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The terrorists who abducted Major Stephen Dantong from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Afaka, Kaduna, on Tuesday have contacted the authorities to demand a N200 million ransom, FIJ can report. Around 1am on Tuesday, a contingent of bandits pulled up on motorbikes, invading the Army barracks to kill two soldiers, identified as Lieutenant Commodore Wulah and Flight Lieutenant Okoronwo. They also abducted Major Datong. FIJ gathered that the gunmen operated for hours and left without any hindrance. After they left, soldiers in the barracks made efforts to trail them but failed. “They couldn’t kill even one of them,” an NDA source lamented to FIJ. “They searched everywhere in the bush but couldn’t find them. They had fled away with their motorbikes.” FIJ understands the bandits subsequently contacted the defence academy to initiate negotiation on the payment of ransom before they release Datong. READ ALSO: Bandits Gun Two Officers Down, Abduct One at NDA Kaduna “They have called to ask ...

The  culture of Nigeria  is shaped by  Nigeria 's multiple  ethnic groups . The country has 527 languages, seven of which are extinct. [1]  Nigeria also has over 1150 dialects and ethnic groups. The three largest  ethnic groups  are the  Hausas  that are predominantly in the north, the  Yorubas  who predominate in the southwest, and the  Igbos  in the southeast. There are many other ethnic groups with sizeable populations across the different parts of the country. The  Kanuri people  are located in the northeast part of Nigeria, the  Tiv people  of north central and the  Efik-Ibibio  are in the south south. The  Bini people  are most frequent in the region between  Yorubaland  and  Igboland Nigeria's other ethnic groups, sometimes called 'minorities', are found throughout the country but especially in the north and the middle belt. The traditionally  nomadic ...

The Federal Government has expressed shock over  yesterday commencement of strike by members of National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, despite a successful meeting with its leaders last week to sort out their grievances. This is as the government said it held a successful meeting with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to iron out its grievances. A statement by the Deputy Director Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, said the Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, was shocked that NARD directed its members nationwide to commence industrial action after having a successful meeting last week. The Minister spoke at an interactive meeting between the Federal Government and ASUU aimed at evaluating the implementation  of the Memorandum of Action, MOA, entered into by the parties. Addressing the press, Ngige said the meeting evaluated seven key issu...