by Success Maduagwu | Aug 24, 2024 | Education, NEWS, Security
Over 20 medical and dental students and a House Officer have kidnapped by insurgents in Benue State. The students were en route to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) annual convention in Enugu. According to reports, the students are from...
by Success Maduagwu | Aug 24, 2024 | NEWS, Security
The Controller General of Customs of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, has approved the appointments of the key management team. This was disclosed on Friday in a statement by the NCS spokesperson Abdullahi Maiwada. The appointments come following the...
by Success Maduagwu | Aug 24, 2024 | NEWS, Security
Security sources have said 20 medical students kidnapped in Benue State have been rescued. The operation was coordinated by the NSA. Security agencies involved in the rescue mission include the Nigerian police, the Department of State Services, and military personnel...
by Favour Owonibi | Aug 23, 2024 | NEWS, Security
Bandits have killed 13 persons on their farms at the Ijuwa fringes of the Alawa community of the Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. The LGA Chairman, Akilu Isyaku, confirmed the killing of the farmers on Thursday, in an interview with local newsmen....
by Favour Owonibi | Aug 16, 2024 | Economics, NEWS, Security
A newly published report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has indicated a decline in Nigeria’s headline inflation rate to 33.40% in July 2024 from 34.19% in June 2024. The development marks the first since December 2022, when it last dropped to 21.34...
by Oni Kayode Philips | Aug 13, 2024 | International, NEWS, Security
Ukraine’s top commander says Kyiv’s forces have taken control of 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory as they press their biggest cross-border incursion in two-and-a-half years of full-scale war. Commander Oleksandr Siriskyi said Ukraine has...