The price of de-stoned local rice has dropped marginally by between six and 10 per cent in Enugu markets, causing many residents to shift patronage to the brand. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that dealers in the commodity attributed…
Police, residents disagree on casualty figure of Gombe village attack
Some residents of Powishi village in the Kalmai District of Billiri Local Government Area of Gombe State, on Friday, faulted the police report that only Mallam Yusuf Akwara was murdered in the recent invasion by suspect herders. The community members,…
Mob descends on hoodlums for theft of transformer cables in FCT
Some youths have reportedly descended on two suspected hoodlums for allegedly stealing transformer cables at Ikwa community, near Zuba, in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT. A resident of Ikwa, Abdullahi Musa, said the incident happened on Monday, around 10:23pm…
Gunmen kidnap councillor, 8 others in Kogi
Again, gunmen on Tuesday night struck through the communities of Odo-Ape, Kabba/Bunu LGA of Kogi State, and kidnapped nine persons from the community. This is coming barely a week after three persons, including an 8-year-old boy, were abducted from the…
94 suspected miscreants arrested in Lagos
The Lagos State government has arrested 94 suspected miscreants along the rail-line corridor between Pen-Cinema and Fagba Junction in the state. The Commissioner for Environmental and Water Resources, Hon. Tokunbo Wahab who disclosed this on Wednesday in a post shared…
Relocate now, Ogun tells residents of flooded areas
The Ogun State Government on Wednesday urged residents of flooded areas and communities across the state to relocate immediately, just as they had been advised about four months ago. Some of the communities affected by the recent release of water…
It’s sabotage on investment drive, Bayelsa reacts to power towers destruction
The Bayelsa State Government says the destruction of electricity towers is an “attack on the social and economic wellbeing of the residents of the state and a sabotage on government’s investment drive”. The state Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy,…
Uproar forces Kenyan city to remove athlete statues
Authorities in the Kenyan city of Eldoret have removed the statues of three athletes after they were widely ridiculed and described as “embarrassing” and a poorly done “joke”. The statues were unveiled ahead of Thursday’s ceremony giving Eldoret city status.…
Hustle, bustle as Kaduna, Kano, Katsina residents shun 1m man protests
It was a beehive of socioeconomic activities on Saturday as the residents of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States shunned the one-million-man nationwide protests. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the three states learnt that hordes of people…
Plateau gov relaxes curfew
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has ordered that the 24-hour curfew earlier imposed in the state capital be further relaxed, allowing movement from 12 noon to 6 pm daily until further notice. The governor issued the order on Thursday in…