Eleven persons were on Friday seriously injured in a multiple motor accident in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra state. The accident which occurred around 2 pm opposite a Catholic Church in the area involved six vehicles with fifty-two persons on board. An eyewitness said the crash was caused by excessive speeding resulting in…
The State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abia State Command; Mr. Vincent Ogu has stated that his command arrested 126 suspected pipeline vandals/oil thieves in the year 2020. Ogu who disclosed this at the command’s headquarters in Umuahia, the state capital in a chat on Friday with journalists while speaking on the…
Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo land has invited neglected youths in his domain for dining and wining today. The monarch vowed to rehabilitate the boys, who have been branded thugs. In a statement, he said that his palace has set funds aside for this class of people, emphasizing that being a royal…
President Muhammadu Buhari used his New Year speech on Friday to once again make promises to Nigerian youths to bequeath to them a nation in which their future is secured. Buhari, whose government has come out with several programmes to empower Nigerian youths, such as N-Power, CBN financed Youth Investment Fund and others, re-affirmed his…
A former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtrd) has asked Nigerians to remain steadfast, resolute and patient in the face of the numerous challenges facing the country. Babangida gave the advice during an interview with Channels Television on New Year Eve, adding that whatever has a beginning must certainly have an end. IBB…
Fiery rights activist and African Action, AAC Presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has been reportedly arrested in Abuja. Sowore and other activists, according to Sahara Reporters, were carrying out a peaceful procession to mark the New Year when they were arrested by Nigerian security forces in Abuja. According to the report, eyewitnesses said policemen suspected to be…
A 20-year old mother, Faith Alhassan has been arrested in Kaduna for killing her one-year-old daughter, allegedly to enable her to marry her former boyfriend who was not ready to accept her with a baby. Faith, who is a Secondary School certificate holder, however, said that, until she carried out the dastardly act and saw…
An Army Corporal, Charles Thomson who ran away from the theatre of operation in the North-eastern part of the country, has confessed to killing his mother. Corporal Thomson was among the 82 suspects paraded by the Kaduna State Police Command for various criminal acts in Kaduna on Thursday. The 30-year-old suspect, who confessed to the…
The Jigawa state High court in Rinjim has sentenced 29-year-old Mustapha Idris, pictured above, to death by hanging for killing his pregnant girlfriend, Nafisa Hashimu. Mustapha and late Nafisu, a divorcee, were live-in lovers in Daneji village. On January 12, 2020, she was found in a pool of her blood. Following the police investigation, it…
Jigawa court sentences man to prison over ‘injurious’ Facebook post against Gov. Badaru A chief magistrate’s court sitting in Dutse, Jigawa State capital has sentenced Sabi’u Ibrahim Chamo to prison for defamation of character of Governor Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar. Mr Chamo was first arrested on Christmas eve and detained before he was charged to court…