Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have launched an attack on the recently resettled Yamtake community in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, k!lling two soldiers and several civilians. Security and local sources confirmed the attack, saying the assailants invaded the communities around 11:15pm on Thursday, April 17, 2025, the punch reported. One…
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck Nagano Prefecture in central Japan on Friday, with no tsunami warning issued, according to the weather agency. No severe… © Japan Today
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said 62 inmates in Kano, North-west Nigeria, have completed their O’Level programme. The inmates participated in the NCoS Continuing Education Programme, culminating in their sitting the National Examination Council (NECO) and the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) examinations. On Friday, the NCoS organised a graduation ceremony for…
Fire in the early hours of Friday destroyed six shops at Kurmi (Yan’ Jagal) Market in Kano State. The spokesman for the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Kano. He said: “We received a distress from Jakara police division at about 01:35 a.m. that there was a…
Kidnappers suspected to be herdsmen have abducted an Ezenwanyi (priestess) and three worshippers at a river in Obehe Orba in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State. Chijinkem Ugwuanyi, an Enugu media personality, who confirmed the incident said the gunmen also abducted four local farmers in the same community. According to…
