GIOTV reports that unidentified gunmen, in the early hours of Sunday, invaded a white garment church to kidnap three worshippers in Obada area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The church, Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ona Ara Parish, located along Railway Station, was stormed during a vigil. The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola…
A former Ijaw militant leader, Friday Igbegbe has reportedly committed suicide in Warri, Delta state after a long battle with depression. Igbegbe, from Igbe-Ijoh, Warri, said to be a titleholder, reportedly took the drastic step on Saturday evening, October 23. The Ijaw freedom agitator left behind about 36 children and many wives, most of who…
GIOTV reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim.This online news platform reports that the former SGF is currently being grilled by the operatives of the anti-graft agency. A senior official of the EFCC disclosed that Ayim was…
Chiwetalu Agu, the veteran Nigerian Nollywood comic actor, who was released last Tuesday the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) has shared his experience in detention. The veteran actor was initially arrested by the Nigerian Army for allegedly soliciting support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) after he was caught wearing…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted over 2,060 kilograms of assorted drugs including heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis, tramadol and Rohypnol in operations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos as well as Ondo, Edo, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, and some courier companies. Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi…
A police inspector has been killed while another was injured when gunmen attacked Unwana Divisional Headquarters station in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The yet-to-be-identified gunmen numbering about 35 attacked the police station at about 3 am on Sunday, October 24. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Odah Loveth Obianuju, who confirmed…
A lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Dr. Moses Wallad on Saturday said Nigeria was heading to total collapse unless something was done urgently to break back the “first love,” that brought us together as one entity. Dr. Wallad on Sunday said Nigerians are passing through a horrible nightmare, which…
Troops of Operation Safe Haven have reported that some unidentified persons have attacked and killed two persons in Ungwan Taila village, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Mr. Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, explained in a statement issued on Sunday that the troops arrived in the village to…
A 27-year-old man has surrendered himself to police in Oloitoktok, Kajiado County, Kenya, and confessed to killing his girlfriend after an argument. The man, who identified himself as an IT intern, admitted to stabbing his girlfriend, a 22-year-old Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) student, Miriam Chepchirchir, to death on Friday, October 22. The suspect told police…
Onaolapo Ademola, a Nigerian man who happens to be one of the 12 associates of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, who were recently released on bail from the custody of the Department of State Services, has spoken up. In this interview with KAYODE OYERO, Ademola narrates how the secret police raided the…