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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has condemned Sunday’s attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State where many innocent worshippers were gruesomely murdered and several others severely wounded. The Sultan, who’s also The President-General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), in a statement on …

Gunmen visited homes of political figureheads in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, after police personnel attached to the Ogrute Police Division in the council area repelled an attack by the gunmen on its facilities. According to Vanguard, the hoodlums shot sporadically into the air as they embarked …

There was palpable trepidation in Furfuri village, Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, as rampaging bandits attacked the town on Sunday. The bandits invaded the town which is about 7km away from the state capital, Gusau, around 11:30 pm on Sunday. According to sources, three wives of the former …

Two persons killed and several others abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers who attacked a commercial bus along Obbo Ayegunle-Osi Road in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident occurred around 5pm on Saturday, June 4, when the armed men attacked the 18-seater bus with REG NO …

A Nigerian man, Patrick Ohanta was killed by a drunk driver barely six weeks after he relocated to the United States of America with his wife. The 45-year-old University of Ibadan alumni was hit and killed by a car driven by the drunk driver while walking home after a job …

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na-Allah, says the institution has gone tough on lecturers sexually harassing students, as two professors had been dismissed for the offence. Na’Allah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in New York that the university had introduced a policy on sex …

A socio-political group, Oodua Youth Coalition has condemned the killing of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa, Owo, Ondo State, by terrorists, asking that the government must bring the perpetrators to face the law. In a statement titled ‘Oodua Youth Coalition Condemn Killing, Task Government To Bring Perpetrators To Book’, …

Unknown gunmen have once again set ablaze a truck belonging to Dangote cement factory in Nsukka in the early hours today, Monday 6th of June. The incident which happened at beach junction Nsukka  has literally thrown the town in fearful mood. Every Monday is sit-at-home in South East to press …

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has directed that all public buildings, facilities and official residences to fly the Nigerian flag at half -mast for seven days following the attack on Owo church where many were killed and several injured. Akeredolu said the attack on innocent worshipers at St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, …

On Sunday morning, more than 30 people including women and children were killed at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in Owo town, Ondo state. The killers stormed the church around 11:30am, reportedly used dynamites to gain access into the church and started shooting at worshippers. They turned the …