For nearly a week, the kidnapped UNIJOS and UNIMAID medical students have endured harsh conditions in captivity, while their families scramble to raise the ₦50 million ransom demanded by the abductors. Meanwhile, police rescue efforts have been criticised as slow.
David Daser, the founder of nHub, northern Nigeria’s first innovation hub, and the initiator of the now defunct Code Plateau by PICTDA, has been appointed by President Bola Tinubu as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), an international centre for ICT studies established by the Nigerian Communications Commission in 2004.
Heavy rains have turned life into a nightmare for residents of Katon Gyese, a Tudun Wada community in Jos. The community is cut off from the city whenever the overflowing river submerges the sole access point, a dilapidated bridge.
Bandits demand ₦50 million ransom for 20 kidnapped medical students from UNIJOS and UNIMAID, family sources tell JoeyOffAir.
UNIJOS and UNIMAID Medical Students Feared Abducted in Benue En Route to FECAMDS National Convention
Some medical students from the University of Jos and the University of Maiduguri are feared abducted in Benue State while traveling to Enugu for the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students’ convention.
Nigerian Medical Laboratory Scientist Odinaka Kingsley Obeta has been appointed as Co-Chair of the newly established Youth Workstream under the RBM Partnership to End Malaria, a global initiative aimed at empowering young people in the fight against malaria.
Mutfwang has announced partial curfew lift in Jos-Bukuru metropolis: Residents can now move freely for four hours daily.
Jos-Bukuru residents are urging officials to lift a 72-hour curfew that has brought the city to a standstill.
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Six Days On, 20 UNIJOS and UNIMAID Medical Students Remain in Captivity 
nHub Founder & Ex-PICTDA DG Takes Helm As CEO of Nigeria’s Digital Bridge Institute 
When It Rains, This Tudun Wada Community Faces a Flooded, Impassable Bridge—A Struggle Endured for Years 
Hours Later, Police and Benue Gov’t Remain Silent on Kidnapped Medical Students 
Bandits Demand ₦50 Million for Release of Kidnapped UNIJOS/UNIMAID Medical Students 
Nigerian Scientist Odinaka Obeta Named Co-Chair of RBM Youth Workstream to End Malaria 
Plateau Further Eases Curfew in Jos-Bukuru to 12pm to 6pm 
Nationwide Protest: 51 Suspects Arrested for Violating Government Directives 
Jos Residents Demand Curfew Lifting as Hunger And Economic Hardship Bites 
Eyewitness Reports: “Sunday’s Events in Jos Were Not Ethnoreligious” 
Ongoing #EndBadGovernance Protest in Jos Maintains Peaceful Atmosphere