BENUE BLOODSHED: Military Checkpoint Clash Claims Over 20 Lives in Katsina-Ala

BENUE BLOODSHED: Military Checkpoint Clash Claims Over 20 Lives in Katsina-Ala

By Our Reporter A devastating incident occurred at the military checkpoint in Ugba Junction, Amaafu, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, claiming the lives of over 20 people. The tragedy unfolded when a commercial driver was stopped by military personnel and allegedly asked to pay 200 Naira, but offered 100 Naira, leading to an argument. The situation escalated, with the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers […]

November 29, 2025 29

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Trump, Elon Musk Clash Over Tax Bill

In a dramatic unraveling of what was once seen as a powerful alliance, tech mogul Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump have publicly clashed over the recently proposed “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB), a sweeping tax and spending package championed by Trump’s administration. The feud erupted after Musk condemned the OBBB as a “disgusting abomination,” pointing to its projected $2.4 trillion deficit impact and, more critically for him, the […]

June 5, 2025 28

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One killed, suspects arrested as Gombe youths, herdsmen clash

The Gombe State Police Command said it had arrested some suspects in connection with the death of one person following a clash between some youths and Fulani herders in the Lano Village, Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of the state on Saturday. The conflict began when youths from Lano village barricaded the Lano-Deba Road and allegedly attacked herdsmen crossing from Kuri village, killing five of their cows. Abdullahi had narrated […]

December 9, 2024 28 2

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PDP crisis: Damagum camp, anti-Wike govs may clash today

The 13 state governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party are headed for a possible showdown today (Monday) as they meet to discuss the party’s internal crisis, which took a deeper turn on Friday following the emergence of a factional PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Yayari Mohammed. Friday’s development marked a new twist in the clamour to remove the PDP acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, who is an […]

October 14, 2024 30

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October 1 protest: Police man flashpoints, APC, opposition clash

State commands of the Nigeria Police Force have deployed men in flashpoints as organisers of the October 1 protest insist on going ahead with the demonstration on Independence Day as planned, If the protest holds, it will be the second time in two months that angry Nigerians would hit the streets in disapproval of the hardship in the country occasioned by the hike in petrol price and electricity tariff and […]

September 30, 2024 80

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Rivers assembly: Fubara, pro-Wike lawmakers clash over relocation

The Rivers State Government and lawmakers loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday disagreed over an executive order, which relocated the sitting of the state House of Assembly to the Auditorium of the Administrative Block of the Government House, Port Harcourt. The order, which was released by the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Friday, is contained in the state’s official Gazette, tagged Executive Order […]

May 13, 2024 37

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10 hospitalised as police, cult groups clash in Lagos schools

There was pandemonium on Wednesday, January 31, after a fight broke out among some cult groups said to be students of Community Senior Grammar School and Ikotun High School at Ikotun in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State.

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