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Major Kidnapped By Bandits Found Dead
A major, abducted in the early hours of Tuesday by armed bandits at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, Kaduna has been found dead. The major was abducted by bandits during a raid at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, leaving two persons dead and one kidnapped. More details soon
Stop Giving Secessionist Agitators A Voice, Masari Urges Media Practitioners
The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, has urged media professionals to stop giving voice to those agitating for secession. He said calls for breakup of Nigeria are unpatriotic. The governor spoke in Kaduna at the weekend while receiving two awards from Nagarta, a Kaduna-based Amplitude Modulation (AM) radio station. He said the media had played a great role in the...
Bandits Release 15 More Abducted Bethel School Students After Receiving Ransom
Fifteen more abducted students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state have regained their freedom. Although the government or security agencies are yet to confirm the development, a source in the school told Channels Television that the 15 students were released on Sunday after a ransom was paid to the bandits. Bandits suspected to be...
Stop Preparing For Election, Conduct Referendum Now — Group Demands
A group of self-determination activists under the aegis of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination on Tuesday warned all political parties to stop preparation for the 2023 elections. The alliance stated this at a press conference in Lagos after the 120-day expiration of the Constitutional Force Majeure Notice to states in the South and Middle Belt of Nigeria and...
PIB: Hours After Being Signed Into Law, PDP Urges Buhari To Initiate Fresh Amendment Process
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately forward to the National Assembly an amendment bill to the new Petroleum Industry Act. This is coming barely a day after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the PIB into law. The party gave the advice in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday in Abuja...
We’ll Bounce Back From Security, Economic Challenges, Osinbajo Assures Nigerians
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria will eventually overcome its security and socio-economic challenges as the Spirit of God is in the land. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the vice president spoke at the send-off service for Reverend Israel Akanji on Sunday. Akanji served as Senior Pastor and Minister in Charge of the First Baptist Church,...
After Suspension Of Sit-At-Home, Kanu’s Lawyer Calls For Prayers For IPOB Leader Not Insults
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has expressed dismay at the reactions that followed the suspension of the group’s every-Monday sit-at-home order in the South-East. Kanu, who is standing trial for treason, had in a statement by the IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Saturday, announced the suspension...
As IPOB Gets Ready For Another Sit-At-Home Monday, Residents, Ohanaeze Decry Massive Loss
Thousands of residents, particularly traders in the five Southeast states remained in distress yesterday, five days after the first of the ‘Ghost Mondays’ declared by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to press for the release of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Many are still counting their losses-some human, some financial, some other assets- they incurred when IPOB sympathisers...
NFHA VP Nwokocha Fingers Multiple Taxation As Responsible For Food Inflation In Nigeria
An organization saddled with the responsibility of monitoring movement of goods by roads and waterways across the country, National Freight Haulers Association of Nigeria, NFHA has decried the rising cost of farm produce in Nigeria, blaming it on multiple taxation. According to the association, illegal revenue collectors who mount the highways extorting money from transporters of agric produce have forced...
Bizzare: Your Burger Advert Made Me Break Lent Fast, Woman Says As She Takes McDonald’s To Court
A Russian woman is suing fast food giant McDonald’s after an advert showing their cheeseburgers allegedly made her break her fast during Lent. Ksenia Ovchinnikova, an Orthodox Christian from Omsk, Russia, claims that seeing McDonald’s adverts made her break her fast for Lent in 2019. At the time, she was attempting to stay away from meat and other animal products,...
