Armed men suspected to be killer herdsmen have butchered a family of four and three other residents of Mbamondu community, Modern Market Council Ward in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue state. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 1 am Saturday when the assailants invaded the community. Aside from those butchered, scores…
Thousands of youths, women, and leaders of the Yoruba race are currently occupying some streets in Ibadan in demand for the Oduduwa Republic. Our correspondent, who is monitoring the procession, reports that the protesters are currently at the front of Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The protesters are led by a Yoruba…
Suspected Fulani militias killed six miners and injured two others in the Wereng community, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau state. It was reported that the eight miners were waylaid at about 7:45 pm on Thursday, April 15, on their way home from a mining site. Barrister Dalyop Mwantiri, of Emancipation Centre for Crisis Victims in Nigeria (ECCVN) a…
A government worker was caught on video beating up her boss after he allegedly harassed her. The woman from northeastern China, who has been identified only as Zhou, is seen throwing books at her boss’s face and beating him with a mop while he tries to apologize. In the 14-minute video which has gone viral…
A community revenue collector, Ifeanyi Ezinwa Paul, 29, (pictured right), has told the police that he killed his 19-year-old kinsman, Victor Ebuka, pictured left, in order to avoid paying the N100, 000 loan he collected from the boy some time ago. Recounting how he met how he killed Ebuka, Paul who is married with three…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered CBT Centres not to allow parents and guardians of candidates into the registration hall. JAMB spokesman in Ilorin Office, Hassan Lawal, said Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar issued the order. The development followed Oloyede’s inspection of some overcrowded registration centres in Kwara. JAMB stated that the…
A music producer and four others have been arrested by operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly engaging in cybercrime in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The music producer, Imeh Henshaw Nyong, was arrested alongside Benjamin Ikpeme, Godwin Isong, Magnus Chimaobi and Victor Usun on Friday, April…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alh Lai Mohammed has blamed citizens, saying they are the reason why Twitter went to Ghana. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has revealed why Twitter chose to site its Africa Headquarters in Ghana instead of Nigeria. The Minister, while responding to questions, said the decision by…
At least 18 persons have been confirmed dead and 21 injured after Boko Haram terrorists attacked Damasak town, in the Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno on Tuesday, April 13. Governor Babagana Zulum, who disclosed this on Friday, April 16, during his visit to Damasak, said robust measures were being put in place to avert…
One Nnenna Egwuagu, 29, has been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command, for allegedly administering a harmful substance on her 3-year-old stepson, Wisdom Egwuagu. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, the incident happened on April 9 at about 10.00 p.m, NAN reports. Ndukwe said that the suspect’s husband and father…