Nigerian juju musician, Ebenezer Obey, has lost one of his sons, Olayinka Olalekan Obey-Fabiyi. It was gathered that 48-year-old Olayinka died on Friday, 29th of August and was interred on Saturday. However, the cause of Olayinka’s death has not been confirmed. Sadly, this is not the first time the juju maestro will be thrown […]
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has said that Nigerians would not use the political party as a deciding factor in the choice of a candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Archbishop Okoh said this in Abuja on Sunday in his sermon at the 2022 men’s conference […]
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have reportedly arrested a suspected Boko Haram leader in Abeokuta, Ogun state. According to Daily Trust, the suspected Boko Haram leader was arrested at Ijaye area of Abeokuta on Sunday. A source reportedly told the newspaper that the suspect initially resisted arrest before he was overpowered. […]
No fewer than seven persons have again been killed in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau state by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. The killing is coming less than 24 hours after 18 other persons lost their lives during a clash between bandits and members of vigilante group in the Wase Council Area […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered a laboratory used for the production of methamphetamine (Mkpurummiri) in Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lagos. NDLEA officials were said to have busted the laboratory domiciled at K-5A/2, Road 14, VGC, on Saturday. The development was disclosed in an internal security incident memo signed by Yusuff […]
The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, on Sunday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to recruit five million policemen to fight the insecurity in the country. Oluwo, in a statement on Sunday by his media aide, Alli Ibrahim, also urged Buhari to turn Nigeria into a police country to strengthen its security. He also […]
The northern leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to live up to his constitutional responsibility by protecting Nigerians. Sunday Oibe, secretary-general of CAN in the 19 northern states and the FCT, said the association is deeply concerned about the security situation in the country. Speaking on […]
Hundreds of villagers in Damari town under Kazage Ward in the eastern part of Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State are fleeing their homes en masse after bandits dislodged members of the Ansaru terrorist group last week after a fierce fight. A local union said at least 50 persons have been abducted by […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Sunday hosted a crucial meeting with some governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who coordinated his presidential campaign. The meeting held behind closed doors at the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Although the agenda of the meeting was unclear, it […]
The leaderships of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has continued to mount intense pressure on the state Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot, to release human rights activist, Mr. Inibehe Effiong, from prison custody. The Chief Judge, last week, sentenced the lawyer to one month imprisonment over alleged contempt, a development which has put the NBA on […]
