Police Inspector General, Usman Baba A suspected member of a kidnap gang, Bello Mohammed, has been held for the abduction and killing of a businessman, one Osondu Nwachukwu, who operated a sachet water factory in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Mohammed and four other members at large identified simply as Maikano, Dogo, Hassan and Jubril reportedly carried […]
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One of the killed students, Dorathy Tirnom Yohanna By Banji Ayoola Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has led angry Nigerians in their scores who hit the social media and condemned the gruesome killing of three of the abducted students of a private university, Greenfield University, Kasarami in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, by […]
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The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has stated that those who think they make life difficult for his principal when they hound or harass him are doing it in “vain”. Adesina, in an article titled, ‘Hounding the President, will they ever learn?’ narrated how he was inundated with […]
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The Presidency has stated the alleged certificate forgery against former Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun is completely different from the allegation of support for terror groups levelled against Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Patanmi. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity Mallam Garba Shehu stated this on […]
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Abubakar Yusuf Sanga, the only male among the killed students Parents of abducted students of Greenfield University, Kaduna have expressed shock bandits killed three of them despite ongoing negotiation. Three of the abducted students were found dead in a community close to the University on Friday morning. Abubakar Yusuf Sanga, the only male among the […]
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One of the female students killed by the kidnappers, Dorathy Tirnom Yohanna Three of the kidnapped students of Greenfield University, Kasarami, Kaduna, have been found dead. Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development on Friday. He said remains of the three students were found on Friday in Kwanan Bature […]
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As the remains of social critic and human rights activist Yinka Odumakin is lowered onto Mother Earth tomorrow, the depleting human rights community would feel the absence of one of the fiercest critics of bad governance and official impunity since the renascent democratic dispensation that started in 1999. Odumakin, who until his death was the […]
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Chad began funeral ceremonies on Friday for veteran ruler Idriss Deby Itno, a key figure in the fight against the Sahel’s jihadist insurgency, as France and regional allies voiced backing for his son and successor, Mahamat Idriss Deby. The elder Deby, who had ruled the vast semi-desert state with an iron fist for 30 years, […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress says it will withdraw services from both public and private organisations in Kaduna State for five days to protest mass sack of workers by the state government. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba made this known while addressing newsmen at end of the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the NLC on […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met behind closed door with some governors from the Northwest and North central states suffering from the menace of banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes. The affected governors included Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Bello Matawale of Zamfara, Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna, Simon Lalong of […]
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