No fewer than 170 people have now been confirmed dead in the tanker explosion that rocked Jigawa State on Tuesday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent Lawan Adam, in a statement on Friday, noted that 70 others were still critically injured in different hospitals. He said, “The death toll in the petrol tanker explosion in Majiya town, Taura …

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the payment of N10 million each to the families of the police officers who died in a fatal motor accident in Kano State. A total of five police officers lost their lives, while 11 were injured in the accident, which occurred on the Zaria-Kano Expressway as they were returning from election …

Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, National Presidential Aspirant, Garba Muhammad Project (GMP), Friday expressed his sympathy to the victims of the flood disaster in Borno and called on the relevant agencies and government to as a matter of urgency attend to the needs of the families of the affected. Speaking with newsmen, Muhammad expressed his desire to work with government …

At least, 69 Boko Haram terrorists and their families have surrendered to the Multinational Joint Task Force authorities in Cameroon and Niger in a fresh operation. The mass surrender is a result of a successful operation by the MNJTF, a coalition of forces from countries in the Lake Chad Basin, including Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger. The operation, which aims …