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Government officials in Mexico are investigating the causes of an railway bridge that collapsed and killed at least 23 people when a Mexico City metro train plunged onto a busy road below. Firemen using heavy chains to stabilize the site reportedly pulled bodies and survivors from wreckage. Other reports indicated that the injured were taken […]
Some of the mothers of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State has cried out in protest to lawmakers in the National Assembly complex, Abuja. The protesters which include members of the Students Union Government, SUG, of the institution lamented over what the alleged negligence of the state and […]
Bandits have threatened to kill the remaining 17 students abducted from Greenfield University, Kaduna State. Recall that the bandits who stormed the school on April 18 and abducted twenty-two students and a member of staff, have since killed five of them. In an interview with newsmen, a leader of the bandit group who identified himself […]
Malawi’s Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional. The court said the death penalty was against international human rights standards, meaning that life sentence will be the highest punishment in Malawi. The Malawi Human Rights Commission described the ruling as progress: The ruling noted there had been no executions in the country […]
Four persons have been burnt to death close to an illegal crude oil refining site on the Rumuji -Ibaa River in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. An eyewitness, ONYEMA OKORO who disclosed this to our correspondent, said the incident occurred on Sunday night. The eyewitness also said seven other persons suffered degree of […]
The Minister of Defence, Major General BASHIR MAGASHI has lamented the state of insecurity in the country, saying that the nation is bleeding. Major-General MAGASHI made this known on Thursday at the continuation of the special weekly ministerial briefing in Abuja. He said the Federal Government has taken a position after embarking on comprehensive research […]
Bandits suspected to be kidnappers have abducted two nurses working with Idon General Hospital in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The hospital is located less than a kilometer from a police checkpoint along the Kaduna-Kachia road in Idon. The incident comes after several students were abducted and one person killed during an attack […]
Residents of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State are worried over the cult clashes and several killings in the LGA. Speaking to correspondent AYO ODUNGWERU in a telephone interview, a native, KABARI KABARI said the situation of insecurity in the area was alarming. KABARI also said the insecurity had crippled the economic situation of […]
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that gunmen killed 10 soldiers and an officer in Benue State. Army spokesman General MOHAMMED YERIMA in a statement said the troops operating in the State came under attack while on routine operational task. General YERIMA further said the troops comprising one officer and ten soldiers were initially declared missing […]
Five more students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State have regained their freedom. The Commissioner for Internal Security, SAMUEL ARUWAN, confirmed the development to newsmen. Similarly, one of the parents, who also confirmed the release of the five students to journalists, said they were picked up by the police in […]
