At least six people have died in a suicide bomb attack allegedly carried out by ISIS backed militants on a crowded restaurant in the eastern city of Beni, Congo on Christmas day. Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say a suicide bomber of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militant group said to be…
GIOTV reports that gunmen kidnapped the paramount ruler of Gindiri in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was learnt that the monarch was kidnapped at his residence in the early of Sunday after a heavy gun battle. The development has thrown the town into a state of panic. There has been no official…
A 29-year-old man, Paul Samuel, has been arrested for allegedly killing his best friend, Haruna Shaibu over the sale of his motorcycle in Ondo state. The deceased was discovered to have been missing since December 20th until it was discovered that the suspect murdered him so that he could sell his bicycle. It was gathered…
More than 101 million telecommunication subscribers risk disconnection if the December 31 deadline for the National Identity Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification is not extended. A source in the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria told our correspondent on Friday that only about 90 million subscribers had linked their SIMs…
Some of President Muhammadu Buhari‘s aides have tested positive to Coronavirus, according to Premium Times. Those affected include the permanent secretary in the State House, Tijani Umar; the President’s Aide-de-camp (ADC), Yusuf Dodo; his chief security officer (CSO), Aliyu Musa, and his senior special assistant (media and publicity), Garba Shehu. It is also claimed that…
Mrs Comfort Jiya, a former Principal of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Sabon Wuse and Maryam Babangida Girls’ Science College, Minna, has been set ablaze by her biological son, Steven Jiya. Comfort was reportedly in her kitchen at her residence in Darusalam Area of Minna, when her son said to be a drug addict, returned from…
After about six months in detention, the Department of State Services has released one Dada Ifasooto, who was wrongfully detained for allegedly preparing charms for embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. Our correspondent gathered that the DSS detained Ifasooto on July 16, 2021, some two weeks after the secret police stormed Igboho’s…
The youths of Emakalakala community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have apprehended a suspected electric cable thief. The suspect who identified himself as Oyimbo Daniel was nabbed on Friday, December 24, and confessed to having been vandalizing and stealing cables supplying electricity to the community.
Men of operation Zenda JTF stormed Agbeede Town in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State and arrested two suspected kidnappers who were contracted to kidnap and kill the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mkar, Mkar, Professor Zacharys Anger Gundu. The Operation Zenda men led by its Commander, Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Justine…
Three boat passengers drowned while 17 were rescued by the marine Police when a commercial boat capsized on Badagry waterways on Wednesday, Dec. 22. The boat took off from Liverpool in Lagos but capsized at Imoba near Ajido on Badagry waterways. All passengers were thrown into the water. The Marine police who were on patrol…