GIOTV reports that a popular local Nigerian footballer simply identified as Ogaga has been shot dead by a member of the Agbarho Task Force vigilante in Agbarho, Ughelli North council area of Delta state. It was reported that Ogaga, 25, who was among other young men playing football close to the palace, was shot for…
At least 14 civilians were killed in northeastern DR Congo on Friday, October 29 when their village was attacked by two armed groups, monitors said. The deaths occurred in the village of Gina in Ituri province, “during an incursion by the #CODECO-UDPC and ALC” groups, the Kivu Security Tracker (KST) said on Twitter. “They also…
Senator Nelson Effiong has regained his freedom after 54 days in the kidnapper’s den. The former Senator who represented Eket Senatorial district in Akwa Ibom state was kidnapped in Uyo on September 5. Confirming his release to newsmen, Nkereuwem Enyongekere, the publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, said the former lawmaker…
GIOTV reports that many have been thrown into panic over the whereabouts and safety of the Judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili, following the alleged unlawful invasion of her family residence in the Maitama area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by security operatives on Friday. The residence of the Supreme Court…
How A Teenager Stabbed 60-Year-Old Woman To Death Ogun Godwin Ogbeifu, a 17-year-old deaf and dumb teenager, has been accused of stabbing a 60-year-old Iyabo Olasheinde to death in Ogun State, GIOTV reports. Godwin was arrested alongside his 35-year-old mother, Mary Ogbeifu, following a distress call received by the police at Ojodu Abiodun division, Ifo…
22-year-old Nigerian man, Faruq Osilalu, has been found dead in Baltimore City in the US days after he was declared missing. Alayna Osilalu, the wife of late Faruq told US media that her husband, a driver with a transportation company, was found dead on October 4 but he was listed as a John Doe, until…
Britain’s monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, 95, has been told by doctors to rest for at least the next two weeks and not undertake any official visits, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Friday, October 29. The announcement comes more than a week after the monarch, 95, spent a night in the hospital for what…
The High Court of Justice sitting in Osogbo has ordered the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba AbdulRosheed Adewale Akanbi to stop the installation of the Ameer of Ta’awun Sheikh Dawood Imran Molaasan as the Grand Mufti of Yorubaland. This online media reports that the Chief Imam of Ekiti State, Alhaji Jamiu Kewulere, approached the court to…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot a female teacher in failed kidnap attempt at Osi, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. The woman and her colleagues, who are teachers of Ikerin Secondary School in Ekiti, were on their way home after the day’s work when they were accosted by the gunmen on Thursday,…
Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, October 28, convicted five internet fraudsters for criminal impersonation. The convicts are Ogunbayo Peter Oluwatobiloba (aka Racheal Brinkley), Charles Jude Albert, Kolawole Bankole Opeyemi, Bello Tobiloba Abdullahi and Obitokun olugbade Solomon was found guilty of impersonation, an offense which contravenes…