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President Bola Tinubu will today (Wednesday) embark on a two-nation visit to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola. “President Tinubu’s first stop is Johannesburg, where he will attend the 20th summit of the G20 Leaders. After the summit, he will proceed to Angola for the AU-EU summit,” the Special Adviser to the President on Information […]
The Kwara State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed that suspected bandits killed at least two people and injured one during attacks in Eruku, a boundary town in the Ekiti Local Government Area. A parish of the Christ Apostolic Church was one of the places the bandits attacked. The police said a worshipper was killed during […]
Survivors of the violent Monday attack on the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, have recounted the horror of the incident during which the Vice Principal, Hassan Makuku, was killed and 25 female students abducted by bandits. The incident, which occurred around 3a.m., has thrown […]
The Senate has asked President Bola Tinubu to direct the Nigerian Armed Forces to immediately recruit at least 100,000 additional personnel to strengthen the fight against worsening insecurity across the country. The resolution followed a motion of urgent national importance raised by Senator Abdullahi Yahaya (Kebbi North), who reported a recent attack by terrorists […]
In a bid to strengthen the security architecture of Ilese and its surrounding communities, the Ilese Development Council (IDC), under the chairmanship of Asiwaju (Sir) Kunle Kalejaye, SAN, KSC, has donated a patrol vehicle to the Ilese Divisional Command of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps). The donation, according to […]
A number of websites, including X and CLOUDFLARE, have been hit by problems affecting internet infrastructure firm, Cloudflare. Thousands of users reported issues with X and other services to outage monitoring site Downdetector shortly after 11:30 GMT today. “Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers,” the company said in […]
Nigerian comedian Freedom Okpetoritse Atsepoyi, popularly known as Mr Jollof, has apologised following his mid-air altercation with social media critic VeryDarkMan on a United Nigeria Airlines flight on Monday. In a video shared on Instagram on Tuesday, Mr Jollof explained his side of the incident, saying he acted in self-defence and did not intend to […]
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, says he has assured parents of the schoolgirls abducted from the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga that efforts are underway to rescue their children. The governor stated this on Monday after visiting Maga, where the incident occurred, and holding a closed-door meeting with security agencies, traditional […]
The Federal Government has condemned the attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State, which claimed the life of the Vice-Principal and led to the abduction of 25 students. In a statement signed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, yesterday, the Federal Government said security and intelligence […]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State, describing it as another tragic reminder of the country’s worsening insecurity. Atiku, in a statement posted on his X handle today, said he was devastated by the incident, which claimed the life of the school’s […]
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