Four family members die in Kwara building collapse

Nigeria, Sept. 1 -- Four members of the same family have died after a three-storey building collapsed at the Popo Giwa area of Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday morning. The collapse occurred at about ... Read More

15 NYSC members, 6 other kidnapped persons rescued in Kogi - Tinubu

Nigeria, Sept. 1 -- The 15 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members kidnapped last Wednesday in Kogi State have been freed, President Bola Tinubu has announced. In a statement he personally signed... Read More

Tinubu tasks North-central stakeholders on collective action against insecurity

Nigeria, Sept. 1 -- President Bola Tinubu has urged stakeholders in Nigeria's North-central region to adopt a collective approach to addressing insecurity, saying military operations alone cannot deli... Read More

Benue, Plateau governors seek regional approach to North-central insecurity

Nigeria, Sept. 1 -- Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, and his Benue counterpart, Hyacinth Alia, have called for stronger regional cooperation and community-based security measures to address ins... Read More

''They threatened to kill us', rescued NYSC member recounts Kogi ordeal

Nigeria, Sept. 1 -- A rescued National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, David Ayodele, has recounted how kidnappers allegedly threatened to keep him and other abductees in a Kogi forest for one mont... Read More

11 NYSC members rescued after Kogi abduction

Nigeria, Aug. 28 -- The Kogi State Police Command says it has rescued 11 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and other passengers abducted along the Aloma-Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Governm... Read More

15 NYSC members reportedly abducted in Kogi while returning from camp

Nigeria, Aug. 28 -- Fifteen National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have reportedly been abducted by gunmen in the Ofu/Itobe-Onicha-Igo axis of Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. A relative... Read More

After 17 years factory shutdown, Okin Biscuits resumes production in Kwara

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- After 17 years of inactivity, Okin Biscuits has resumed production on one of the rehabilitated production lines at its factory in Ijagbo, near Offa in Kwara State, a development th... Read More

Unpaid Arrears: Plateau varsity lecturers begin indefinite strike

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Plateau State University, Bokkos chapter, has declared an indefinite strike over what it described as the university management's f... Read More

Benue governor rejects federal government's ranching plan, says state's land not for herders

Nigeria, Aug. 25 -- The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has rejected any plan to cede land in the state to pastoralists for ranching without the consent of his administration and the people. Mr ... Read More

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