Sarah Hussein Onyango Obama, the step-grandmother of former US President Barack Obama, died on Monday morning at age 99, her family announced. Marsat Onyango, the daughter of Mama Sarah Obama, told media that her mother had been ailing for some time. “It’s true she went to be with her Lord,” she said. In a condolences…
One Innocent Emonyon, a member of the notorious kidnap syndicate that abducted the PPRO of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in the state, Mrs Bridget Esene has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command. Two Fulani herdsmen identified as Baguba Usman and Yusuf Ismaila, were also arrested in connection with the abduction of Mrs Esene…
A woman, Sukurat Olajoke, has narrated to the Ogun State Police Command how she killed her one-month-old baby girl and threw her body into the Ogun River in Abeokuta. The 35-year-old mother said she killed the baby out of frustration. The Ogun Police Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Sunday said that Olajoke was arrested by policemen…
Two suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, March 28, wounding about 20 people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week. National police spokesman Inspector General Argo Yuwono said at a press conference in Jakarta that the worshippers suffered from wounds around their…
A self-styled warrior, Afonja Omoalaseorun has said he has issued letters to all churches and mosques to announce their support for the Yoruba Nation and failure to do so will lead to the burning down of their worship centers. This was made known by a Nigerian YouTuber, Teni Omoologo in an interview with the warrior…
Boko Haram terrorists have blown up a power tower in Maiduguri, plunging the capital city into darkness again barely three days after electricity was restored. The terrorists had struck power installations thrice to keep the city in the dark in January. Channels Television reported that it took power authorities almost two months to repair the…
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria have agreed that State Police will curb the security challenges in the country. Their decision was communicated in a communique issued to reporters on Saturday at the end of their general conference in Bauchi. Abubakar Sulaiman, Chairman, Speakers of State Legislatures, disclosed that insecurity was the…
Leah Sharibu’s parents, Nathan and Rebecca, have described as “heartbreaking rumours” reports that their daughter had given birth to a second baby in Boko Haram captivity. Demanding that the President, Muhammadu Buhari bring back their daughter with or without children, the traumatised parents said it was a big shame that the Buhari regime had abandoned…
Ahmed Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, has said that the Nigerian economy under President Muhammadu Buhari remains weak with high unemployment. He noted that Nigerians must admit that the weak economy is riddled with unemployment while resources are left idle. Tinubu stated these in Kaduna State on Saturday while delivering a…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has threatened to resign from the position, if he is asked to compromise. Bawa said this when he featured in a NTA interview programme One-on-One on Friday. His words were posted in a statement on the EFCC’s official Twitter handle. “We need to…