The PUNCH reports that Atai Ibiaku Itam, a community in the Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, was recently ravaged by flood. In this interview, the traditional ruler of the community, Eteidung Mkpong Okon Mkpong, who was also sacked from his palace, speaks to PATRICK ODEY about the people’s plight How will you…
A gang of suspected kidnappers, on Sunday, stormed Lemna community, in Calabar Municipality Council twice between the hours of 7 am and 11.30 am. At the first strike, they successfully kidnapped three persons, dragging them through the dumpsite through the beach into their waiting speed boat. Last Monday,they had kidnapped three persons, including a…
A combined team of security agents has rescued an expatriate who was abducted from a construction site in Bayelsa State. The kidnappers invaded the construction site at Igbedi/Amassoma Road in Sagbama Local Government Area in a bid to abduct expatriates working on the site on Saturday, October 30. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Asinim…
A 26-year-old woman identified as Clara Jacob has drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Jalingo, Taraba State. An eyewitness said that Clara and her friends were swimming at the hotel swimming pool on Saturday, October 30, when they noticed she was missing. “We were at the pool this evening swimming when we noticed that she…
The Nigerian Army has said its troops had neutralised four armed members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who attacked security operatives in Anambra State on Friday. The army accused the outlawed group of carrying out its recent attacks in order to create panic ahead of the November 6 governorship election in the…
A mass communication student of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, identified simply as Chidinma, has reportedly stabbed her boyfriend, Daniel Johnson. She stabbed her boyfriend over WhatsApp chats with another female friend. The victim was stabbed by the lady on Wednesday, October 27. He however survived the attack. Narrating his ordeal to journalists after his recuperation,…
The many residents of Igbogbo Bayeku community in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Saturday complained of heavy presence of naval officials in the community. Some of the residents alleged that the naval team stormed the area in operational vehicles and cordoned off the community thereby preventing vehicular movements. A resident who spoke on…
GIOTV reports that two top government officials in the Ondo State Ministry of Women Affairs have been arrested for allegedly stealing and selling a baby belonging to a mentally deranged woman in the state. It was gathered that the suspects, Sarumi Adeyemi, a Director in the ministry, and Florence Bosede Orisamehin, a senior official in…
GIOTV reports that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to probe the alleged disappearance of N881 billion from the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), among others. SERAP made this known via a statement by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, on Sunday. This online…
GIOTV reports that the Nigerian Army has released the Student Union President of Tai Solarin university of Education (TASUED) Sodiq Ridwan and handed over other arrested students to Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). It could be recalled that Ridwan was arrested on Friday by the soldiers after intervening in a protest by the students against…