The US Defense Department said Monday that one member of a pro-Iran militia was killed and two were injured in last week’s bombing of a border station inside Syria. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby made no mention of possible civilian casualties, but said than nine buildings were destroyed in the...
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Suspected bandits have killed 12 people in Illella Amarawa in the Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State. According to residents of the area, the gunmen came to the area around 2:00 am and kidnapped a popular businessman in the community, Rabi’u Amarawa. Following the attacks, community members were...
A middle-aged man, Hassan Saka has been arrested for being in possession of two human heads in Ondo State. Saka was arrested on Monday by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the state. The exhibits were discovered in a vehicle along Owo/Akure road, concealed in...
No fewer than ten people have been killed after bandits attacked three villages in Zango Kataf and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna state. The latest incident comes barely 24 hours after seven people were killed by bandits in Igabi and Kajuru local government areas of the state. The...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- Some Police personnel of the Rapid Response Squad in the convoy of the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, were, on Monday, involved in a crash along Burga-Yelwan Duguri-Alkaleri road, in Bauchi State. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the Burga-Yelwan Duguri-Alkaleri road is over 60 kilometer road project...
If there is any occurrence in recent time that accurately supports the correctness of the time honored belief that ‘every adversity comes with an equal opportunity’, it is the recent crisis that hit the University of Lagos occasioned by inability of some candidates that wrote from their various locations,...
Veteran journalist and author, Michael Owhoko, has been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Political Science by the Selinus University. Dr. Owhoko, whose thesis was entitled, The Future of Nigeria, was awarded the Ph.D after a successful defence of his dissertation. Impressed by the intellectual depth and rigours...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has charged members of the Executive Intelligence Management Course 14 of the National Institute of Security Studies (NISS) to develop homegrown solutions to Nigerian and African challenges. The Minister gave the charge during...
President Muhammadu Buhari and others are to receive the COVID-19 vaccine dose “in the open”. This is according to the Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, who explained the rationale behind the decision. Although he did not give a specific time as to when President Buhari would...
The Benue State Government has released 210 cows earlier confiscated by the state livestock guards at Mbala, Makurdi, and Gbajimba in Guma Local Government Area of the state. The cows were returned to the owners after various fines worth N5million in total, were paid. The commander of the Benue...
BY ADAKOLE ADAKOLE, Sokoto- Following the prevalence of violence against women and girls in Nigeria, Mr Godwin Odo, A UNICEF Child Protection Specialist, has quoted a recent survey conducted by various agencies with UNICEF that: “one in every 4 girls in Nigeria have experienced sexual violence”. Mr Odo who...
Founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj ji, has advised the Federal Government to arrest prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi for aiding and abetting banditry and terrorism with his utterances. Maharaj ji, in a statement signed and issued yesterday, said the utterances of Gumi in a television programme,...
Nigerian authorities say the expected COVID-19 vaccine would be administered in the order of priority, less than 24 hours to the arrival of the vaccine. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, disclosed this on Monday while highlighting the preparedness of the government to take delivery of...
The newly elected Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has arrived the headquarters of the organization this Monday to resume office. She was received on arrival by the top management team of the organisation. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala a two term finance minister emerged...
A transborder drug trafficker, 36-year-old Nkem Timothy, alias Auwalu Audu has been arrested in Sokoto by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA). The suspect was arrested while trying to cross to Algeria through the Niger Republic with 62 wraps of substance suspected to be cocaine weighing...
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday became the world’s first recipient of a coronavirus vaccine from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for free for poorer countries. Richer countries have surged ahead with inoculating their population, but many poorer countries are still awaiting their first vaccine...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has denied reports of any increment in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in the country in March 2021. The NNPC disclosed this in a statement signed on Sunday by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru. Dr....
The Afghan Ministry of Defense on Monday confirmed the killing of 30 militants, including 16 al-Qaida network fighters, during a recent military operation in the country’s eastern Kapisa province. There was also six militants wounded during the cleanup operation conducted by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)...
The Former Borno State governor, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff has commended the Yobe state Government over its International Cargo Airport project, saying it would boost the economy of the region. Senator Sheriff who gave the commendation on Sunday, while addressing newsmen in Damaturu, noted that the virtually completed airport...