Three people were reported killed and many others were injured on Tuesday night after hoodlums attacked a community called Samarun Kataf, in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, residents say.
The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, has expressed deep concern about the reported casualties among civilians and humanitarian workers in the accidental airstrikes that hit the Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Rann, Borno State, North East Nigeria.
The Gambia's parliament has voted to approve a 90-day state of emergency declared by President Yahya Jammeh, as well as the extension of the President’s tenure by 90 days.
Despite concerted efforts by the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to convince members of the Senate on the necessity to shut down the Abuja International Airport in order to repair its runway, the lawmakers appear apprehensive of the proposed move.
The trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki continued at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Abuja with a prosecution witness telling the court how Saraki, during his time as the Governor of Kwara State, transferred huge sums of money to his foreign accounts in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.
