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Terrorists on Sunday night kidnapped 87 people after launching a fresh attack on the Kajuru-Station community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A member of the Kajuru-Station Youths, Harisu Dari, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Monday in Kaduna. Harisu said…

THE Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, led by Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, has c9ndein very strong terms, the killing of senior military officers and soldiers at Okuama Community, Ughelli South  Local Government Area of Delta  on Saturday, 14th March, 2024. In a…

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities and Allied Institutions will commence a nationwide strike today (Monday), to protest their withheld four months’ salary. The National President of SSANU, Muhammed Ibrahim, informed The PUNCH on Sunday that…

The Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State where sixteen soldiers were killed have been razed. There are strong allegations that some angry soldiers may have perpetrated the act after their colleagues were killed. Meanwhile, manhunt for the killers is…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has ordered the arrest of some youths in Delta over the killing of one Colonel, two Majors and 12 other soldiers in the state. The Acting Director Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau said the troops were attacked by some…

No fewer than 22 soldiers have been confirmed killed by armed men and suspected mercenaries of Okuoma community in Ughelli South council area of Delta state. The troops, drawn from the 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi, were reportedly on a rescue mission to the…

Days after the reopening of the Nigeria-Niger Republic land and air borders by the Federal Government of Nigeria, Nigerien authorities have not said anything, even as they maintained their entry points closed. Nigeria announced the reopening of its borders with Niger Republic on…

Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi has again faulted the Federal Government on the continued use of force or kinetic means to secure the release of victims of kidnapping, especially the 287 pupils and teachers recently abducted from a school in Kaduna…

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to track terrorism funding in the country. This, he said, was one of the means to curb terrorism globally. The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in…

The Ministry of Transport has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Messrs MPH Rail Development Limited, a United Kingdom company for the implementation of the Port Harcourt–Enugu–Calabar–Abuja Standard Gauge Rail Line project under a public-private partnership framework. This announcement was made in a…