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Twenty kidnapped, 10 killed as bandits invade hospital in Niger State
Over 30 people including patients, hospital staff and relations were either killed or kidnapped when gunmen suspected to be bandits struck the General Hospital in Lapai council area of Niger State. According to reports verified by The Oracle Today, the…
International doctors warn of starvation in besieged northwest
Nigeria faces worsening malnutrition in the northwest due to insecurity, high food prices and the impact of climate change, Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) said on Tuesday, calling for the region to be included in United Nations funding plans next year….
Civil war looms as bandits claim territories in Abia, Anambra, Imo
Sopuruchi Onwuka As the fireworks for the 2023 elections begin to spark flares across the country, the stakes are particularly high in Abia State where the local government area with the largest landmass is under strong contest by an army…
Factors that stoke runaway inflation in Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka Rising insecurity at fishing hubs in the northern parts of the country is compounded by Ukrainian export holdup and rising petrol prices to push Nigeria’s inflation to pre-2005 highs, amplifying how Putin’s war decisions aggravated Buhari’s bad policies…
Bandits abduct newly posted DPO in Kaduna
A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) newly posted to Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State has been abducted, according to Emergency Digest. The DPO was abducted along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway around 9am on Monday. Sources told journalists that the DPO was on…
Bandits: Zamfara to churn out gun licenses for citizens
Sopuruchi Onwuka The government of Zamfara State will start issuing gun licenses to residents to defend themselves and curb attacks by armed bandits that have spread across the country hunting people for commercial ransom. Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Magaji Dosara,…
Three to die by hanging for murdering Fasoranti’s daughter
Three out of the four suspected arraigned for involvement in the murder of Olufunke Olakuri will now die by hanging after they were convicted by the court. The late Mrs Olufunke Olakuri was the second daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti,…
Abia youths spar the military over complicity in commercial kidnapping
(By our correspondents) Tension reached boiling point along the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway on Wednesday when community youths from some sections of the Abia North Senatorial District of Abia State and neighbouring Uturu and Ihube communities of Imo State nearly clashed…
