Tragedy hit the family of a newlywed couple in Bayelsa after nine persons, including the groom’s parents and his sibling, died in an auto crash. The accident occurred at the tollgate along Glory Land drive in the Igbogene axis of Yenagoa, the state capital. According to an eyewitness, the deceased were returning to their base…
Many vehicles and travellers were stranded around Yakila and Garun Gabas areas near Kundu in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state on Saturday, December 4, as an unspecified number of armed bandits blocked the Kontagora-Minna Road in the state. The incident reportedly led to a gridlock and Channels Television reported that the blockage lasted about…
Suspected kidnappers have abducted a 5-year-old girl identified as Hanifa Abubakar, at Kawaji, in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State. It was gathered that the pupil was abducted by the kidnappers who came in a commercial tricycle. According to Daily Nigerian, the incident occurred at 5 pm, on Saturday, December 4, when she and other neighbourhood…
Over 100,000 persons have signed two petitions on the Change.org platform, demanding the swift prosecution of all those responsible for the gruesome death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni, who was a boarding student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos. The first petition started by a family member of the deceased, Timi Oromoni, titled, ‘Justice For Sylvester…
The remains of Itunu Babalola aka Bekky Paul, the Nigerian lady who died in prison in Côte D’Ivoire after she was wrongly jailed, has been buried in Ibadan, Oyo State. Her corpse arrived Lagos on Friday night via Air Cote Divoire around 11pm.The remains of Babalola were interred on Saturday at the Sango Cemetery at…
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, has revealed a deep secret he shared with Justice Bolarinwa Oyegoke Babalakin, who died on Saturday. On Saturday, Justice Babalakin died at the age of 94.Obasanjo revealed in a condolence letter to Dr. Wale Babalakin that until his death and for many years, Justice Babalakin was one of…
GIOTV reports that a Nigerian accountant has been sentenced to four and half years imprisonment by a Manchester crown court in the United Kingdom (UK) for raping a girl who thought she was having sex with his friend. Ibraheem Egunbambi, 29 had made advances at the girl who he met at a party, but she…
Djinee, the popular Nigerian singer, has called for justice to be duly served over the death of Sylvester Oromoni, because the case is going to test the Nigerian criminal justice system, the image of the rich, the elites as well as politicians. Sylvester Oromoni, an 11-year-old Dowen college student died after he was allegedly bullied…
As many as four different explosives have rocked communities in Maiduguri early this morning destroying a building and injuring a small boy in the process. According to eyewitnesses, the explosions started very early with the first two exploding at Gomari airport and the third one landing in a building at one thousand housing estate near…
After spending as many as 35 days in captivity, the Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria has confirmed the release of the remaining 61 kidnapped worshippers of Emmanuel Baptist Church in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The Vice Chairman of the association in the 19 Northern states and Abuja,…