PoliticsKillings: Senate seeks security camps in Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi
The Senate has called for security camps in Taraba, Plateau, and Bauchi states after bandits reportedly killed about 80 people in a Taraba community.
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GeneralStates hold N264bn UBEC funds as schools struggle
Nigerian states have left N264.12bn in UBEC matching grants unspent, even as public schools grapple with dilapidated classrooms and overcrowding.
CrimeGunmen kill 36-year-old man, injure pastor in fresh Plateau attack
Gunmen have killed a 36-year-old man, injured a pastor and left another person missing in an attack on Lamor community in Pushit District of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau ...
CrimeArmy arrests suspects who attack vigilantes, burn offices in Jos North - The Guardian Nigeria News
Army arrests suspects who attack vigilantes, burn offices in Jos North The Guardian Nigeria News
PoliticsTaraba Killings: Senate Demands Security Crackdown As Death Toll Rises To 80
The lawmakers urged security agencies to establish additional security camps and intensify surveillance in the affected areas to prevent further attacks and protect vulnerable comm...
CrimeTwo suspects arrested over attack on vigilantes in Jos
Troops of Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP) have arrested two suspects over an alleged attack on members of a vigilante g
CrimeGunmen kill seven in Plateau community attack - The Guardian Nigeria News
Gunmen kill seven in Plateau community attack The Guardian Nigeria News
CrimeZamfara police arrest man in viral video allegedly threatening to fatally injure Christians in Enugu and Jos
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested the young man seen in a viral video allegedly chanting a song calling for t
CrimeFarmer and his son attacked by herder in Plateau
Troops of Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP) have launched a manhunt for a suspected Fulani herder, identified as Abdu
BusinessPlateau Security: Militia hideout claim misleading, says MACBAN - The Guardian Nigeria News
Plateau Security: Militia hideout claim misleading, says MACBAN The Guardian Nigeria News
GeneralOsinbajo demands justice, accountability to end North-central conflicts
Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo calls for justice, accountability and deliberate reconciliation to address persistent conflicts and social divisions in Nigeria’s North-central ...
BusinessJIBWIS disowns viral video preaching violence, religious intolerance; demands probe
Mr Bala-Lau stated that the inciting remarks and calls for violence are entirely foreign to the core values, teachings, and objectives of JIBWIS.
GeneralEbola: How much have Nigerian states allocated to emergency preparedness?
Some states made substantial provisions for health emergencies, while others allocated smaller sums to specific disease-control activities.
PoliticsConstitutional Amendment: Ondo Assembly passes state police bill
The House passed the bill on Monday after an elaborate deliberation during plenary presided over by the Speaker, Olamide Oladiji.
EntertainmentMutilated body of motorcyclist found as similar mystery killings rise
The killing, reported on Monday, bears similarities to previous attacks on motorcycle riders in other parts of Plateau State
PoliticsEbola: Plateau reopens isolation centres, steps up surveillance
Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Nicholas Ba’amlong, disclosed this during a press briefing in Jos on Monday.
CrimeFour Hours of Horror: How market day became a massacre in Taraba community
The Taraba State Police Command said the death toll had risen to 58, including 15 people who drowned while fleeing in an overloaded canoe
TechnologyOutrage as viral video shows youth preaching religious intolerance, violence
The footage, which has circulated widely on Facebook and X, captures the unidentified man leading the boys through an unpaved street as they march and chant in Hausa.