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Fourteen people have been kidnapped by suspected bandits at Dogon Noma- Ungwan Gamo community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident comes barely a week after 61 people were kidnapped in Buda community also in Kajuru LGA. Police authorities have not confirmed the attack. However, a youth leader, Sani Musa, told Channels Television that the bandits in large numbers had in the early hours of Saturday invaded the Dogon Noma community. They started shooting sporadically, during which they abducted fourteen people while one person sustained injury. He gave the names of the kidnapped victims as Bulus Dandaura, Murna…

President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of military personnel in Delta State, saying the perpetrators, whom he described as “cowardly” must not go unpunished.  Military personnel including a commanding officer, two majors, one captain, and twelve soldiers plus a civilian were gruesomely murdered in the Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State last week during a rescue mission. But reacting to the incident, Tinubu in a message he released Sunday evening, said the killing is “unprovoked” and “dreadful”. “As the Commander-in-Chief, I join all well-meaning Nigerians and the men and women of our armed forces…

The military junta in Niger Republic says it has ended its cooperation with the United States. The agreement allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the US department of defence to operate in the country. Announcing the change on national television, Amadou Abdramane, Niger military spokesperson, said the agreement between the two countries, which was signed in 2012, was imposed and had been in violation of the nation’s sovereignty. “The government of Niger, taking into account the aspirations and interests of its people, decides with full responsibility to denounce with immediate effect the agreement relating to the status of military…

The Senate has condemned the gruesome murder of 16 Army personnel of ‘Operation Delta Safe’ in Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Reacting to the killing of the army personnel during a peace mission between two warring communities, the Senate in a statement on Sunday said that the culprits must be made to face the full consequences of their actions. In the statement signed by the chairman, Senate Committee on Nigerian Army, Senator Abdulaziz Yar’adua, the Senate noted that the sacrifices made by the Commanding Officer, three officers, and 12 soldiers during the distressing incident…

The Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Ned Nwoko, has disclosed that he attracted N1 billion for constituency projects. Nwoko made the disclosure during a chat with Channels Television’s Seun Okinbaloye on ‘Mic On podcast The revelation follows a recent interest in allocations for constituency projects for federal lawmakers in the wake of Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe, representing Cross River North, disclosure that some “senior” senators got N500 million for projects. Jarigbe made the claim during the Senate’s deliberations on the allegation by Senator Abdul Ningi, who has now been suspended by claiming that the 2024 budget was padded by N3 trillion.…

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, Saturday, condemned, in very strong terms, the unprovoked killing of officers and soldiers attached to 63 Brigade at Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. He condoled with the military and the families of Officers and Soldiers who died in the attack. Governor Oborevwori, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, said: “The Government of Delta State is gravely disturbed by the violence and unprovoked killing of the officers and soldiers, which he described as alien to the culture of Deltans. His words: “This incident is despicable and…

The Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State where sixteen soldiers were killed have been razed. There are strong allegations that some angry soldiers may have perpetrated the act after their colleagues were killed. Meanwhile, manhunt for the killers is still ongoing and some arrests have also been made by the soldiers led by the General Officer Commanding 6 division Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam. Residents of the coastal community are said to have fled to neighboring Ughelli for fear of a reprisal by the soldiers who have been patrolling the creeks Some of the…

Fourteen lifeless bodies of killed soldiers were in the early hours of Saturday recovered by soldiers of the joint task force under the supervision of the General Officer Commanding 6 division Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, at Okuama community, in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Some of the recovered corpses were said to have been beheaded, while the stomachs and hearts of others were ripped off. At the NDDC jetty in the coastal Delta community, the bodies of the commanding officer and the two killed majors were seen floating by the river bank as others…

Submarine cable company, MainOne says it may take up to two weeks to repair undersea cable cut which disrupted internet services in Nigeria, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, Senegal, and other West African and East African countries since Thursday. The company said the cause of the network outage was as a result to a fault on the MainOne network. “Preliminary findings and further investigations revealed that the fault occurred due to an external incident that resulted in a cut on our submarine cable system, in the Atlantic Ocean offshore Cote D’Ivoire, along the coast of West Africa,” the firm stated. Since Thursday,…

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the launch of ‘Ounje Eko’ food markets, offering discounted prices on essential food items across the State, beginning from Sunday, March 17, 2024. The directive, revealed through the official Lagos State government X handle (formerly Twitter) on Friday night, aimed to alleviate the economic burden on residents amidst rising food prices. Under the initiative, staple food items including rice, beans, gari, bread, eggs, tomatoes, and pepper will be available at 25% discounted prices at the ‘Ounje Eko’ Food Markets, which will open from 11am to 4pm in all local government areas (LGAs) and…