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Angry youths in Omu Aran town in Kwara State on Friday intercepted and arrested five Yoruba men who were working with dare-devil herders to kidnap residents of the area for ransom. GIOTV learnt that the five suspects, who were busted in a hideout, were tied by the youths with ropes and handed over to the…

In a new development, CCTV footage which shows embattled Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha, molesting his victim, has been shared online. Baba Ijesha has been in police custody after he was apprehended for defiling the minor who is the foster daughter of Nigerian comedienne, Princess. “A close-circuit Television footage watched by Saturday PUNCH has revealed that…

Workers in Ondo State on Saturday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently seek the intervention of mercenaries as well as the international community to combat the insecurity ravaging the country. While lamenting that Nigerians are no longer safe in their homes, the Organised Labour stressed that the country is gradually sliding into a state…

Tragedy stuck in Imo State on Saturday after no fewer than 10 women lost their lives and others severely wounded as a truck fell inside a market. Our correspondent gathered that the truck lost its brakes and crushed the women who were trading on a roadside market in Nkwommiri in the Nwangele Local Government Area…

The Federal Government has approved the payment of new minimum wage to pensioners. The Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, Dr Chioma Ejikeme, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. She said that with the presidential approval, PTAD had been empowered to start the upward adjustment of all pensioners’ benefits according to…

President General Muhammadu Buhari (rted.) has said that fiery Catholic preacher Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka was angry because he did not offer him contracts. Buhari, through his spokesman Garba Shehu, said Mbaka came to the Presidential Villa with three contractors, but their attempt to convince the president into influencing government projects in their favour failed….

In a statement released this afternoon, DSVT says it is following up on the case and has absolute confidence in the criminal justice system in the state. The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Team, DSVT has given a full list of crimes Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha is being investigated for. Baba Ijesha was accused…

Suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked four villages in the Gwer-West local government area of Benue State and killed five persons. It was gathered that three others including a pregnant woman were reportedly injured in the attack that happened in the early hours of Friday, April 30. The armed herdsmen were said to have escaped with gunshot…

The Kaduna state government has announced that 323 people were killed by bandits in the State between January and March 2021. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan disclosed this while presenting the first quarter security report at the State Security Council meeting on Friday, April 30. He added that a total of…