Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has advised Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, not to take laws into his hands but allow constituted authorities to handle the herdsmen menace. The monarch also warned Sunday Igboho to watch out for politicians seeking to hijack his agitations against killer herdsmen in the region. This is…
No fewer than 27 wedding guests have been kidnapped by gunmen along Wukari-Takum road in Taraba state. The council Chairman of Takum local government area, Shiban Tikari told newsmen that the 27 were abducted while returning to Takum. He said no contact has been made to the family of those abducted. He further disclosed that…
Factional leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has released a new audio in which he said the newly appointed Security Chiefs cannot do better than their predecessors did in the fight against insurgency. Shekau in the nine minutes audio, said he heard about the retirement of the previous service chiefs and their replacement with new…
384 Nigerians who were hitherto stranded in Saudi Arabia, have been successfully evacuated back home. The repatriated Nigerians, 300 males, 83 females, and one infant, arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja via Saudi Air flight B773 at about 1:10 pm today January 28. Their evacuation came after a video showing the deplorable state they were…
A Warri-based upcoming artiste identified as Starboy Fizzy has committed suicide by drinking a poisonous substance suspected to be Snipper. It was gathered that the incident happened in the early hours Thursday, January 28, in Warri, after he returned from a church vigil with his mother. According to reports, the young man took the drastic step…
The ongoing public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, on Thursday hit a snag as members of the host community exchanged blows during the hearing. The host community is an integral part of the PIB, however, issue of representation caused the pandemonium. The fist-fight broke out when opposing reps exchanged blows over who…
Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, is bereaved as he just lost his father, Sir Arthur Okowa. The governor’s father passed away in the early hours of Thursday, January 28. Born in 1932 in Owa Alero, Ika North East Local Government Area of the state, Arthur passed on at 89. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
A 65-year-old hunter, Uchechukwu Nweke, has allegedly killed himself, his wife, and their son in the Amunike community of Anambra state on Thursday, January 28. A statement by the spokesperson of the state police command, Mohammed Haruna, says the police received a report from the chairman of the vigilante group in Amunike community in Awka North…
Ogun State Police Command has arrested 25 suspected members of the Buccaneer cult group during an initiation ceremony in Abeokuta. The suspects were among 59 others paraded on Wednesday, for rape, kidnapping, murder, armed robbery, fraud, among others. Parading the suspects before journalists at the command’s headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun,…
Suspected bandits attacked the Magarya community in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State and killed three persons. Magarya is the hometown of the state’s House of Assembly speaker, Alhaji Nasiru Muazu Magarya. It was gathered that the armed men invaded the town on Tuesday night, January 26, and opened fire on residents. “They killed two…