Members of the Divine Heaven Amalgamated Landlords Association, Ifite-Nteje in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State on Saturday protested destruction of their property by suspected youths of the community. One of the owners of the demolished hotel Malachy Chukwu, was said to have taken his life over the incident. The protesters, comprising men […]
At least six persons were killed and many others injured in a bomb attack at a wedding venue in Tashan Mararaba, Gwoza town, Borno State. According to a security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, the bomber, who was later identified as a young lady in her early twenties, detonated her explosive device in […]
A Bayelsa State High Court, sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced a 41-year-old father, Baridapsi Needam, to 14 years imprisonment for raping and impregnating his daughter. The victim, however, gave birth to a baby girl in the pendency of the trial. The accused, Needam, in the suit numbered YHC/14C/2022 was charged with the offence […]
Seriake Dickson, chairman of the senate committee on ecology and climate change, says the masterminds of oil theft in the Niger Delta reside outside the region. In a report by NAN on Friday, Dickson said the “big players” are based in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the world. The senator spoke during a […]
Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general election, has joined the advocacy for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), while expressing concerns about Nigeria’s governance. Speaking to journalists at his residence in Onitsha, Anambra State, Obi described Nigeria […]
A couple, Mr Uche and Mrs Peace Mbonu, have been arrested and handed over to the police for alleged child abuse, starvation and refusal to provide necessaries for their five underaged boys in the Osumenyi community, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The arrest was carried out by the security operatives of […]
America’s most influential newspaper, The New York Times, called in an editorial Friday for President Joe Biden to step aside and allow another Democrat to challenge Donald Trump for the White House in November. Describing Biden as “the shadow of a great public servant,” the newspaper’s editorial board — which is separate from its […]
The supreme court has discharged and acquitted Akawu Bala, a sergeant of the Nigerian Army, over an allegation of murder. Bala, who has been in Kaduna prison since 2012, was sentenced to death for murder by the general court martial of the army. He was accused of shooting one Isa Mohammed on December 9, […]
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight new permanent secretaries to fill existing and impending vacancies in some states and geo-political zones in the top administrative cadre of the federal civil service. Disclosing this in a statement on Friday, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said […]
Tragedy struck on Friday at lmawa town, Kura Local Government area of Kano State along Zaria – Kano highway as a moving truck lost control and killed no fewer than 14 worshippers. It was gathered that the incident occured along the highway when the truck ran into the worshippers who were returning from the […]
