The body of a young woman identified as Kate was found buried in her boyfriend’s room at Okaka area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Friday morning, July 29. It was gathered that the deceased had been missing for days and the boyfriend identified as Joseph denied knowledge of her whereabouts. According to reports, the family…
The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of an SS3 student of Government Secondary School, Games Village, in Bauchi metropolis for allegedly stabbing two other students. The students who were supporters of rival European soccer clubs were arguing about which club was superior on the school premises on Thursday, July 28, when the…
The Buhari-led federal government has disclosed plans to implement a five per cent inclusive excise duty on telecommunications services in Nigeria. This move will make Nigerians pay 12.5 per cent tax on telecommunications services. Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed made the announcement on Thursday July 28, at a stakeholders’ forum on…
It has come to light that 131 airlines with licenses to operate in Nigeria have stopped doing so. Airlines that were authorized to fly both scheduled and unscheduled routes through the nation’s airspace have virtually vanished as a result of a harsh operating climate and poor management. Scheduled flights are those which get their schedule…
A Kano State High Court yesterday sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, the proprietor of Nobel Kids Academy and North West Preparatory School, to death by hanging for his role in the kidnapping and murder of 5-year-old schoolgirl Hanifa Abubakar. Hashimu Ishyaku, Tanko’s accomplice, was also given a death by hanging verdict by the jury. Delivering judgment on…
Muiz, a 26-year-old man identified as Tijani Muiz, was on Thursday, July 28, arraigned before an Ejigbo Magistrate Court, Lagos State, for allegedly biting the finger of a policeman. Muiz was arraigned on three counts bordering on assault, conduct likely to cause breach of peace and unlawful obstruction, preferred against him by the police. The…
The new president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh has said that the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by the ruling All Progressives Congress is a plot to make Christians second-class citizens in the country. In his acceptance speech in Abuja after the General Assembly of CAN validated his election, Okoh said…
The Defence Headquarters says the military troops have eliminated 30 of the terrorists who attacked troops of the Guards Brigade in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko confirmed that the Bi-Weekly news conference on military operations on Thursday in Abuja. Onyeuko said…
A Kano State High Court has sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, the kidnapper and killer of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar to death by hanging. Justice Usman Naaba also slammed a five-year jail term on the murderer for all the five charges leveled against him. The Court also found guilty, the 2nd accused in the case, Hashim Isiyaku on…
The defendants are not to leave the Federal Capital Territory, according to Justice Adeyemi Ajayi’s ruling. If they do, they must request permission from the court first, and if they don’t, their bail will be revoked. The court also stated that the defendants shall sign an undertaken that they will abide by the bail conditions…