Four people were reportedly killed in separate attacks by suspected herders on two communities in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Several houses were also said to have been razed down by the marauding herders. Last week, nine people were killed in separate attacks in the same Guma LGA by suspected herders. Coincidentally,…
Seven suspected internet fraudsters were arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Benin on Friday, September 9, 2022. The suspects who were arrested at their hideouts, following actionable intelligence about their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud, have been identified as Akele Aisosa, Idemudia Lawson Osarodion, Daniel Chidube Emeka, Ekoh Godswill,…
An Anglican priest of the Nnewi Diocese in Anambra State, Rev. Ogbuchukwu Lotanna, has resigned his position as a priest of the church. Lotanna, also a lawyer, from Mbanagu Otolo Nnewi, in the resignation, stated that he received a divine mandate to float a movement in support of polygamy. He claimed that the divine mandate…
Veteran broadcaster and writer, Timawus Mathias, has passed on at 73. A family member, Jiji Mathias, made the announcement in a Facebook post today, September 9, 2022. His death followed protracted ill-health. He recently came out of a 5-week coma in August and took to Facebook to share the news of his ill-health and miraculous…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-cultural organization in Igbo land, has reacted to the call that the University of Nigeria Nsukka be renamed after Queen Elizabeth. The Ohanaeze asked the Presidency to jettison the call to name the University of Nigeria Nsukka after Queen Elizabeth University of Nigeria, saying such move can be best for Aso…
The Police in Oyo State have announced that they have located and contacted the family members of the man whose skeleton was found in his house recently. A statement by the police in Oyo State said family members of the deceased confirmed that the deceased’s name was Aderemi John Abiola and that he was last…
Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, the estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has been conferred with an honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Myles Leadership University in Benin Republic. Taking to her Instagram page, she shared a video from the event on Friday. She wrote: “A glorious night it is, for me and my…
Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, where Nigerian-born professor, Uju Anya, works has distanced itself from her recent tweet on the death of Queen Elizabeth. While the queen was under medical supervision at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday, Anya, had expressed her wish for the queen to have ‘excruciating’ pain in a tweet,…
A suspected criminal has made a confessional statement before operatives of the Ondo State chapter of the Southwest security network codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun‘. Ali Muhammad confessed that he’s the leader of an interstate telephone syndicate. Muhammad told the security agents that he, alongside his gang members, have realized over N84 million since they launch into…
Funke Ayodele, the owner of a popular supermarket in Kogi state known as ‘Cheapest Ladies and Kiddies Place’ has been abducted by suspected kidnappers. She was abducted at the gate of her house on Wednesday night September 7th while closing her shop in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital. Eyewitnesses told Punch that the woman was…