Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have intercepted more than 2,000 rounds of various grades of ammunition being conveyed to bandits by a courier around Polewire in the dreaded Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this on Thursday, said the ammunition…
Teddy Don Momoh, Husband of late Gospel singer, Kefee, has remarried nine years after the death of his wife. Don Momoh made this known via his Instagram account on Wednesday. Sharing a photo of himself and his new bride, he wrote “Oluwakemi & Oluwakemi Don-Momoh for real.. if you didn’t know now you know. “Mr…
The Osun State Police Command has arrested two persons in connection with the murder of a 500-level student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Okoli Ahize Chizoputam. According to reports, the final-year engineering student was lynched by fellow students over the alleged theft of a mobile phone at a hall of residence on the…
The Lagos State Government has released a statement accusing promoters of the movie ‘Gangs of Lagos’ of making a mockery of the heritage of Lagos. The statement posted on the state government’s official website reads: “Lagos State Government has expressed displeasure with the promoters of the “Gangs of Lagos” film/series over cultural misrepresentation and for…
The bandits that kidnapped 85 people in Wanzamai village of Tsafe Local Government of Zamfara State have refused to release the abducted victims and have demanded an additional N850,000 from the community to buy two motorcycles. It was gathered that the abductors had demanded N20,000 on each of the 85 kidnapped victims, mainly women and…
Nigeria’s currency, the naira has appreciated, The Nation reports. It appreciated to N737 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market, popularly called the black market. The figure indicates a N9 or 1.2 per cent gain compared to the N746 it traded three weeks ago The currency had maintained stability against…
Different Nigerian journalists who were seeking to visit the site of the collapsed seven-storey building in Banana Island, Lagos State have been denied access to the estate, The PUNCH reports. The reporters from various media houses including The PUNCH, Channels TV, TVC, Arise, Guardian and others, have been asked to wait outside the estate gate….
A man, Moses Gibson, from Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States, has undergone a leg surgery to add five inches to his height after struggling to talk to women for years due to self-doubt about his stature. Gibson said he had been insecure about his height since he was 15 years old, after witnessing other…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, approved an N495 million contract for the procurement and installation of scanners in some railway stations in the country, in order to minimise the risk of attacks on the country’s railway services. The baggage scanners will be installed at the railway stations including Kubwa, Idu, Jere, Rigassa, Kaduna…
The former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu, has held an open casket viewing ceremony for his late wife, Ifeoma, at McEwen Funeral Service-Pineville Chapel, North Carolina, in the United States. Kalu shared pictures from the open casket viewing via his Twitter handle on Wednesday. He wrote, “ Ahead of tomorrow’s service of songs…