A 16-year-old boy, known as Ibrahim Lawan, has committed suicide by hanging in Kuki village, Bebeji Local Govt. Area of Kano State. The Public Relations Officer of Rano Emirate, Nasiru Habu Faragai, said the district head of Bebeji submitted the report of the tragic incident to the Emir of Rano, Ambassador Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa, during…
Nine persons on Monday lost their lives in a road crash that happened in Kwana Shettu village, along Potiskum-Azare road in Bauchi State. Yusuf Abdullahi, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who confirmed the incident told the News Agency of Nigeria that 13 others were seriously injured in the crash. Abdullahi said the accident…
Since “organized labor in the power sector has threatened to start on an indefinite strike over outstanding labor disputes with the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN,” there may be a statewide blackout. According to GIOTV, the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has agreed to picket the TCN national headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, August…
In Zamfara State’s Gusau Local Government Area, bandits kidnapped a guy they identified as Bilya Ortion. It was learned that the event took place late on August 13 Saturday night behind NTA Gusau, close to the Bulunku area. According to residents of the area, the bandits broke a wall to gain access to his house…
A suspected transformer vandal has been electrocuted in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. It was gathered that the suspect was electrocuted on Monday afternoon, August 15, while allegedly trying to steal cables from a transformer at Kolade Estate in Ogo Oluwa area of Osogbo.
17-year-old Redeemers University student who had been kidnapped on Sunday in Ogun State has escaped. Ireoluwa Akinlaja, the student, was apparently on his way to the Redemption camp to meet up with his parents when he was kidnapped. Reports claim Akinlaja was kidnapped around Sagamu Interchange, Ogun state. He had alighted from a vehicle but…
A report by Punch has revealed that the price of cooking gas has increased by 105 percent in the last twelve months. This is as 5kg which was sold for N2200 in August 2021 had increased to N4500 in August 2022. The increase in the price of cooking gas has also affected other deregulated petroleum…
Last Wednesday, suspected ritualists allegedly beheaded a 37-year-old man in the Elebele town of Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State at the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel. The victim, Anthony Egbo, was a security guard attached to the church. It was gathered that the assistant pastor of the Church discovered the…
Kanunta Kanu has called on politicians and governors to stop promoting banditry in the Southeast by paying ransom. Kanunta is the brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. In a tweet, Kanu said the Southeast must be free from Fulani kidnappers. He lamented that bandits have been paid millions and…
Rev. Fr. Chinedu Nwadike, a Catholic priest, has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Abia State. On Friday, August 12, 2022, Nwadike, the Deputy Registrar of Spiritan University Nneochi (SUN), and Emmanuel Nwafor, a seminarian, were taken hostage on the Umunnochi-Ihube route by the Enugu-Okigwe road. It was gathered that their abductors have contacted their…