BY GODWIN OBI Police in Katsina say they have gunned down a suspected terrorist and recovered an AK 47 rifle, 110 live ammunition and 60 rustled animals during an attack in Korogo Village of Jibiya Local Government Area. A statement by the Police spokesman, Assistant Superintendent, ASP Abubakar-Sadiq Aliyu, theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI By Innocent Anaba, Henry Ojelu, Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo & Fortune Eromosele, LAGOS 46 days after he was arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS and two weeks after a Federal High Court in Abuja gave an order for his release or arraignment for any offence he mightContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has increased school fees for Federal Government Colleges (FGCs), otherwise known as Federal Unity Colleges, from ₦45,000 to ₦100,000. This was contained in a directive from the Office of the Director of Senior Secondary Education Department of the Federal Ministry of Education, reference numberContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBI The Department of State Services (DSS), has announced the arrest of some suspected syndicates engaged in the selling of the new redesigned Naira notes to desperate members of the public. The suspects arrested in various parts of the country were said to have fingered some Commercial BankContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA Terrorists armed with sophisticated guns on Sunday attacked the New Life For All Church in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, kidnapping at least 25 worshippers. Eyewitnesses told Frontline Reporters that the terrorists riding on motorcycles invaded the church at Dan-Tsauni Gidan Haruna Community inContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The feud between the parishioners of St Martin of Tours Parish and concerned citizens of Ihiala has assumed a dangerous dimension with heavily armed men invading the premises of the church on Thursday night. Their mission could not be ascertained immediately, but it was gathered that theContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Police authorities in Katsina State on Friday paraded a 58-year-old suspected Indian Hemp dealer with 180 carefully sealed parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The suspect simply identified as Abdurrazaq Ajibade of Kofa community in Kwara State but residing behind Magama Restaurant in KatsinaContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted 32 travellers around Ifon in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victims were said to be returning from a burial ceremony in Edo State on Saturday when the incident happened. It is not yet established whether the kidnappersContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has accused government officials, religious leaders, security agencies and even some staff of the nation’s crude oil theft. Speaking during the 49th session of the weekly ministerial briefly at the State House in Abuja, NNPC Group Chief Executive Officer, MeleContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday condemned the killing of non-indigenes and law enforcement officials by terrorists in the South-East. According to a statement signed by presidential spokesman Garba Shehu, the President vowed to undertake all possible action in conducting a speedy investigation to bring the perpetrators toContinue Reading