GIOTV reports that the many family members of the kidnapped Kaduna-Abuja train passengers have criticised the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, for launching his presidential campaign, without due regard for the victims, languishing in the abductor’s den. This was contained in a statement by the leader of the victim’s relatives group, Dr Abdulfatai Jimoh. Jimoh…
Mustapha Ogunsakin, a veteran journalist, has recounted how Vice President Yemi Osinbajo rejected former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s offer to become Attorney-General of the Federal in 2005. Ogunsakin said Osinbajo rejected Obasanjo’s offer and stayed loyal to Bola Tinubu, who was then governor of Lagos State. Osinbajo served eight years as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice…
Sakiru Famuyiwa, a middle-aged man, has been accused of stealing two children during the Good Friday service at the Celestial Church of Christ Ijeja area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. DAILY POST reports that the suspect was nabbed on Friday following a distress call received by policemen at the Ibara police division. Ogun police…
Operatives of the Kano State Police Command have arrested a drug dealer and recovered 250 parcels of Indian hemp worth over N1.7m. Spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, April 15, said the suspect, Agbo Victor, confessed to have transported the drugs from Edo State to Kano….
A 65-year-old landlord, Samuel Adekoya, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command. The man was nabbed for alleged child abuse and physical molestation of 11-year-old twins, Taiwo Olishe and Kehinde Olishe. Adekoya was reported to have tied the victims with a rope and dragged them to the ground for excreting in his compound….
David Okike, the Nigerian man whose fiancée, identified simply as Ada Uburu, on Facebook called off their scheduled wedding, has accused her of terminating their pregnancies three times. Uburu had called off her wedding, scheduled to take place on Saturday, over alleged domestic abuse. However, Okike has debunked her claims, saying he had never raised…
According to a report by Vanguard, the National Hospital, Abuja, has said the report of the autopsy conducted on the body of late popular gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, will only be released to the police. This came as Vanguard gathered that the surgical procedure to determine the cause, mode and manner of death of the…
The twin sister of late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu has made damning allegations against Peter Nwachukwu. She spoke in a recent interview narrating how Osinachi suffered in the hands of her husband. According to her, Peter obtained the singer’s monetized YouTube login details while she was on sick bed. Also, the mother of the gospel…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has said that sections of the Abuja-Kaduna rail track that were destroyed by bandits in March are currently under repair. This was disclosed by Yakub Mahmood, deputy director of NRC public relations. He said; “Work is ongoing on the Abuja-Kaduna rail tracks. The railway engineers are repairing the destroyed sections” When asked how…
The Federal Government has opened a channel of discussion with the terrorists who abducted over 60 passengers of a Kaduna-bound train over two weeks ago, according to relatives of the victims. At least nine people were killed and over 60 abducted when terrorists planted explosives along the Abuja-Kaduna corridor, forcing the targeted train to derail….