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At least, 30 passengers have been abducted by terrorists along the Abuja-Kaduna highway, SaharaReporters learnt. An unspecified number of persons are said to have also been shot during the attack. The attack came barely two months after bandits derailed a Kaduna-bound train, killing scores and kidnapping several persons including pregnant …

Nigeria is in mourning following the Monday night bombing of the Kaduna-bound train by hundreds of terrorists. The train was forced to a halt after the terrorists planted bombs on the tracks. Witnesses said the attackers later surrounded most of the coaches and opened fire before they forcefully gained access, …

A 21-year-old lady, Esther Isaac, has died in a hotel in the Federal Capital Territory. The victim reportedly lodged in Room 901 on February 25, 2022, at the Agete Hotel in the Gwarinpa area of the FCT. Her brother, Emmanuel, who spoke to our correspondent on Tuesday, accused the police …

The lights at Nigeria’s national stadium went off on Monday evening as the Black Stars held a training session. The team arrived in Abuja on Monday afternoon and checked in at the Abuja Sheraton. It wasn’t long before Otto Addo’s team headed to the Mashood Abiola Stadium to hold a …

Nollywood actor John Okafor popularly known as Mr Ibu has revealed that he was recently poisoned at an event in Abuja. The movie veteran has been hospitalised at the hospital for days. Okafor made this known during a chat with Saturday Beats. “I just got poisoned again. It seems my …

As hundreds of Nigerians in Ukraine are struggling to return home, about 115 young men, recently, offered to join Ukraine in its fight against Russia. The men, who besieged the Ukraine Embassy in Abuja, also put down their names in a register provided by the embassy, Guardian reports. The Second …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has embarked on a day’s trip to Niamey, the Capital of Niger, Mr Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament has announced. Delivering a message from the President on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, Mr Bagbin said the President would return to Ghana in the evening of …

No fewer than six persons have died in a fatal auto crash that occurred in the Tungan Maje area of the Federal Capital Territory.Also, nine people were said to be injured in the accident which happened around 10 am on Friday. An eyewitness who gave his name as Austin said …

The Unique Kingdom Ministries Worldwide again put a smile on the needy in Abuja,Nigerian face. This Programme is an Annual Outreach which has existed and been in operations  in the last One Decade. The dedicated woman, Convener and Benefactor of this Empowerment Programme is ‘Mrs Bernadette Chimeh Alpoh’. She  Mrs …

  Hundreds of protesters partially blocked a highway into Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Monday after residents reported a spate of kidnappings in the area. Setting tyres on fire, the crowd barricaded a section of the Abuja-Kaduna highway in the Tafa area of Niger state, bordering the federal capital, an AFP …