Suspected bandits launched a midnight assault on Chacho village in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, abducting a bride-to-be and her bridesmaids just hours before her planned wedding ceremony. The attackers reportedly stormed the community around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, whisking away the young woman, her friends, and eight other residents. All of the…
Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has officially announced his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of abandoning him during his travails. Metuh, who announced that he had resigned from partisan politics about three years ago, declared that he would…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, visited Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), at the Sokoto Correctional Centre on Sunday. Kanu was recently sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice James Omotosho after he was found guilty on all seven counts of terrorism offences. The charges related to his secessionist…
Former President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Rev. Felix Omobude, says that even though terrorists are targeting Christians with killings and kidnappings, church leaders will not encourage Christians to take up arms. Speaking in an interview on Sunday, Omobude said churches can organise proper security during services, but taking up weapons is not…
Gunmen have attacked a church in Kogi State, kidnapping a pastor and his wife. The attack on the newly established Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ejiba, Yagba West Local Government Area, occurred during Sunday service. The community was said to have been thrown into chaos after armed bandits launched an attack during the church service….
Three people have been killed and two others injured after cattle rustlers invaded Mwar community in Chakfem Chiefdom of Mangu Local Government Area, Plateau State. The incident occurred between midnight on Saturday and the early hours of Sunday. Our correspondent learnt that the rustlers—suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, and heavily armed—successfully rustled several cattle and…
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that malaria has become a rare disease in the state, urging residents to question diagnoses and avoid unnecessary medications. Abayomi, who spoke in an interview with Channels Television on Saturday, said recent findings from extensive laboratory investigations across Lagos show that only a small fraction…
Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says military leaders tried to prevent President Bola Tinubu from becoming governor of Lagos state. Marwa, former military governor of Lagos from 1996 to 1999, said the military hierarchy wanted to stop Tinubu because of his pro-democracy activism with the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO)…
Ásake’s much-anticipated homecoming concert may be heading into stormy waters as fans take to social media to criticise the staggering ₦300,000 ticket fee. What was expected to be a triumphant Lagos return for the global Afrobeats star is now spiralling into an online revolt, with many longtime supporters accusing organisers of “pricing out the true…
Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army have killed four armed militia members and arrested a police officer alleged to be collaborating with bandits terrorising the Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State. Brigade spokesperson Lieutenant Umar Muhammad disclosed this in a statement issued in Jalingo on Sunday morning. He explained that troops responded…