Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo, former Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, is dead. Dokubo, 70, died at a hospital in Abuja on Wednesday night, August 24. His death comes barely two years after President Muhammadu Buhari relieved him of his post as the Niger Delta Amnesty boss.
The federal government has warned Nigerians against visiting the contentious State of Northern Cyprus, citing the country’s treatment of its citizens in violation of their human rights. This was said by Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Director-General of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, at the weekly Ministerial Briefing hosted by the Presidential Communication Team at the Presidential…
The hands of a man identified as Malam Bisallah were been chopped off by bandits in Wadu Kauran village, in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report, but according to witnesses, the bandits attacked the village and rustled cows, sheep…
On a street in Akwa Ibom State, some photographs of people who were purportedly bound with a number of keys, clips, and wooden idols were found among fetish objects. Ime Eton, a Facebook user, claimed that the things were discovered on Wednesday, August 24, along Atan Street off of Akwa Efak in Uyo, the state…
GIOTV reports that the United States Government has honoured Deborah Samuel, the 200-level student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), Sokoto, who was stoned to death on campus by some Islamic extremists for blasphemy on May 12. Deborah was murdered by Islamic extremists and set ablaze after she advised her classmates against posting…
According to reports, the Niger Delta Development Commission’s (NDDC) Director of Finance and Account has been detained. Eno Ubi Otu is currently being questioned by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, according to DailyTrust (EFCC). According to the Daily Trust, Otu was detained by anti-graft agency investigators at around 11:15am in connection with…
The establishment of a National Electoral Offenses Commission will bring about a number of advantages for the nation, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of INEC, stated that the Commission will work to ensure that prominent individuals who support thuggery and seek to profit from legal violations are…
Two Nigerian bankers, Titus Chima Nwankwo and George Ifiok Utibe-Abasi, have been imprisoned. The bankers were found guilty of stealing N2.9 million from the account of Godfried Francis Osso, a deceased client. The prisoners used the late Osso’s fake signature to withdraw the money from his bank account. Nwankwo and Utibe-Abasi were convicted by Justice…
Six Boko Haram insurgents were killed by troops of the 21 Armored Brigade in Bama during a raid on an illegal market established by the terrorists at Bararam village in Bama Local Government, Borno State. It was reported that the raid was carried out on Wednesday, August 24, at about 11 am by troops in collaboration…
A young woman identified simply as Esther allegedly committed suicide over her husband’s plan to marry a second wife. According to local media, the lifeless body of the woman was discovered by the roadside in Nkoabang district in Yaounde on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. It is alleged that the mother of one took the drastic step after…