The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Sunday, cautioned the Federal Government against any deployment of military to the South-East. It warned that such action could lead to Nigeria’s break up. Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Secretary-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, gave the caution in a statement he made available to newsmen. He said the “Southeast has remained the nation’s…
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the yellow buses popularly known as ‘danfo’ will not be scrapped as earlier reported, but would rather be remodeled to meet modern standards. Recall that in February this year, the state Commissioner for Transportation, Frederick Oladeinde, said the yellow buses do not have a place in the…
Rescue operation is ongoing at Aponmo village near Akure in search of passengers of an 18-seater bus, which plunged into the Owena river. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) sent in a rescue team from its Ondo town Unit Command and Zebra Unit in Akure. Eyewitnesses said the driver of the bus lost control due…
Over 150 suspected members of Iron and the Skin, confraternity had Saturday night invaded Mbiabong Ikot Essien village in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State and allegedly killed six persons suspected to be members of both cult groups. It was gathered that the Iron confraternity allegedly beheaded a member of the Skin cult…
A 39-year-old nurse in the US state of Florida has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill US Vice President Kamala Harris. Niviane Petit Phelps was arrested following an investigation by the US Secret Service. According to a criminal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, On March…
A murder suspect, one Amanna has told the Police in Abia State that one Chukwuebuka Nnamani, paid him the sum of N20,000 to help him strangle two brothers to death. The victims, Bright and Victory Osuagwu, aged nine and seven, were allegedly strangled to death in their home in Osisioma near Aba on Good Friday,…
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has expressed that she does not think the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is interested in the education of children with the trend of attacks on schools. She made this assertion while speaking on Friday when she featured on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. She stated that the Safe…
Executive Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has ordered the vice-chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Michael Ologunde to step aside from his position till further notice. This comes months after LAUTECH was officially ceded to Oyo, following an agreement reached between Oyo and Osun states. In a letter by Oyo commissioner for…
A mother, Mrs Obasi Uchenna and her daughter have allegedly stabbed a 27-year-old nursing mother in Asaba, the Delta State capital. GIOTV gathered that the incident which occurred on Friday threw the area into confusion as the victim battled for survival at the Okwe General Hospital, Asaba. A human rights activist and Director Young Nigerian…
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke on Saturday neutralized five armed bandits and injured some during an air raid of their hideouts on the border between Benue and Nasarawa states. The armed bandits, according to local sources had in the early hours of Saturday attacked residents of Anune community on Naka Road in Makurdi Local Government…