The bodies of 27 victims, including women and children, killed in last Tuesday’s deadly attack on a community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, are being transported from the hospital morgue back to the community for mass burial. The victims, who sustained fatal injuries during the night assault by unidentified gunmen, had been…
In a bid to address persistent overcrowding in correctional facilities, the federal government has released 4,550 inmates, thereby reducing the national custodial population from over 86,000 to approximately 81,450. The move was part of broader efforts to decongest prisons across Nigeria. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the development during a meeting in Abuja…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced new appointments to key positions in the party’s national working committee (NWC), following a zoning realignment approved at Thursday’s meeting of the national executive committee (NEC) held in Abuja. Abdulkarim Kana, a former national legal adviser, is now the party’s deputy national secretary, while Murtala Kogiya from Katsina…
Thousands of UK doctors launched a five-day strike early Friday after talks with the Labour government for a new pay increase failed to reach a deal. Doctors were out on picket lines outside hospitals after negotiations with the government went down the wire late Thursday, without reaching an accord. The move comes after the doctors…
To: The Management, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company / Relevant Authorities Dear Sir/Ma, I write on behalf of the Students and residents of Ibarapa Central, North, and East, Oyo State, to express our deep concern over the persistent poor electricity supply in our region (Ibarapa). For over seven (7) months, we have endured: 1. Frequent and…
The Federal Ministry of Education has described a report that it has raised the minimum age for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1) to 12 years as false and misleading. The report was debunked in a statement released on Friday in Abuja by the Federal Ministry of Education’s Director of Press, Mrs Folasade Boriowo….
At least seven children were killed and 26 others injured Friday after part of the roof and walls of a government-run school collapsed in western India, police said. “Seven children have lost their lives so far and 26 others are injured,” Nand Kishore, a police officer in the state of Rajasthan, told AFP. There were…
Bolaji Abdullahi, the national publicity secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its chieftains of neglecting their role and targeting smaller parties instead of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Abdullahi questioned the PDP’s silence in the face of recent…
Suspected Fulani militias have attacked a commercial bus conveying passengers from Bokkos Market, killing eight people and injuring six others in Plateau State, the police have confirmed. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, the incident occurred on Wednesday at about 5:00 p.m. along the Mangor village road in Bokkos Local Government Area. The…
In a major breakthrough against insurgency in the North-East, troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in collaboration with the Air Component, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and local hunters, have dismantled several terrorist supply networks and neutralized scores of fighters in a series of ambushes, raids and fighting patrols. The Director of Defence Media Operations,…