Author: Akintayo Adams

Bandits have attacked and killed a man identified as Ashiru Nagoma and abducted his wife and neighbour in Buluku, an outskirt of Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara state. Confirming the unfortunate incident, spokesperson for the state police command, ASP Yazid Abubaka said that the late Nagoma had resisted an attack by the gunmen, and they, in turn, killed him and abducted his wife and neighbour. He also dispelled the news going round that worshippers were abducted in a mosque in the state. “The bandits did not attack the mosque. They had a target, and it was the man that…

Bandits, in the early hours of Tuesday, attacked a mosque in Gusau, capital of Zamfara state, and went away with scores of worshippers. It was learnt that the attack was carried out when Muslim faithfuls were observing the congregational Tahajjud. Earlier, a Maiduguri-based security expert, Zagazola Makama, had raised an alarm that bandits sneaked into Gusau town to abduct several worshippers in a mosque while observing midnight prayers around 2 am. “Sad. In the early morning of Tuesday at about 0200hr, bandit sneaked into Gusau Town and abducted several worshippers in a Mosque while they were observing tahajjud (midnight) prayers,”…

On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to use a new national security law passed by parliament to ban news channel Al Jazeera from broadcasting in the Middle East country. The law, passed on Monday by 70 votes to 10, grants top ministers the power to ban broadcasts by foreign media perceived to be a threat to national security to shut their offices. Netanyahu took no prisoners when he mentioned Qatar-based channel Al Jazeera, with which his government has a long-running feud that predates Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza. “The terrorist channel Al Jazeera will no longer broadcast…

At a primary school in Vantaa outside the Finnish capital Helsinki, a child opened fire Tuesday injuring three others. The “attacker” is now in custody, according to the Police. “All those involved in the shooting incident are minors. According to the police’s current information, there are three injured,” a police statement said. “The police arrested the suspect. The investigation of the act continues,” Finnish police added. Heavily armed police cordoned off the lower secondary school, with around 800 students, in the city of Vantaa, just outside the capital, Helsinki, after receiving a call about a shooting incident at 9.08am. Police…

The Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Airlines, Allen Onyema, has revealed how his airlines suffered what he called both internal and external conspiracies from those in position of power over the years. He was a guest on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme on Monday. Speaking, he said the Nigerian authorities denied its application for a Technical Country Operators (TCO) permit, which could have allowed the airlines to start going into any European country. Instead, it took the nation’s leading airlines seven years to get the designation to go into London. “You suffer what I call both internal and external…

Comedienne and skit maker, Mariam Apaokagi, known as Taaooma, has revealed how she met her husband, Abdulazeez Greene, who is known as Abula by Social Media enthusiasts. She disclosed that she met the video director during his service year in Ilorin, Kwara State during an interactive session with her fans on X platform on Sunday. “How did you meet your husband and does he play a role in your production?” a fan asked, to which Taaooma replied, “During his service year in Ilorin. Yeah, when I’m stuck, I run to him.. he has solutions to too many things.” Taaooma and…

The stage is set for the 37-member tripartite committee on minimum wage set up by the Federal Government to meet mid-April so as to continue further negotiations and consultations on the new minimum wage requested by the organized labour The new wage is expected to be announced by President Bola Tinubu on May 1, 2024. The National Treasurer of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Hakeem Ambali, who is also a member of the tripartite committee, made this known in an interview with one of Nigeria’s national dailies, The PUNCH in Abuja on Sunday. Between Wednesday, March 27, 2024 and Thursday, March…

The Israeli army has finally withdrawn its troops from al-Shifa Hospital in the city of Gaza, after two weeks of the start of its military operation at the medical facility, Palestinian media reports Monday. It was reported that the operation had caused acute destruction to the buildings of the largest medical complex in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described what he called “precise and surgical” military operation at al-Shifa hospital on Sunday evening as a great success. More than 200 terrorists had been killed and hundreds had surrendered, he said. According to Israel, the Palestinian Islamist organisation…

Eight suspects linked to the murder of Abdulkadir Kamar, a lecturer from the Department of Physical Health Education at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), the Borno State Police Command has announced. Spokesman of the command, ASP Daso Kenneth, told one of Nigerian national dailies, Daily Trust that the suspects were apprehended following a report filed by the Chief Security Officer of the university. “He reported to police station around 6:30 am that a body was found in the office, and identified as Dr. Abdulkadir Kamal. “Our men swung into action immediately, cordoned off the scene of the crime, and evacuated…

Anthony Aziegbemi, Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, described his experience in the kidnappers hideout as traumatizing. He narrated this when the Deputy Governor of the state, Philip Shaibu, paid him a visit at his residence. He was abducted by some gunmen on March 15 on his way home at about 11 pm after a meeting at the state Government House in Benin and spent 11 days in captivity before regaining his freedom. Days after the abduction, a family member said the kidnappers demanded ₦500m ransom for Aziegbemi’s release. It was unclear if any ransom was…