The Nigerian military at the weekend rescued no fewer than nine people kidnapped by bandits on the Kaduna-Abuja highway in northern Kaduna State. The State Government…
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Gunmen abducted a lecturer and two children of a member of staff of the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Zaria in Nigeria’s Kaduna State on Saturday. The Secretary,…
The Nigerian Army on Saturday denied using live ammunition on unarmed #EndSARS protesters, during the alleged Oct. 20 shooting at the Lekki Tollgate before the Lagos…
The Nigerian Army had given a graphic narration of the alleged dire security situation in Lagos that warranted them being invited to restore order in the…
Fourteen soldiers in Burkina Faso were killed and another eight injured in an ambush by suspected Islamist militants, the government said. The Wednesday incident happened about…
Nigeria is set to reopen the Kano and Port Harcourt International Airports three months after it opened the Lagos and Abuja airports to international flights. Musa…
The Police Command in Lagos on Wednesday announced the dismissal of 10 police officers for various offences. The command’s spokesperson, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure…
The FRSC spokesperson Bisi Kazeem said a total of 2,656 road crashes were reported between July and September, adding that the road police agency had not relented in its efforts at reducing auto crashes on the highways.
According to Ogundeyi, “We want to bank every African on the planet, wherever you are in the world.” It’s starting first in its home market: since launching in September 2019, it has picked up around 300,000 customers, first consumers and now also small businesses, and on average processes over $500 million of transactions each month.
The government of Zamfara State in Nigeria has denied it paid a ransom to secure the release of 26 girls kidnapped from Faskari local government area…