A Special Force Squad of the Nigerian Navy Base, Onitsha, stormed Ochan forest, known as the Anambra State base of kidnappers, and arrested five suspected kidnappers. During the bombardment, over 10 persons died while others escaped with bullet wounds, Punch reports. While parading the suspects at its base in Onitsha on Friday, the leader of […]
THE Delta State Police Command has confirmed the killing of five persons as unknown gunmen attacked Morfor motor park in Udu Local Government Area, Delta State, and engaged police operatives in a gun battle. Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mr. Bright Edafe, who confirmed the attacks in a statement, said two of […]
Kenyan police in a village in Nairobi are investigating a case of a man who is alleged to have collapsed and died at a lodging in Kawagware on Wednesday. Erastus Madzomba, according to reports died during a steamy sex session with his girlfriend, Elgar Namusia, he met two weeks ago. The body had no physical […]
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has urged Nigerians to do things differently in the New Year to make Nigeria a better country for all. Atiku gave the charge in a New Year message addressed to Nigerians to herald 2022. In a release he personally signed and released to journalists in Abuja, Atiku described 2021 as […]
A 39-year-old clergy and seven other travellers drowned along Ogbeinbiri Community river in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State when two boats conveying passengers collided on Friday. According to the locals, one of the ill-fated boats was transporting a sick woman to hospital in Yenagoa, the state capital, through Amassoma waterway when it […]
Rev Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has said despite his criticism of the Buhari administration, the president has not stopped picking his calls. The cleric, who is one of the notable critics of the government of the day, has on several occasions, accused the president of nepotism. Addressing journalists at St […]
The Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority (KSSQA) on Friday, shuts down two Islamiyah schools indefinitely over alleged rape of a six-year-old girl and impregnating of another. One of the schools, Madrasatul Ulumul Deeniya wa Tahfizul Qur’an, located in Rigasa, was closed over the alleged rape of the six-year-old girl in the school premises. The […]
By Frederick Nwabufo To whom do we owe allegiance – our tribe or Nigeria? The reality is some of us, if not most, define our existence and identity from a tribal standpoint. We think in tribal amplitude and act in protection of the tribe. Our tribe comes first; we steal, fight and even kill for […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Mohammed Bello has tested positive for COVID-19. Bello in a statement personally signed by him on Friday said he started feeling sick on Tuesday and his test result for the virus came out positive on Friday morning. He also added that experts informed him that his case […]
The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Samdaddy Anyanwu, on Friday said there will be a political earthquake in Imo state come 2023 governorship election. Samdaddy disclosed this while interacting with members of the Corresponding Chapel, in Owerri. He said the political earthquake would be possible because Imo people have massively rejected the […]
