A few hours to Christmas, a report from Plateau state says no fewer than 15 people, including women and children, were killed around 8 pm on Sunday by attackers in Gidan Ado village, Ganawuri Chiefdom of Riyom Local Government of Plateau State. The Chairman of Riyom Local Government, Sati Shuwa who visited the village in the company of his Deputy, Gwong Song, and Secretary, Abraham Tongjing, also condemned the act. Shuwa, who attended the mass...

A 35-year-old man, Tunji Jimoh, has allegedly died from torture while in police custody at the Kwara State Police Command in Ilorin. Jimoh, a resident of the Erubu/Asunnara community, was arrested over an alleged debt of ₦220,000 owed to a friend, whose brother is a police officer. Family members claimed Jimoh was detained at the Special Investigation Bureau (SIB) of the Kwara State Police Command on Friday and denied bail. “We had to leave the...

Ten individuals suspected of sabotaging the state’s wheat production programme have been arrested by the Jigawa Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC). Barr. Salisu Abdu, Chairman of the commission told newsmen in Dutse that the suspects were arrested in connection with the illegal diversion of subsidized farm inputs intended for grassroots farmers. “The suspects were involved in bypassing the proper channels established by the Jigawa State Government for the distribution of fertilizers and other farming...

Security operatives in Nigeria have arrested 10 persons on INTERPOL’s watch list while entering the country. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inaugurated the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Technology Innovation Complex. The data complex comprising the command and control centre (regular migration), NIS Data centre, ECOWAS biometric card production centre, interior Data Centre, and a 0.5KW solar power plant were among the facilities unveiled by...