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There was a clash between Muslim and Christian faithful on Wednesday in Ilorin after the Kwara State Government reopened 10 schools shut over hijab (Islamic headscarf) controversy. It was learned that students wearing hijab were disallowed from entering Baptist School, Surulere by some protesting Christians. An eyewitness told our correspondent …

Governor Dapo Abiodun has directed the security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of the kidnapping of two female students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Aiyetoro Campus in Ogun State and ensure the victims come out unhurt. The Nation reported that two OOU students identified as Adeyemo Precious and …

Suspected herdsmen, on Monday, reportedly kidnapped five persons in the Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State. One of the victims, Francis Onwuachu, is the President-General of Omor community. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Haruna, confirmed the incident. He said he was not aware of the number of …

The Zamfara police command has redeployed its divisional police officer (DPO) in Kaura-Namoda following allegations of conniving with bandits terrorising the area. The state, despite the peace agreement it signed with bandits, has suffered series of attacks from the criminal elements. Mohammed Shehu, the command’s public relations officer, in a …

Pregnant Woman Hacks Her Husband To Death In Delta Over Extramarital Affair (Photos) A pregnant woman has allegedly hacked her husband to death over an alleged extramarital affair in Delta State, Newsextra24 reports. The incident happened on Monday, March 15, at Ekrejebor axis of Ughelli town in Ughelli North Local …

Barry Jhay has been declared innocent in the death of his record label boss Kashy Godson by the Ghanaian Police after CCTV footage of the apartment emerged. According to the timestamp on the CCTV, the singer was not at the apartment when the sad incident happened. Kashy fell to his …

BREAKING: Fulani ‘warlord’ Wakili charged for murder, kidnapping, remanded in prison An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, ordered that alleged notorious Fulani warlord in Ibarapaland, Abdullahi Wakili, 70, be remanded in a correctional facility. The police charged Wakili alongside his sons Abu, 45; and …

GRUESOME ATTACK ON EEDC STAFF A staff of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) identified as Obiajulu Atta, an Operations Technician attached to Umudike Service Center under Umuahia District, Abia State was attacked on Tuesday afternoon – March 16 by a customer, Newsextra24 reports. The customer, whose full details …

Northern elders have again, cried out over the deteriorating security situation in the region, saying the ugly development was going out of control if nothing urgent was done to arrest it. Alleging that killings of both security personnel and civilians since the beginning of the ongoing year was alarming, the …

Boko Haram Counters Nigerian Army, Releases Pictures of 16 Killed, Abducted Soldiers  Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, have released pictures of 15 soldiers killed by the group during an ambush on …