Two staff of a new generation bank and two police officers attached to the bank were killed in a daylight armed robbery attack on the bank located at Ogaminana in Adavi local government area of Kogi State.
Reports have it that the robbers who struck around 10 am carted away 25 million naira meant to pay the salaries of the local government's workers.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ACP. Williams Aya, who confirmed the incident, said that no arrest has been made, even as the police are on the trail of the robbers....
Friday, 25 September 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to stimulate economic activities and reverse the current negative growth of the country's GDP.
Specifically, the Centre for Social Justice, CSJ on Thursday urged Buhari to as a matter of urgency release funds for investment into capital projects to stimulate economic activities.
A statement released in Abuja by CSJ's Lead Director, Mr Eze Onyekpere called President Buhari's attention to the recent warning by the governor of the Central Bank that the economy is at risk of going into recession by 2016...
According to official accounts, 717 persons died while 863 others were injured in a stampede that occurred in Mina, near Mecca as over two million pilgrims were taking part in the ritual to throw stones at the devil.
Already, Nigeria is confirmed to have lost two illustrious citizens in the most tragic event to have occurred during Hajj in more than two decades. They are Prof Tijani El-Miskin of the University of Maiduguri and editor and girl child rights campaigner, Bilkisu Yusuf.
While Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Nayef has ordered an investigation...
Thursday, 24 September 2015
And so, Bilkisu Yusuf, one of the most strident voices for the girl child died in the Mecca tragedy too?
"Bilkisu Yusuf attained heights that she direly wanted the GIRL CHILD to surpass thru society's COLLECTIVE ACTIONS. What a most PAINFUL LOSS!
"Bilkisu Yusuf was an extraordinary woman & professional. A distinguished journalist who gave plenty RESEARCH & VOICE to the GIRL CHILD. SAD." Oby Ezekwesili...
The police in Abuja recently paraded before the public, six members of a child trafficking syndicate. Prominent among them was a medical doctor and a certain Faith Nuhu who abducted three of her own sister's children and sold two to the group.
Faith reportedly abducted the three children Grace Musa Idris, 13 years, Philip Musa Idris, 3 years and Paul Musa Idris from their home in Kafachan, Kaduna State on the pretext of going to buy them biscuits from a nearby shop.
However, Faith quickly took the children to a bus station where they boarded...
For 32 years when he served Nigeria at the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Mr. Sylvester Ajayi didn't suffer a major health challenge. But when it was time to undergo tests at the Gwarimpa General Hospital in order to register for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the year he retired from the civil service, he was diagnosed with diabetes type 1.
Though he was surprised at the outcome of the diagnosis owing to many years of good health...
Residents report that Baga and Monguno towns in the northern part of Borno State have come under renewed Boko Haram attacks.
According to a Monguno indigene who went to celebrate the Sallah at home from one of the IDP camps in Maiduguri,
” we learnt that Baga was attacked at about 12 midnight and by 2am, we were attacked at Monguno. I do not know the number of casualties but certainly, many people were killed by the insurgents.”
Ibrahim Mammadu and others who had gone to celebrate Sallah in their home towns had to beat a quick retreat to Maiduguri...
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