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…
Travellers killed as bandits plant explosives on Zamfara road
An unconfirmed number of travellers on Wednesday were confirmed dead after a vehicle conveying them ran on explosives planted along the Dansadau-Gusau Road in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An anonymous source told Daily Trust that the…
Tinubu orders further austerity measures, caps official convoys
President Bola Tinubu has issued new directives limiting the size of official convoys and security details for federal officials in a sweeping move to reduce government spending, according to a State House statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the…
Police confirm abduction of naval rating, 7 others In A’Ibom hotel
The Police in Akwa Ibom have confirmed the abduction of eight persons, including a Naval Rating at Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area. It was learnt gunmen kidnapped them on Monday night at Classic Point Hotel, Ibaka. Their whereabouts remain unknown…
Group to deploy 250 election observers in Lagos (ThisDay)
An election observer group, Values Reorientation Initiative and Advocacy at the weekend disclosed that it would deploy 250 observers in the next presidential and National Assembly elections across Lagos State. The group, however, called the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),…