naija news today 011119

Local hunters have invaded the hideouts of kidnappers in Taraba, killing several and arresting a good number of others during the combing of forests and mountains in the state. Though the casualty figure remains hazy as at press time, a hunter … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the wife of Katsina State Deputy Accountant General, Hajiya Lubabatu Sani Lawal. The hoodlums numbering about 20 stormed the victim’s residence located within Government Reserve Area (GRA) on Wednesday night and whisked her away. ... Read more via Thisdaylive –...

Many Nigerians have reacted to a recent report exposing sexual harassment of some women in Abuja by some personnel of the police, paramilitary and military alleged to be working on the orders of the Acting-Secretary to the Federal Capital Territory Social Development Secretariat, Mrs Safiya...

Various groups and notable persons yesterday rose against bid by the Nigerian Army to get all citizens identify themselves in a planned exercise tagged Operation Positive Identification, OPI, just as the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai.... Read more via Vanguard News –...

Islamic State confirmed on Thursday that its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a weekend raid by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria, and vowed revenge against the United States. The Iraqi rose from obscurity to lead the … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/36rtZsi...

Facebook is facing backlash after it classified advertisements for an HIV prevention drug as political advertising. Apicha, a New York health center that caters to LGBTQ patients, said last week the tech giant initially blocked ads... Read more via “sexual health” – Google News –...

Cabinet has approved a $200 million facility for the Accra Resilient and Integrated Development Project jointly spearheaded by four ministries — Zongo Development, Works and Housing, Sanitation and Water Resources, and Local Government. Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who made this...