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Bandits Strike Again, Kidnaps 140 Students In Kaduna State
About 140 students have been kidnapped from Bethel Baptist high school, Kaduna state, after bandits overpowered the security staff on Sunday, July 4 2021. Emmanuel Paul, a teacher at the school, told reporters that the bandits took about 165 students, but 25 managed to escape. The rest were carted away by unidentified gunmen popularly known…
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UAE Suspends Direct Employment Visa For Nigerians
The United Arab Emirates has suspended Direct Employment Visas for Nigerians over rising crime rates involving Nigeria’s nationals. Sahara Reports claims a reliable source revealed that Nigerians in the UAE are now being targeted and arrested in multiple raids by the UAE Police. The sources claimed the arrests are particularly persistent in Abu Dhabi, the…
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11 Police Officers On Relief Mission Killed In Burkina Faso
The government of Burkina Faso has condemned the attack of a police unit in the country’s conflict-hit north that has left at least 11 officers dead, with four others missing. In a statement released on Tuesday, Security Minister Ousseini Compaore said the officers were attacked while on a relief mission to Yirgou, a town that…
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Southern African Countries To Deploy Forces To Mozambique
On Wednesday, June 24, 2021, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) approved the deployment of a Standby Force in support of Mozambique to combat terrorism and acts of violent extremism in Cabo Delgado. The standby force is part of a regional defence pact that allows military intervention to prevent the spread of conflict. Attacks by…
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FG To Regulate Facebook, Instagram And Other OTTs
The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed its new plan to regulate all Over The Top (OTT) and social media platforms assessable in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the minister, Twitter and other social…
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FG Spends $5 Billion On Poverty Alleviation In 5 Years
The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed it has spent over $5 billion in the last 5 years fighting poverty in Nigeria. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, has said the President has since backed his pledge to pull out 100 million Nigerians from poverty by committing…
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Universities Threaten Strike Over Staff Retrenchment
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), has advised the Federal Government of Nigeria to review the circular directing that workers of the Staff schools should not be captured in the 2022 budget. The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) is a trade union of senior non-teaching employees of Nigerian universities. Like other trade unions…
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Students Abducted From All Girls Secondary School In Kebbi
5 teachers and several students have been kidnapped by bandits after an attack at the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC) in Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi state at about 12 pm on Thursday, June 17, 2021. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Adeleke Adeyinka-Bode, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Thursday. Adeyinka-Bode disclosed the time of the attack while…
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Suicide Attack In Somalia’s Army Camps Kills At least 15 People
Somalia’s military has recorded a death toll of at least 15 after a suicide bomb attack in a military training camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Army officer Mohamed Adan said the suspect behind Tuesday’s attack was disguised among recruits queueing up outside the General Dhegobadan Military Camp before detonating the…
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Bandits Kill One, Abduct 10 In Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic
One student has been reportedly killed and 10 others kidnapped after armed bandits attacked the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria in Kaduna state on Thursday. The bandits attacked the school located along the Kaduna- Zaria road last night, shooting and killing one student on the spot and leaving several others injured. In a statement issued by…