Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC) has requested assistance from the European Union Support for Democracy and Good Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) in order to hold a local government election on October 6, 2021. Mr. Hamza Fassi-Fihri, the EU-Project SDGN’s Coordinator, stated this in Lafia, the state capital, during a one-day EU-SDGN training of NASIEC staff and journalists on election …
Following the deadly attack on Sunday night that left several people dead, the Kaduna State Government said on Tuesday that security agencies recovered three more bodies in Zagon Kataf and Kaura LGAs. According to a statement released on Tuesday by Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, state government officials and security agencies visited injured victims in …
In Lagos State, gunmen wearing masks kidnapped a former Chief of Logistics for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Sikiru Oladimeji Smith (rtd). The incident occurred on Monday evening in Ajah, where the victim was reportedly working on a construction site. CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident when contacted. “We are …
Mr Samuel Ben, a councillor representing Ward 6 Central in Akwa Ibom’s Eket Local Government Area, was kidnapped on Tuesday, according to police. SP Odiko Macdon, a police public relations officer in Eket, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the victim was kidnapped at his gas station around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25. …
A two-day management retreat was held by the Ibeju-Lekki Local Government to strategize on how to move the council forward. Tagged: Roadmap to Ibeju-Lekki of Our Dream, Sesan Olowa, the chairman of the council, Abdullahi, presented his strategic development priorities. According to him, the country’s economic situation forced the council to look inward in order to generate enough Internally Generated …
Yesterday, the killing spree in Kaduna State continued. Following the killing of 42 people in two communities, there was outrage. Gunmen killed 34 of them in Madamai, Kaura Local Government Area, and eight others in Kacecere, Zangon Kataf Council, in retaliation. Gunmen stormed the ECWA Church in Gabaciwa, Kachia Council, last Sunday, killing one worshipper during a service. The Madamai …
