This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Some 20,000 civilians have fled a township in central Myanmar’s Magway region amid three days of heavy fighting between rebels and junta troops that destroyed around one-third of area homes, residents said Monday. The intense combat in the heartland township of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declined assent to the bill for the establishment of the Federal University of Education, Numan, Adamawa State. Â In a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajuddeen, and read by his Deputy, Benjamin Kalu, during plenary on Tuesday, February 4, President Tinubu outlined his reasons…
A woman identified simply as Onorakpoma has been k!lled by a stray bullet during a cult clash between rival groups, Bobos and Greenlanders, at the Swali Ultra Modern Market in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Â Onorakpoma, a trader from the Emede community in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, was hit by a bullet…
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has criticized the Federal Government’s economic policies, claiming they are causing severe hardship for Nigerians.  Speaking at the Northeast Zonal meeting of the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Reconciliation Committee in Bauchi, the governor expressed his concerns about the economic challenges facing the country.  “Nigeria is…
The former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday berated his successor, Uba Sani, for supporting President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In a post on his X handle, the former governor alleged that Sani was supporting the Tinubu government for personal gains. He added that the state government had received N150 billion in reimbursements from the…
Firefighters from the Adamawa State Fire Service, Federal Fire Service, and the American University of Nigeria (AUN) are working to contain the blaze. An MRS filling station near Yola International Airport in Adamawa State is currently on fire following an explosion on Tuesday evening. Several people are feared dead after an explosion occurred while a…
