As Nigerians continue to deal with the scarcity of the naira notes, a video of a notorious bandit leader, identified as Kachalla Baleri, flaunting the redesigned naira notes has gone viral. In the unverified video shared on Twitter by @Edrees4P on Thursday, Baleri, flanked on both sides by three of his gang members, each armed with AK 47 rifles, was seen in possession of the new naira notes. Speaking in the Hausa language, Baleri said,...

The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has released that no fewer than about 380 people were killed and 71 others abducted in Niger State between 2015 and 2021. The North-Central coordinator of the centre, Maj. Gen. Hassan Ibrahim Bature (retd) disclosed this at a sensitisation Programme for the newly posted National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to the State at the NYSC’s permanent Orientation camp in Paiko, the headquarters...

The Chairman of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Goke Jatuwase has been suspended over allegations of misappropriation of the council’s funds. Mr. Jatuwase was suspended by members of the legislative arms of the council after rising from a plenary session on Thursday. Daily Trust obtained a copy of the suspension letter where a ‘vote of no confidence’ was passed on Mr. Jatuwase by 11 councilors of the legislative arm. In the letter, Mr....

At least seventeen students sustained various degrees of injury and about nine female students were rapped at the early hours of Friday when a gang of suspected armed robbers raided many off campus hostels of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. Many of the students got injured while trying to escape, and many whose hostels were not attacked out of fear got injured while running for their lives. The robbers who were estimated to be about twenty...