Residents of Pinau village in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State are fleeing their homes following the withdrawal of soldiers stationed in the area. The soldiers, according to the villagers, were stationed in the community in August last year when bandits attacked the community on market day when many were reportedly killed. Various…
Five Boko Haram fighters have surrendered to troops in Borno state. The fighters who surrendered include Mallam Isa, a commander in the terrorist group. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert, they surrendered on July 22 to the troops of 73 Battalion, Operation Hadin Kai. Quoting a source; “At about 200812A, the troops of Cashew plantation deployed…
Hon. Ishaya Bakano, the deputy leader of the Song Local Government Legislative Council in the state of Adamawa, was assassinated in the early hours of today, Saturday, July 23. According to DSP Suleiman Nguroje, the state police command’s spokesperson, who confirmed this news, the police received a complaint at around 1am today that the 60-year-old…
The crash, which happened early this morning involved two vehicles, a white Toyota Hiace bus and a Honda Accord Saloon car. Nine persons were burnt to death on Friday, July 21, in an accident at Omotosho Step Down Bridge, on Ore-Lagos expressway in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The tyre of one of the…
Omoyele Sowore, an activist and presidential candidate for the African Action Congress (AAC), has attacked Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), advising him to withdraw from the race because he only cares for his friends and family and has nothing to offer Nigerians. Recall that shortly after Atiku tweeted about the…
The Commissioner of Police, Aminu Alhassan, confirmed the rescue of the student of Arthur Jarvis University in Akpabuyo Local Government who was abducted two days ago in the creeks. Gunmen had stormed the school on the night of Tuesday, shot into the air, vandalized school facilities macheted some students who were returning from reading classes,…
Security operatives attached to the state’s special security outfits, OP MESA, allegedly shoot dead a 17-year-old female student of Unity High School in the Ago Ika area of Abeokuta, Ogun State on Thursday, July 21. According to the report, the SS 2 student identified simply as Sadiat was mistakenly shot by the operatives who were chasing…
A Nigerian man, Adeshina Oketaolegun, has told the story of how he spend decades in prison for nothing. Adeshina Oketaolegun, a native of Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State was three years old when his mother died. When he turned 13 years, his father also passed on, leaving him and his younger brother to the care of…
In the upcoming days, more flight delays and cancellations may affect travelers on Nigerian airlines. This comes after Runway 18L was closed, the price of aviation fuel, also known as Jet A1, increased, and Dana Airlines and aero contractors were suspended.The Airlines Operators of Nigeria, AON has also called on the Federal Aviation Authority of…
A Nigerian man, Agbolade Agbolahan, has been remanded in prison. The man was jailed by a Federal High Court in Lagos State for allegedly hacking the Facebook account of the Oniru of Iruland, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan, and defrauding a professor of the sum of N500,000. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa ordered the remand after his arraignment before…