Crime Facts

It’s doubtful herders wilfully destroy farms —FG

  Despite frequent invasion of farms and killings of farmers in different parts of the country, especially in South East and Benue State, by armed herdsmen, the federal government said yesterday it was unsure herders intentionally unleash their cattler on farms. The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, who stated this while responding to questions […]

Blame Nigerian Army for killings in Enugu, Rivers – IPOB

  THE Indigenous People of Biafra,IPOB, yesterday, accused the 82 Division Enugu and 6 Division Port Harcourt of the Nigerian Army of being responsible for the killings by terrorist herdsmen in Enugu State. IPoB also alleged that the two commanders of the Army Divisions were assigned to the Nigerian Army’s 82 Division Enugu and Port […]

Man commits suicide on Bayelsa flyover

  The body of an unidentified man was seen, Sunday, hanging at a flyover some distance from the NNPC mega filling station, Ekeki suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Some believed he might have committed suicide by hanging himself Saturday night. The body of the man said to be in his late thirties, clad in a […]

Terror war: Over 886 hardened Boko Haram fighters for prosecution

  The Theatre Commander, North East Joint Operation, Hadin Kai, Major General Christopher Musa, said yesterday that 886 hardened Boko Haram detainees were currently awaiting transfer to Giwa Project in Kainji, Niger State, for prosecution. He also said 323 detainees were transferred to Operation Safe Corridor in Gombe State on 8 September 8, 2022, for […]

ASUU warns of new crisis, seeks intervention

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday warned Nigerians that if the Federal Government kept withholding their pay, a new crisis in the country’s universities would transcend break out. It urged interested parties and well-meaning Nigerians to pressure the Federal Government into paying its members’ withheld eight-month salaries across the nation. The University […]

APC, Assembly tackle Adeleke, governor sacks 12,000 workers

  The All Progressives Congress and the Osun State House of Assembly have tackled the new Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, over the six Executive Orders he signed on Monday. They condemned the new governor for reversing some appointments and job recruitments made by his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola. In his first official action as governor, […]

Boy, 13, impregnates 9-year-old cousin

  Zimbabwean police have confirmed that a 13-year-old boy impregnated his 9-year-old cousin in Tsholotsho. 29-year-old father of the pregnant girl was arrested on 29 October 2022, shortly after it was discovered that his daughter was pregnant. He is reported to have been assisting the police with their investigations. Many suspected that the father had […]