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A casual staff of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) Plc ,Lokoja branch was on Thursday Electrocuted while working on high tension wire in Madabo area Lokoja. The deceased, Malam Muhammadu Buhari, a father of one, identified as Bapati, had gone to Madabo transformer point around 9. 30am to rectify a fault at the pole when…

The raging feud between the suspended National Chairman of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, and his estranged benefactor, Rivers State’s Governor Nyesom Wike has escalated into a dirty grudge fight. THEANALYSTNG authoritatively gathered that the battle for the control of Wadata House, the PDP’s National Headquarters, has shifted to their native…

 The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the attack on a bullion van in Ore by gunmen. The police also confirmed the killing of the bullion van driver and a policeman during the attack. According to the statement, the attack occurred on Wednesday evening in the Costain axis of the commercial town of Ore, Odigbo…

The President Muhammadu Buhari government has signed a deal that will ensure Russia’s supply of weapons to Nigeria to tackle growing insecurity in the country. Giving details of the deal, the Nigerian embassy in Russia said it is a military-technical cooperation agreement with the Russian government that will also include after sales services. “The agreement…

Suspended Executive Chairman of Kogi /Koton Karfe Local Goverment Council, Hon. Isah Abdulkarim , has called on his teeming supporters, People of Kogi Local government and APC faithfuls to remain strong and resolute following his suspension from office by Kogi state House of Assembly on Wednesday 25th August, 2021. The appealed was contained in a…

An unconfirmed number of people have been reportedly killed in Yelwa Zangam, a community in Jos North LGA of Plateau state. Several houses were also reportedly set ablaze in the attack. Police Public Relation Officer,(PPRO) Ubah Ogaba, confirmed the incident to Journalists on Wednesday. “The command is aware of the incident at Yelwa Zangam,” he said….

 Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday said over 100,000 people have been killed in the state in the last 12 years contrary to other claims on the numbers of persons killed by Boko Haram insurgents. According to the governor, 10 per cent of the population of Borno State is unaccounted for as…

Suspected bandits have attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna. The bandits were said to have broken into the academy around 1 am Tuesday. Military sources who spoke with TheCable said an officer was killed and while two others were abducted. “They took about three officers, and one of them who resisted and tried…

Since the return to democracy in 1999, among the myriad of problems Plateau State has grappled with for close to two decades, security of lives and property appears to be the most pressing. This follows the outbreak of hostilities on 7th of September, 2001, in the city of Jos and other communities in the State….

Kidnappers of Bethel Baptist School students on Saturday night released 15 students. Recall that scores of students were kidnapped two months ago. While a few of them were released, 70 other students were still in the hands of their abductors who demanded huge sums of ransom from their parents. Following the huge demand, parents have…