Tell us a bit about yourself. My name is Festus Ugbotor. I am 45 years old. I am an indigene of Uromi Local Government Area, Edo State, but I am based in Agbor, Delta State. I am a vulcaniser (faulty tyre repairer). The late young boy was my first son. He was 15 years old…
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, arrested thirty-nine (39) suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Ibadan, Oyo State. The suspects who claimed to be undergraduates of different tertiary institutions in Ibadan were arrested at Apete in Oyo State capital, following useful intelligence on their cyber-fraudulent activities. However,…
A 35-year-old woman, Maryam Nura, and her three-year-old son, on Thursday, died in a fire that razed a building at the Gandun Albasa-Bala Burodo line community in Kano. The Kano State Fire Service confirmed the incident in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Friday. It stated that the incident happened…
Member of Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation (HCAF) Kaduna branch, Sa’adatu Nura Aliyu, has been abducted by suspected kidnappers. Facebook user, Khadeejah Ibraheem, who confirmed the incident on Friday, June 3, said the poet was kidnapped two days ago in Kaduna and the abductors are demanding N3m ransom. “That’s Sa’adatu Nura Aliyu. She’s a member of HCAF Kaduna….
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee yesterday. Following her success, President Muhammadu Buhari sent her a message of congratulations. The Commonwealth of Nations’ Head of State celebrates her 70th birthday in the United Kingdom. Buhari noted that the Queen is the first British monarch to reign for seven decades. In his message,…
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have shot dead a final year Physics student of the Federal University Otuoke (FUO) in Bayelsa State. The student identified simply as Bright was robbed and murdered in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, June 1, at his residence along Block Industry, Imiringi Road in Yenagoa. It was gathered that the…
Chief Mrs. Sinatu Aduke Sanni, popularly known as ‘Iya Olumo’, the custodian of the deity inside the popular Olumo Rock in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has passed on. Sanni, also known as the mother goddess of the tourist centre, died on Wednesday, reportedly at the age of 137 years. Her son, Solomon Adio, who…
Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has urged the federal government to focus on bandits terrorizing the country by establishing the Ministry of Nomadic Affairs to look into their affairs. According to him, the ministry would help to address the grievances of bandits and herders just as the government did to curtail the activities of…
A filling station in Kano was on Thursday, June 2, gutted by fire. Channels Television reported that a tricycle was caught up in the incident which occurred at an AA Rano filling station in Kano metropolis. While the fire service is at the scene, the cause of the inferno or number of casualties is yet…
The Children of former Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC), Zakari Umaru-Kigbu, were abducted by gunmen who killed their father after storming their Umar-Kigbu’s residence in Azuba Bashayi, Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Sunday, May 29, have regained their freedom. Police Public Relations Officer in Nasarawa State, ASP Ramhan Nansel confirmed…