Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a popular petroleum product dealer in Ado Ekiti, Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami. Spokesperson of the Ekiti State Police Command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the development said the incident happened at the victim’s filling station along Ado-Ijan Road in Ado Ekiti at about 9 pm on Sunday, January 10. “The…
A man and his wife who were kidnapped at Uso, along Akure-Owo expressway in Ondo State, last week, have denied that they were rescued by security agencies. They said they paid a ransom to secure their freedom. Gbenga Ibikunle and his wife were returning from Ebonyi State last week when they were kidnapped by gunmen….
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has warned that the federal government may be forced to shut down train services if passengers do not comply with COVID-19 protocols. The Minister made the submission on Monday, 11th January while speaking on a TV interview programme. Amaechi noted that trains convey a large number of people on a…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned Nigerians to stay away from a fake app that claims to help link the National Identity Number (NIN) to SIM cards. NIMC, in a Twitter post on Monday, dissociated itself from the app. The agency claims the app is run by fraudsters who use it to harvest…
A Nigerian woman identified as Onyinye Onome has taken to social media to call out her husband, one Mr Chukwutem Victor for cries defiling their 9-months-old son in Lagos. According to Onyinye, via her Facebook disclosed that they had married traditionally and did not know, her husband was into men. She went further to that…
Chairmen of various chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Sunday expressed concerns over resumption of academic activities on January 18 saying the institutions were not ready for safe reopening. Tertiary institutions took a break from academic activities due to both the COVID-19 pandemic and a personal and institution welfare-related face-off with…
A woman holding her daughter in her arms jumped off the roof of a building on Sunday afternoon, January 10, killing both of them, police have announced. Both the 39-year-old mother, Oksana Patchin, of Brooklyn, and her 5-year-old daughter, Olivia, were taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell, but could not be saved. The mother…
Five men have been arrested after a 14-year-old girl was gang-raped and stabbed to death in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is alleged that on Thursday, January 7, 2021, at about 08:30, police received information of a body of a female lying in bushes between Gelvandale and Algoa Park. She sustained multiple stab wounds. On…
Unknown gunmen on Saturday killed a man identified as Alhaji Isa Abubakar, in Kano state and fled with his car. The incident happened at the popular Zoo road, close to Ado Bayero Mall in Kano metropolis around 10:00 pm on Saturday, January 9. An eye witness claims that the gunmen stormed a rice mill factory…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his condolences to the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Babangida Nguroje over the death of two of his sisters, Zainab and Hajiya Hadiza with her husband and their four kids, who all perished in a road accident. Reacting to the incident, the President said “I am…