Scores of students were abducted by bandits when they invaded Government College, a secondary school in Kagara, Rafi LGA, Niger state last night leaving one student, Benjamin Doma dead in the process.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has intercepted and arrested five Shiites members who were initiating attack on Abuja citizens and to destroy public property.

A  Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has today Okayed the application of the embattled former Abia state governor, Orji Kalu over his N7billion fraud seeking to restrain the anti-graft from re-trying him. Justice Inyang Ekwo has today also ordered that the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to stay active on their move to retry the former Governor Kalu.

A South East professional group has condemned the violent activities of members of the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, especially as they relate to the profiling of Fulani herdsmen in the geo-political zone of the country. Specifically, the coalition maintained that peaceful Fulani herders, like other citizens, have the inalienable right to live and reside in any part of Nigeria without molestation, as guaranteed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended). The group, operating under the aegis of Coalition of South-East Professional Network in Nigeria and Diaspora (CSEPNND), lampooned Kanu and members of his group for portraying Igbo as a violent people, who do not have the sense of accommodation and hospitality. Insisting that the people of South-East are peaceful, amiable and accommodating, the professional group reiterated the fact that the unity of Nigeria remained non-negotiable, even as it enjoined Ndigbo within and outside to denounce Kanu and IPOB. In a statement, Thursday, by its National President, Prof. Madumere Chika, CSEPNND reminded Ndigbo both at home and in the diaspora that a court of competent jurisdiction had proscribed IPOB, and accordingly labelled it a terrorist organisation.

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has today adjourned the arraignment of former Governor of Abia state, Senator Orji Kalu, who was charged for N7.1 billion fraud while a governor.

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the trial and hearing of bail application of Abdulrasheed Maina, defunct Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), until Feb. 19 at the instance of his lawyer, Sani Katu, SAN. Justice Okon Abang adjourned the matter after Katu told the court that he needed more time to enable him to prepare adequately for Maina’s defense since he was coming into the matter afresh.