Aggrieved youths Thursday staged a protest in Abigi, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, following the death of a pregnant woman at a police checkpoint, New Telegraph reports. According to the report, the protesters, who stormed the Abigi Divisional Police Headquarters, blamed policemen manning the checkpoint for the death of the pregnant woman […]
A high court sitting in Owerri, Imo state has remanded a 65-year old man, Eke Duru in custody for sexually assaulting an eight years old child. Mr. Duru hails from Ubomiri, Mbaitoli local government area, Imo state, and until his incarceration was a driver with Great Grace Bakery, Ubomiri. The suspect was said to have […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured a bench warrant to arrest two nationals of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for their failure to appear in court to take their plea in a criminal matter. The bench warrant was issued by Hon. Justice O. O. Goodluck of the […]
The Federal High court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Taiwo Taiwo has restrained the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Clerk, other officials and privies of the green Chambers from proceeding with their deliberation or invitation against the spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Barr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere. […]
No fewer than 10 persons are presently cooling their heels in police cells in Ebonyi state following the bizarre flogging of a young pastor, Oko Chukwu Obeni, a native of Ndukwe Amasiri Village in Afikpo North council area of Ebonyi State. Obeni was allegedly flogged 36 strokes of the cane while his elder brother bought-off […]
…Takes awareness campaign to the rural areas An anti COVID-19 advocacy group, the South-East Coronavirus Intervention Network (SCIN) has taken the awareness campaign of the pandemic to rural areas in the South-East. This is also as the group expressed shock that in spite of the ravaging impact of the disease, that many persons in rural […]
Nigerians living in Sokoto state have been abandoned by the Nigerian military in a wave of violent attacks by bandits and terrorists. Premium Times reports that the Senator representing Sokoto East, Ibrahim Gobir maintains that residents of the State now rely on the soldiers of Niger Republic for protection against armed bandits as the Nigerian […]
A cleric and social critic in Amasiri community, Afikpo North council area of the Ebonyi state, Pastor Oko Chukwu Obeni, has narrated his ordeal in the hands of his kinsmen and leaders of Essa, Eto and Isioru community who allegedly tortured him to an inch of his life. Brazenly, the community justified its action against […]
By Oge Nosike When the new Chairman of the Imo Internal Revenue Service (IIRS), Justice Remigius Okoye said he was committed to plugging all avenues of revenue leakage in the state, not many were certain he would follow through. But recent events at the IIRS, all happening so fast, suggest that Okoye’s resolve to follow […]
.Tribute to a fallen comrade By Okey Nwanguma The news of the death of Uche Wisdom Durueke on the afternoon of 14 May, 2020 hit me with a devastating suddeness and benumbing shock. Words are not enough to adequately convey the enormity of my grief. My last communication with Durueke was on May 3, during […]
