A fire outbreak at the female hostel of Taraba State University has claimed the life of a 100-level student. The victim has been identified as Emoseh Lawi, a student of the Tourism Department. The incident occurred at Zenith Hostel on Friday night, December 10, when Lawi was sleeping and was unaware of the fire outbreak….
In what will come across as a really startling development, a 56-year-old Kenyan man has reportedly been beaten to death by his three sons. The sons had accused him of breaking into their house to steal a smartphone they jointly own. The incident occurred at Shikangania village in Lurambi Constituency, Kakamega County of Kenya, after…
Some persons suspected to be bandits have kidnapped 11 persons including a chief imam, Aminu Garba, who was preparing to lead Juma’at congregational prayer at Gatawa Village in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The Imam was kidnapped along with three others on Friday, a report by Daily Trust said. The assailants also…
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has once again called for justice for hundreds of its members allegedly killed by the Nigerian military in December 2015 following a clash with soldiers in the convoy of the then Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), in Zaria, Kaduna State. In an advertorial on Friday titled…
GIOTV reports that the Government of Kenya has announced December 13 as a public holiday. The Interior Cabinet Secretary, Fred Matiang’i made this known in in a press statement dated Thursday, December 9. “In line with the provisions of Section 2 and 4 of the Public Holidays Act (Cap 110), it is hereby confirmed that…
Lagos socialite, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu better known as Pretty Mike has slammed ladies who go to church without wearing pant and bra. He noted that it is wrong and ladies who do so should stop walking around in the church. According to him: ”Please some of you ladies that don’t wear underwear and bra…
GIOTV reports that two people were killed and seven were missing after an explosion caused a four-storey apartment building to collapse on the Italian island of Sicily, authorities said Sunday. Two women were recovered alive from the building in the town of Ravanusa after the collapse on Saturday night, the local civil protection service said…
Popular secessionist group, the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra has called on the Nigerian Government to transfer its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, to a prison facility. The group said this in reaction to starvation and all other torture operatives of the Department of State Services had subject Kanu to. Recall that Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, and his…
According to a report by Reuters, a tornado ripped through a nursing home in Arkansas, United States, on Friday night, killing one person and injuring several others. Emergency crews in Southern Illinois were responding to reports of workers trapped inside an Amazon warehouse after its roof collapsed from storm damage. At least one fatality was…
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has vowed to unravel circumstances surrounding the death of Itunu Babalola, the Nigerian lady, who recently died in an Ivory Coast prison under strange circumstances while reiterating that all the actions necessary to unravel the case will be encouraged. The House added that these may include a thorough coroners’ inquest to…