Police noted that the assailants launched the coordinated assault at about 2:00 am, setting part of the Emir’s palace ablaze. Suspected bandits have launched an attack on the Yashikira Police Divisional Headquarters and the palace of the Emir of Yashikira in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. This
Bandits killed three worshippers and kidnapped 15 others during a vigil at a church prayer ground on the outskirts of Ikiran village in Ekiti LGA, Kwara State. The attack happened around 8:30pm on Saturday at Ori-Oke Ajaiye, a remote worship centre where members of Ijo Ajaiye Ati Igbala were holding
The Kano State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting public health and curbing the circulation of substandard drugs. This follows the seizure of counterfeit medicines worth over N200 million in the state. The seizure was carried out by the Kano State Committee on Motor Parks and Other Public Places
The Kaduna State Hajj Delegation Committee has urged pilgrims from the state to pray for President Bola Tinubu and Gov. Uba Sani for peace, prosperity and the wellbeing of Nigerians during the ongoing Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia. Leader of the five– member delegation, Alhaji Abubakar Mustapha, made the appeal
The Lagos State Government has reassured residents that there is no immediate threat of Ebola Virus Disease in the state in spite of the evolving outbreak in parts of Central and East Africa. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a statement on Sunday, emphasised that the state’s
The Miyetti-Allah Fulaku Yeso Yeso Development Association (MAFYDA) has urged the Federal Government to provide loan facilities to butchers nationwide to enable them buy cows directly from farmers at livestock markets, rather than through middlemen. The association said direct access to farmers would greatly reduce the high cost of beef
A 63-year-old Chinese grandma Ting Hung Kiong has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following her attempt to smuggle large consignment of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis into Nigeria. The female Chinese national who naturalised in Malaysia was arrested on Sunday
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano Strategic Command, says it has arrested 38 drug suspects, with various quantities of illicit substances, ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The command’s spokesperson, Mr Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Kano. Quoting the State’s Commander of the Kano
The police command in Edo has rescued all 13 passengers abducted by suspected kidnappers along the Benin-Lagos expressway, following a coordinated operation involving aerial surveillance, drones and bush-combing tactics. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Benin City. Ikoedem said the passengers