The Katsina State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says 24 people lost their lives, while 245 others were seriously affected as flood and windstorms caused damages in the State. Mr. Umar Muhammad, its spokesman, disclosed this while speaking to newsmen in Katsina on Friday. He explained that all 34 local government areas were seriously affected by…
30 persons are reportedly missing after a boat carrying 85 passengers capsized in Umunnankwo community of Ogbaru Local Government Council of Anambra State on Friday, October 7. Eyewitnesses told Daily Trust that the boat took off from Onukwu Bridge and was heading for Nkwo market and Ogbakuba; both in Ogbaru LGA, when it capsized. About 30 persons…
The Abuja-Kaduna train services will commence operations ‘soon’, the Federal Ministry of Transportation confirmed on Friday. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja. This is coming barely 48 hours after the 23 remaining victims were released by the terrorists. The terrorists had attacked Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28,…
The newly approved Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) has been described as an illegal organization. The Chairman of the University of Lagos Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Dele Ashiru made the submission during a TV interview on Friday. He added that ASUU is an idea nobody can kill. The…
A young man from Kano State, simply identified as Faisal, has built a tricycle popularly known as ‘Keke Napep’ from scratch in Kano. In trending photos, Faisal was seen making the vehicle and showing off the finished product.
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence, Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced an Islamic cleric, Abdulsalam Salaudeen, to life imprisonment for defiling a minor who he was teaching Islamic studies. Police prosecutors told the court that the incident happened in January 2019. The 43-year-old cleric was caught on camera defiling the minor. He…
A notorious house burglar has been apprehended at Lowcost Housing Estate in the Akwanga Local Government area of Nasarawa State. The suspect was caught on Friday morning, October 7, through coordinated efforts of residents of the area. It was gathered that the suspect is allegedly responsible for the recent cases of theft and burglary in the…
A 60-year-old man, Dayyabu Madaki has been handed a life sentence by a Jigawa State High Court, sitting in Dutse, for s3xually molesting a girl. Madaki was arraigned before the court for luring a 9-year-old-girl to his house and forcefully having s3xual intercourse with her in Doro village of Jahun Local Government. The Presiding Judge,…
A Nigerian soldier, who has been identified simply as Nafiu, has been arrested. The soldier who is attached to the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment, Tungan Maje, Federal Capital Territory, was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services for allegedly hiring out and selling guns to kidnappers. PUNCH Metro reports that the suspect was arrested…
Kefas Brandford, a Nigerian man, has been dragged to court in Adamawa State. The man was docked for collecting money from an accountant on the pretext of linking the accountant with a native doctor for purpose of making the accountant successful. Brandford swindled the accountant of money in several instalments over a period of time…