By Peter Duru Makurdi—There was outrage and growing health concern in Benue State after some misinformed youths allegedly seized the corpse of a Lassa fever victim, preventing health officials from conducting a safe burial in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of the state. Sources said the deceased, a 54-year-old woman from Ogbadibo, died at the Benue […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri Abuja—The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the detention of a lawyer, Ahmed Abdulrahman, and four others arraigned for allegedly cyberbullying a serving senator, Shehu Umar. Justice Rita Offili-Ajumogobia, who gave the order, directed that the defendants be remanded at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Area 10, Abuja, until

By Victor Ahiuma-Young The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC-Africa, has condemned in strong terms the ongoing atrocities and mass killings in Sudan, calling on the African Union, AU, and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD, to urgently intervene to stop the bloodshed and protect workers and innocent civilians. In a

By Dayo Johnson & Olasunkanmi Akoni No fewer than nine persons lost their lives, while two others sustained injuries in separate auto crashes in Lagos and Ondo states. In Ondo State, five persons were confirmed dead, while two others were injured in a fatal accident at Ilu-Abo, along Oyin Junction in Akure North Local Government

The United Church of Christ in Nigeria, UCCN, also known as HEKAN, has raised the alarm over the killing of one of its pastors, Reverend Yahaya Kambasiya, and the abduction of over 20 persons during a fresh attack on the Farin Dutse community in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has approved the postings and appointments of senior officers to key command, staff and instructional positions across formations, units and training institutions of the Nigerian Army.

“We have restored peace to many areas previously under siege, rescued countless kidnapped citizens, and significantly diminished the capacity of the terror groups