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•Christians, Muslims go spiritual in Niger •UNIJOS directs immediate vacation of students from hostels •Protesters block Abuja-Kaduna expressway over kidnapping Chuks Okocha and Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja, Segun James in Lagos, Laleye Dipo and Seriki Adinoyi in Jos Eminent Nigerians, yesterday, stated that government needed the to summon the political will to act decisively to end the insecurity and criminalities going on in the country. Former vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his running m...

The Abia State Government has said that the State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has literally killed the ”water spirit” ( Mammy Water) that had several years made it difficult for some of the roads in Abia to be fixed, especially the popular Faulks Road. In a speech welcoming the Nigerian Guild of Editors to Abia State, the Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu, while hailing the state governor for fulfilling the promises he made to Abians almost at the 6th anniversary of his government said Abia is now one of the safest in the country and has no doubt set a record in the area of in...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The people of Niger State were jolted and shakened by the official statement of the State Governor, Alh. Abubakar Sani Bello on Tuesday, 28th April, 2021 of the presence of Boko Haram terrorists in Kaura, Shiroro local government of the state, less than four hours drive to Minna, the state capital where, he said the sect have hosted their flag and had captured over 50 villages within the last three weeks. Bello speaking to journalists during a visit to an IDPs camp in IBB Primary School, Minna, had lamented that the sect and bandits have stamped their authority in...

Share Barely three weeks after his abduction, the kidnappers of the clergyman in charge of the Baptist Church in Yakila district in the Rafi local government area of Niger State, Pastor Bitrus Gyang, have demanded a ransom of N10million before the cleric can be released from their captivity. Pastor Gyang been taken into the forests in Zamfara State by his abductors who were suspected to be armed bandits following the involvement of vigilante in his initial release plans. Nigerian Tribune gathered that when the cleric was kidnapped about three weeks ago, his abductors demanded two brand new Ba...

04/13/2021  ia  (International Christian Concern) – Reverend Yohanna Gyang Bitrus of Shiyona Baptist Church was abducted last month when gunmen stormed his house and whisked him away to the Zamfara forest. According to the Sun News online, the abductors originally demanded N5 million, but have increased the number to N10 million (over $26,000) this past Monday. State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Reverend Mathias Echioda, confirmed the story to the Sun News, stating: “ We are praying for his release safely.” The incident, occurring in the Tegina, Rafi Local...