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A member of the Nasarawa Assembly representing Nasarawa Central State Constituency, Hon Ismai Danbaba, has been kidnapped. Danbaba was kidnapped on Saturday evening while traveling to Jos, Plateau state for an official function. Chairman , Nasarawa Assembly Committee on Information, Hon Mohammed Omadefu confirmed the development to The Nation. He said the incident took place at the forest in Sanga local government area of Kaduna state. He explained the kidnapped legislator had passed Andaha in Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa State heading to the forest area in Sanga local government area of Kaduna when the kidnappers ambushed and whisked…

Former presidential aide Ahmed Gulak has been killed in Owerri, Imo state He was reportedly ambushed and shot early hours of Sunday morning enroute the Sam Mbakwe airport after concluding a visit to the state Sources who preferred not to be named said he was scheduled to board the 8:30am flight to Abuja when the incident happened Gulak was a special adviser on political matters to president Goodluck Jonathan prior to his defection to the All Progressives Congress APC in 2014 He was also the chairman of the Imo state APC governorship primary in which Hope Uzodinma emerged the party’s…

The northern region has commenced the process of ending open grazing and turning cattle rearing into a purely economic venture for the benefit of herders and the region’s economy. Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum, Simon Lalong, on Saturday, made the disclosure during the 7th Annual Lecture of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in Kaduna. He noted that governors in the region had since February 2021 agreed that open grazing is unsustainable and initiated measures to end it. Governors in the southern states met in Asaba penultimate week to pronounce a region-wide ban on nomadic pastoralism following ceaseless incidents of criminalities traced…

Pandemonium broke out on Saturday at Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State when some Yoruba nation agitators stormed the area and forcefully opened its land border. They were, however, swiftly repelled by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service who were manning the border town between Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. The land border had been closed by the Federal Government since 2019 when it directed that all forms of importation be done through the seaports. A video circulated on social media showed a gun being snatched away from an Immigration officer. In the 19-minute-and-23 -second video clip,…

The Abia state headquarters of Nigeria Immigration Services is reportedly under attack by yet-to- be identified armed men. The incident which occured Saturday evening threw the state capital into pandemonium as residents scampered for safety heavy exchange of fire between police and the assailants. Columns of thick smoke emanating from the facility located along Uzuakoli Road Umuahia could be sighted from different locations of the city. The casualty figure is not yet clear but a police source told our Correspondent that one tricycle operator was hit by stray bullet. Reports say heavy gunfire was coming from the location of the…

The State CID located at Umuagu, Umuahia in Abia State has just been attacked by unknown gunmen. Eye witness account says, the men who were totally naked, came with a bus, blocked the Umuagu road and opened fire on the building. Watch video below:

Some 14 abducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State have been released. According to a report by Channels, they were released on Saturday afternoon at a location along the Kaduna- Abuja highway. The Chairman of the Parents Forum, Markus Zarmai and few others were expected to receive the students at the drop-off location. Although, the government and police authorities are yet to confirm the development, the parents of the abducted students said that they paid ransom, in addition to providing eight new motorcycles to the kidnappers before they agreed to release their children.

Gunmen believed to be members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), on Saturday, razed the Atta Divisional Police Headquarters in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. The hoodlums equally razed the Atta Magistrate and High Court and vandalised the community’s health Center. Our correspondent gathered that the incident took place between 1 am and 2 am on Saturday. Sources in the community told our correspondent that the invaders shot sporadically for an hour before torching the facilities. The crown Prince of the community, Remigiius Azike, said the incident took place when the villagers had gone to bed.…

It's a huge gathering of VIPs at the burial ceremony of the Late Chief Ukpai Agwu Ukpai, PhD, the departed Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor. Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and his wife, Nkechi Deputy Governor Sir Ude Oko Chukwu and his wife, Lady Vivian. Honorable Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Engr Chinedum Orji. Former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe Former Deputy Governor Eric Acho Nwakanma, Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon Ifeanyi Uchendu, Members of the House of Representatives, Hon. Uko Nkole and Hon. Chimaobi Ebisike. Secretary to Government, Barrister…

Police operatives in Imo State have vowed to deal with members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that distrub the public space on May 30 following their sit-at-home order. The Imo State Police Command has threatened to decisively deal with members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over the sit-at-home order declared by the group. IPOB had earlier in May ordered its members in the South-East region and other parts of the country to stay indoors throughout on May 30, in commemoration of its fallen heroes and heroines. The group said the order would be observed in…