Twenty-four hours after the Cross River State government declared 35 youths wanted for cult-related activities, a Navy Victory Ship, NNVS, has arrested 61 persons performing initiation sessions in Akpabuyo creeks. Out of the 61 suspects, 42 were said to be among those declared wanted and were handed over to the state government. NNVS commander Rear…
Police in Kogi State on Tuesday arrested three armed robbery and other suspects following a statewide raid. Command’s spokesman William Aya, in a release, said the arrests were the result of a “continuous onslaught against kidnapping, armed banditry and other heinous crimes” in the state. A human skull was found on a suspected ritualist, police…
The Saudi Arabian government has announced that it will reopen mosques outside the city of Mecca from May 31. Mosques across the kingdom had been shut for two months to limit the spread of coronavirus. The interior ministry, on Tuesday, said prayers will now be allowed to resume in all mosques outside Mecca from May…
A group of Ogoni women from the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Tuesday, protested semi-nude over the continued detention of their son and manager of the demolished Prodest Hotel, Dr Bariledum Azoroh. The women, who gathered in the Zaakpo community, Khana LGA, called on Governor Nyesom Wike to release Bariledum. He was…
Presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, says Nigerians are lucky to have the President Muhammadu Buhari as their leader. Adesina has come under fire following some of his comments as he insists his boss is performing well, despite the contrary opinions held by regime critics. But the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity…
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, says NAFDAC will continue its clinical trial of chloroquine for COVID-19 treatment. Speaking yesterday on a TVC program, Adeyeye said Nigeria believed in hydroxychloroquine and that there was data to prove that it was effective in treating COVID-19 patients,…
A student, Emmanuel Madubuezi, who lost his leg after being shot by a soldier, is set to sue the Nigerian Army for N1bn. Madubuezi was hit by a stray bullet while on his way to school on September 14, 2017. The victim’s lawyer, Mr. Tope Akinyode, said in a statement on Tuesday that since the…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s wife, Betty lashed at a social media critic, calling him a sex offender who ran away to Canada. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu was enmeshed in a heated social media exchange with a critic, Jimmy Adekanle Jaf, who accused her and her husband of violating the ban on interstate travel due to the Coronavirus pandemic….
Nigerian pop star Davido opened up on why he decided to assist embattled rapper, Cynthia Morgan, despite being rude to him in the past. The dancehall rapper was in the news days back after she appeared on an Instagram Live chat, where she revealed that her former record label boss, Jude Okoye was responsible for…
A Nigerian Evangelist on facebook, Victor Edet has called out Pastor Adeboye’s son, Leke, for ‘ dressing like a gangster’ in a new photo that surfaced on social media. Evangelist Edet wondered what the church was turning into and asked that Mr. Leke should be seriously cautioned and called to order. Sharing the above photo,…