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35 killed in jihadist attacks in Nigeria: sources 244 KANO, Nigeria, May 5, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Jihadists have killed 35 people, including five troops and 15 militiamen, in two attacks in Nigeria’s troubled northern Borno state, sources told AFP Tuesday. Islamic State-aligned militants have intensified attacks on army camps in recent weeks as part of a decade-long insurgency that has killed 36,000 people and forced more than two million to flee their homes. Fighters from Islamic State West Afr...

AFP Tuesday. Islamic State-aligned militants have intensified attacks on army camps in recent weeks as part of a decade-long insurgency that has killed 36,000 people and forced more than two million to flee their homes. Fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) came in several trucks fitted with machine guns and stormed Ajiri town late on Monday. They attacked a military base, leading to intense fighting in which five soldiers and 15 anti-jihadist militia were killed, two milita...

Yasuyoshi Ciba / AFP Jihadists have killed more than 36 000 people and forced more than two million to flee their homes. On Tuesday, the militants killed 35 people, including five troops and 15 militiamen. The attacks happened in the Borno state. Jihadists have killed 35 people, including five troops and 15 militiamen, in two attacks in Nigerias troubled northern Borno state, sources told AFP Tuesday. Islamic State-aligned militants have intensified attacks on army camps in recent weeks as par...

Laleye Dipo in Minna The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Niger State branch has declared an indefinite strike from May 4, 2021. The union in a statement made available to journalists in Minna yesterday stated that the declaration of the strike followed the resolution by the state Working Executive Committee of the NUT held on April 30, 2021, during which the inability of the state government to meet the demands of the organisation after it suspended a previous strike that took place last Febru...

Senator Ayo Akinyelure (PDP – Ondo Central) says the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede will get a favourable judgement at the Court of Appeal. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the October 10, 2020 election. The petition tribunal declared him winner this week. Akinyelure, in a statement by his spokesman, Charles Akinwon, predicted that the verdict will be overturned. The lawmaker advised PDP members in Ondo not to b...

The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Farouq Shatiman Rijiya over alleged

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, greeted the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom on his 60th birthday. A statement by presidential spokesman,

NPFL: Super-sub Chinonso dazzles with brace as Lobi Stars trounce Jigawa GS On Kindly Share This Story: Chinonso Okonkwo came off the bench in the second half to score a brace as Lobi Stars staged a remarkable comeback to beat Jigawa Golden Stars on Sunday. The match played at the Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi was one of Matchday 19 fixtures of the Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL. Chinonso’s goals canceled out Ibrahim Umar’s first-half goal for the spirited visitors who showed cha...

Ali Odefa, PDP National Vice Chairman, South East Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South East zone has elected a new leadership to pilot the affairs of the party for the next 4 years. Acting chairman of the party, Chief Ali Odefa emerged the new South East zonal Chairman of PDP, having scored the highest number of votes. Chief Odefa was elected by zonal PDP delegates at the weekend during the PDP zonal Elective Congress at Okpara Square, Enugu State. Other elected zonal officers include Zonal s...

By Laleye Dipo The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has said that the Supreme Court did not split the union into two autonomous bodies. Speaking at the Niger State Working Executive Committee (SWEC) in Minna, the state capital Thursday, the state Chairman of the union, Ibrahim Umar, and the Principal Assistant Secretary, Labaran Garba, said there is a misconception and misinterpretation of the Supreme Court judgment that secondary school teachers have been given the legal right to form their own...