The trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect of the murder of SUPER TV CEO, Usifo Ataga has been stalled due to illegible statements served to the defence counsels on Tuesday at the Lagos High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS). NAN reports that the defence counsels complained that the statements contained in the proof…
A report has revealed that security operatives in Ihiala Local Government Area have engaged gunmen suspected to be operatives of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in a 3-hour gun battle. The report said the incident happened on Tuesday afternoon. The attack came in the heat of the supplementary governorship election holding in Ihiala. It was…
Two persons have been killed at a traditional marriage ceremony in Uquo community, Esit Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State after unknown gunmen stormed the event. Mr Usoro Akpanusoh, representing PDP, Esit Eket/Ibeno at the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Esit Eket on…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested two suspected sea pirates and recovered firearms and four stolen engine boats. Spokesperson of the command, SP Odiko Macdon, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, November 9, said the suspects were arrested following complaints about sea pirates in some parts of Akwa Ibom State waterways. “The…
Four newborn babies have died after a fire broke out at a children’s hospital in India, officials said. The blaze swept through the neonatal unit at the Kamla Nehru Children’s Hospital in Bhopal, which is in the Madhya Pradesh state in central India. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has ordered an investigation after the incident on…
There was a fire outbreak at Kubwa Village Market in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Friday evening, 5th November that claimed the lives of seven persons including a young lady identified as Success. According to Facebook user, Priceless Choice, who was at the market, the deceased was helping her mother sell egg roll and…
Former Governor of Sokoto state, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa has called out President Muhammadu Buhari over the state of insecurity in the country. He spoke in an interview with the BBC Hausa service monitored in Kaduna. His words: “This insecurity is a catastrophe that has befallen us. The situation in Sokoto and Zamfara states can only…
Three children lost their lives after eating noodles purchased from a local shop, the police in the Eastern Cape, South Africa has confirmed. The three youngsters, Sinothando Ngwendu, 11, Olwam Ngwendu, 7, and four-month-old newborn boy, Athenkosi Ngwendu, left with their grandparents to visit family in New Brighton, according to police spokesman Col Priscilla Naidu….
A court has sentenced a 15-year-old boy who killed his friend by stabbing him 70 times. Roberts Buncis,12 was killed in a frenzied attack after being lured by Marcel Grzeszcz to a woodland. The killer has has been sentenced for murder. Roberts Buncis was stabbed more than 70 times in the “brutal and prolonged” assault…
According to reports on social media, there was a fire outbreak at a school in Niger which claimed the lives of at least 20 children. The horror incident is said to have taken place in the city of Maradi on Monday. Pictures taken at the scene show adults and children gathering at the scene of…