issued on Saturday by the Secretary of NUJ Benue Council, Mr. Moses Akaahan. Mr. Moses stated that Asher died at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi after a caesarian, around 8 a.m. on…
An Igbo socio-political group, World Igbo Peoples Assembly, (WIPAS), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to appoint an Igbo man as the next Inspector General of Police, IGP. This is as the tenure of the incumbent IGP, Mohammed Adamu gradually comes to an end. The Igbo group also lauded the appointment of Major…
The Kaduna state government has approved Monday, February 1, 2021, as the resumption date for some primary and secondary school students in the state. Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Education, Phoebe Yayi said only SS3, JSS3, and JSS1 students of public and private secondary schools are to resume on Monday, while primary 6, 5,…
The Kaduna State Government, on Saturday, confirmed that troops rescued kidnapped women in the Chikun local government area of the State. GIOTV learned that the troops also captured three bandits This was contained in a statement, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner For Internal Security and Home Affairs issued on Saturday morning. According to him, “Troops under…
21 people traveling along Kaduna-Kachia road were on Friday evening abducted by unknown gunmen in uniform. A councilor from Southern Kaduna and few others were able to escape from the abductors and ran through the bush. Security agencies have not released any information on the situation. A source told said that “It was in the…
A 21-year-old undergraduate of the Osun state university, Usman Muyideen, has been arrested for conniving with his herdsman friend, 20-year-old Fulani, to kidnap and killing two of his underaged nephews, Thompson Onibokun (13) and Samson Onibokun (12), who were said to be the children of Muyideen’s elder brother. The Nation reports that the two children were…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday, January 29, arrested 10 suspects over computer-related fraud known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’. A statement released by the antigraft agency states that the suspects were arrested at their Academy in the Bwari axis of Abuja where they were said to be learning the trade of cyber trickery. The suspects…
The former Red Media partner and Future Awards Co-founder has died. The sad incident happened on Friday, January 29, 2021. The company she headed, AML Media, announced her death a few hours ago but her cause of death was not made known yet. Emilia who was in her 30s, was a brand strategist and had…
Saliu Abdulkadir, Seriki Fulani of Igangan, has accused Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, of leading the attack which resulted in the destruction of properties in the area. Igboho made the headlines after he issued a quit notice to Fulanis in Ibarapa local government area (LGA). However, things escalated as protesters…
The immediate past Chief of Army Staff retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says he left the Nigerian Army better than he met. Buratai stated this in his valedictory speech during the Pulling Out Parade by the Nigerian Army on Friday in Abuja. He said that the army under his watch had achieved a tremendous feat in…