Gunmen have killed the chairman of Bayelsa State Waterway Security (West District) Gen. Frank Seide. It was gathered that the deceased popularly known as General Frank, was shot dead by some gunmen in his hometown, Bilabiri community, in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Thursday night, April 1. It is not clear…
Yinka Odumakin, spokesman for the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere is dead. He died in the early hours of today due to complications from COVID-19, according to family sources. Details of his death are still sketchy. “I just spoke with Dr. Joe, his wife. She’s in a panic mode. She said a part of her is…
In the early hours of today, commercial banks disconnected MTN customers from using banking channels including the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and mobile banking apps. MTN customers complained on Friday about being unable to recharge their MTN lines using USSD and other banking channels like the bank apps. Customers were also unable to do banking…
Boko Haram terrorist group led by Abubakar Shekau faction, Jama’atu Ahlussunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, has released a footage of it shooting down the missing Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet Aircraft. The jet had on Wednesday evening lost contact with radar in Borno state. The aircraft was on a mission to provide support for troops…
A middle-aged man has killed an Okada rider in Ondo State following a plan to snatch a motorcycle from his victim. The 32-year-old culprit, Sunday Ayenutaju committed the crime at Omin-nla within Ore axis in Odigbo Local Government Area of the State. Ayenitaju who conspired with his friend to commit the crime was arrested by…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has exhumed the body of a 36-year-old China-based businessman, Onyeka Oliver Ezewulu, who was abducted by kidnappers, killed, and buried in a shallow grave after collecting N2m ransom from his family. Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) Special Tactical Squad of the Command had stormed the kidnapper’s den in…
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has stated that the the greatest threat to the peace of the nation is for anyone to believe that the arrest or elimination of Sunday Igboho will not have serious consequences. Igboho has been pushing for the actualization of Oduduwa republic, a country for South Westerners. He was also in…
The Nigerian Air Force says its Alpha Jet aircraft that went missing during an operation in Northern Nigeria on Wednesday, March 31, might have crashed. A statement released by Edward Gabkwet, the Director of Public Relations and Information at the Nigerian Air Force, states that the intelligence report gathered so far indicates the aircraft might…
About 250 beggars protested about the rumour circulating that they sell money to wealthy men for ritual purposes leading to hatred and low patronage from members of the public. The report, according to the spokesperson for the destitute, Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, Serikin Hausawa of Hausawa Community, Oja’ba, Ibadan, had created deep hatred for his people….
There were strong indications last night that some commercial banks may have yanked off their USSD, airtime purchase, and other online services from MTN network due to the disagreement between the financial institutions and the telecommunication company on the amount to be charged. The bank Chief Executive Officers had at a recent meeting agreed to…