23 killed as Lagos-bound truck somersaults in Niger
The Police Command in Niger State says 23 persons lost their lives when a truck fully loaded with dozens of...
Father, wife, son, two others shot dead in Benue
The Benue State Police Command, on Sunday, said unknown gunmen killed five persons in the state, involving two persons in...
Alleged banditry: Monarch, 10 others arrested
The Police Command in Niger State has arrested the village head of Tungan-Iliya and 10 other persons over alleged banditry...
PDP leader shot dead, three daughters abducted
There was blood letting at the weekend in Niger State. Bandits on the rampage killed Ahmodu Mohammed, a ward leader...
Lai Mohammed to religious leaders: Instigating regime change outside ballot box open call to anarchy
The Federal Government has urged religious leaders in the country to refrain from stoking the embers of hatred and disunity,...
Kwankwaso’s father dies at 93
Alhaji Musa Sale Kwankwaso, father of former Kano State Governor, Rabi’u Musa-Kwankwaso, and District Head of Madobi in the North-West...
Gunmen kill three police officers in council chairman’s residence
The Benue State Police Command has said that gunmen killed three police officers at the residence of the Katsina-Ala Local...
Buhari: We’ll remain unyielding in confronting insurgency
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration remains unyielding in confronting the Boko Haram insurgency as well as other forms of...
Buhari inducts combat helicopter, approves redeployment of nine Perm Secs
President Muhammadu Buhari has inducted MI-171E combat helicopter and commissioned a reactivated Alpha jet L39ZA in Kaduna. Speaking at a...
‘60% of primary school teachers in Borno not qualified’
The High Powered Committee on Verification and Biometric Data Capture of Local Education Authority Staff in Borno has disclosed that...
Banditry: IGP meets police officers, stakeholders in Katsina
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Muhammad Adamu, says he is meeting with police officers and relevant stakeholders to evolve new...
Three die, 18 injured in Niger auto crash
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Niger Sector Command says three persons died in an accident that occurred on Bida/Mokwa road...
Sylva: Refinery rehabilitation exercise on course
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipreye Sylva, said that the refinery rehabilitation exercise would be completed soon....
Soldiers, policemen, local vigilante rescue abducted Islamiya students from bandits in Katsina
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, in conjunction with Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and local vigilante, on...
NIPSS DG Galadima dies at 57
Prof. Habu Galadima, the Director General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, near Jos, is...
Buhari: Kankara abduction meant to embarrass my administration
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday that the abduction of 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina...
Lai Mohammed: Boko Haram seeking relevance with Kankara abduction
Boko Haram is decimated and the remnants of the group are seeking relevance by claiming responsibility for the abduction of...
Insecurity: Security chiefs’ efforts not good enough, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to aggressively address the nation’s security challenges, saying things will never be the same again...
Masari confirms release of 344 abducted students
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has confirmed the release of all the abducted students of the Government Science Secondary...
Archbishop Jatau dies at 89
The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), on Wednesday, announced the death of the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of...
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