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Bandits Kidnap 40 Women In Fresh Attack in Buhari's Home State  Ateast 40 women have been kidnapped after gunmen suspected to be bandits invaded two communities, Katsalle and Unguwar Tukur in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina state. According to SaharaReporters, the gunmen abducted 30 women in Katsalle on Monday, March 8 while 10 others were abducted in Unguwar Tukur on Sunday, March 7. “About 30 women were abducted in Katsalle village of Rafin Iwa ward on Sunday. This comes a day after they kidnapped 10 women in a neighbouring village of Unguwar Tukur. They invaded Katsalle around 12pm on…

James Ibori was a former Governor of Delta State.James Ibori's Loot To Be Used For Completion Of 2nd Niger Bridge, Abuja -Kano & Lagos/Ibadan Roads. The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said that the £4.2 million recovered from friends and family of James Ibori, a former governor of oil-rich Delta State, would be committed to the timely completion of the Second Niger Bridge, the Abuja-Kano Highway, and Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made this known following the signing of agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the government of the United Kingdom for the…

As the 2023 presidential election draws nearer, the echo of the people’s traditional gong (Ikoro), is still speaking in riddles and metaphor with the pupolar adage that power is taken and not given, hence supporters of Alh. Atiku Abkubakar GCON known as ATIKU FOR NIGERIA (AFN) mobilized support for the former Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Enugu State. Chief Dubem Onyia who represented the special guest of honor, His Excellency Alh. Atiku Abkubakar GCON, while addressing the mammoth crowd, thundered “I am an Igbo man but it will be most difficult for an Igbo man to…

Farmer’s Wife With Five Children Gives Birth To Quintuplets In Ogbomosho, Oyo State. A wife of a farmer identified as Funmilayo Oluwadara has delivered a set of quintuplets in Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State. According to report, the couple had five children before the quintuplets were born on Thursday, March, at Ayoka Clinic and Maternity Centre, Oke Ado, making their children 10. The newborns, four girls and one boy, have however been exposed to an unhygienic atmosphere as people who went to the clinic had the opportunity to touch the babies. The father of the babies, Idowu…

The leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has revealed that neighbouring West African countries would enjoy free petroleum products from Biafra to show that it was not seeking independence because of oil money. Nnamdi Kanu stated this in a statement made available  by its spokesman, Emma Powerful on Tuesday. In the statement, Nnamdi Kanu said the promise is to assure Northern Christians allegedly facing persecution that Biafra is only against the Fulani-led Nigerian government. "We the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, want to inform Christian communities in Northern Nigeria…

Protest Rocks National Assembly, Workers Threaten To Shut Parliament Parliamentary staff protest at National Assembly Parliamentary staff protest at National Assembly Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) are currently protesting the non-implementation of financial autonomy for state assemblies. The protesters, who are at the main entrance of the National Assembly are wielding placards. They have threatened to shut down both chambers of the parliament and all Houses of Assembly in the 36 States of the federation in the next six days if the Senate and House of Representatives fail to do the needful. Addressing journalists during the…

SOUTH- EAST - Angry youths of Ihitte/Uboma in Imo State, on Tuesday burnt down the police station in the community following the killing of two siblings by a policeman in thecommunity. According to eyewitnesses, the brother and sister were killed at Isiweke by a yet-to-be-identified policeman. The angry youths have also dumped the bodies of the victims at the police station, seeking justice. As at the time of filing this report, all efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer in Imo state, Mr. Orlando proved abortive.

Many residents of polytechnic community Ozoro in Isoko North council area of Delta state have been left in a state of panic after the corpse of a woman beheaded inside an uncompleted building and used for money ritual was discovered. It was gathered that the corpse was found Sunday afternoon. The case is suspected to be a ritual case, as blood was reportedly drained from the corpse. Whether the deceased is a native of the community, could not be ascertained, as details of the incident were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. When contacted, spokesperson for…

Bandits struck yet again in Niger State, taking with them 19 villagers. Two of the female abductees were billed to wed this weekend, The Nation was told. The abduction took place om Monday in Kutunku, a village in Wushishi council area of the state. The gunmen stormed the village on motorcycles shooting as they came. They roughened up some of the villagers, ransacked their homes for cash and foodstuff, and whisked away 19 residents, a source said. The source said the community and the families of the abducted persons were yet to be contacted by the gunmen at press time.…

The Oodua Peoples Congress has alleged discrimination against its members while the arrested Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili, is being pampered. The OPC sector coordinator, Adedeji Oluwole, in an exclusive interview with Punch on Monday, said he was being threatened and haunted by policemen for committing no crime. IGP Mohammed Adamu According to him, the OPC has nothing to do with an arson attack on the house of the Fulani warlord, Wakili, after he was arrested on Sunday at his residence between the Kajola and Ayete areas of Ibarapaland in Oyo State. The OPC also said no one was killed when…