The Zamfara State government has denied borrowing N14.26billion, claiming that the money was part of the proceeds from a N20 billion loan floated by the previous administration. A statement by the spokesperson of the Zamfara governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, revealed…
Explosion rocks Ikeja cantonment Army farmland
The Nigerian Army has reported a “minor explosion” within its Ikeja cantonment, Lagos State on Monday. A statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Major General, Onyema Nwachukwu, said the incident which occurred on a farmland near the Mammy Market,…
15-year-old girl dies of electrocution in Ogun
A 15-year-old girl, identified as Miracle Ogbonna, has died of electrocution in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday, while the victim had gone to fetch water in a well in their Olomore…
Residents loot Gov’t, private warehouses in Kebbi
In a startling breach of security, residents of Kebbi State, including the capital city of Birnin Kebbi, engaged in widespread looting of both government and private-owned warehouses on Saturday night, exacerbating the state’s cost of living crisis. The looters targeted…
13 killed, 2 injured in Kogi auto crash – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Monday that 13 people died while two were injured in an auto crash in Kogi. Mr Samuel Oyedeji, Kogi FRSC Sector Commander, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident…
Fleeing residents still hiding in the forests – Okuama indigene
Residents of Okuama, Omosuomo, and other communities in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, still confined in the forests since the ongoing Army clearance operations in their domains over the killing of 17 soldiers on March 14, weekend, sent…
Bauchi police arrest man for stabbing brother to death
Men of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested Isyaku Babale, 30, of Anguwan Dawaki in Bauchi Metropolis, for allegedly stabbing his brother to death. The spokesperson for the command, SP Ahmed Wakil, made this known in a statement on…
Slain Nsukka lawyer: NBA disagrees with police account
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Nsukka Branch has expressed their dissatisfaction on the account of the Kogi State Police Command on how their colleague, Mr. Elias Ugwu was allegedly killed on March 9th. MBA made their position known in Nsukka…