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Members of the family of late Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 22-year-old Microbiology undergraduate of the University of Benin, are demanding justice for their daughter, nearly six years after she was raped and murdered inside a church in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria. Omozuwa was attacked on May 27, 2020, when she went to the Redeemed Christian Church of God …

  Ajaokuta Steel Coy technology not obsolete, ‘ll last 100 years — Abdul-Akaba A former senior United Nations official and development economist, Professor Banji Oyeyinka-Oyelaran, has described the collapse of the Ajaokuta Steel project as a decisive turning point in Nigeria’s industrial decline, highlighting deep failures in policy consistency, institutional capacity and long-term national planning. He made this known yesterday, …

  A community leader, quoted on condition of anonymity for security reasons, reportedly confirmed that the most recent attack occurred on Tuesday night at about 9pm. Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly abducted the Chief Imam of the Janjala Central Mosque, Malam Bello Abdullahi, and the Fulani leader of the area, Alhaji Shehu Bello, alongside a woman, during coordinated …

  The Anwase market attack came two days after the one on Abande community, also in Kwande LGA, where at least five people, including a mobile police officer, were killed on Tuesday. Suspected terrorists have returned to Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, killing at least 13 people. The attack on Anwase Market in Mbaikyor ward came barely days …

Residents of Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara did not go to sleep last Tuesday night knowing that they would wake up to mass graves. At dusk, the village was still alive with familiar routines — farmers returning from their fields, shop owners exchanging banter, families preparing evening meals. By dawn, Woro had been reduced to ashes, …

  The concerns were raised on Wednesday during a joint hearing of the House Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, titled ‘Defending Religious Freedom Around the World.’ A United States congressional hearing on global religious freedom has criticised the Federal Government’s reported $9million lobbying contract in Washington, with lawmakers warning that the deal appeared to be …

The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has expressed strong support for the real-time electronic transmission of election results ahead of the 2027 General Elections. The NSE President,Ali Rabiu, made this known while reacting to Senate’s rejection of the proposal of real-time electronic transmission of election results from polling units to INEC’s IReV portal mandatory. According to Rabiu, electronic transmission of …

Tuesday’s massacre in Woro, a remote community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, which left an estimated 176 residents dead, was not a random act of violence. Findings by Saturday PUNCH show that the attack was the result of a calculated expansion of a jihadist front that the country’s security architecture failed to halt despite prior warnings. At …

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) on Friday announced the suspension of its 84-day nationwide strike following agreements reached with the Federal Government. This is contained in a communiqué jointly signed by JOHESU National Chairman, Mr Kabiru Ado-Minjibir, and National Secretary, Mr Martin Egbanubi, in Abuja. The union said the decision followed resolutions reached at an emergency expanded National Executive …

JOS: Plateau State has recorded six confirmed cases of Lassa fever, with four resulting deaths, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicholas Baamlong, has said. Baamlong disclosed this at a press briefing in Jos, noting that the cases were reported across Jos South, Jos North, Qua’an Pan, Wase, Shendam and Mangu Local Government Areas. He said one of the fatalities was …