The injured suspect before he was set ablaze A mob set a suspected robber ablaze in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday, December 16, for allegedly snatching an Android phone. It was gathered that a two-man gang allegedly snatched a phone and a bag containing some documents from one Tobi Adebayo, a resident of Owode…
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has begun to protest the abduction of schoolboys in Katsina state. The groups on Thursday embarked on a protest in Katsina State to force the government to rescue hundreds of students kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the state. Led by some national leaders of the group,…
The primary health care clinic of the Isah Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia, Nasarawa State, has been shut down, following the contraction of COVID-19 by an NYSC member who is a nurse attached to the institution. We reports that the corps member is serving as a nurse in the polytechnic and allegedly contracted the virus at…
Chief Simon Sayomi, a former deputy governor of Kwara State is dead. His son, Ola confirmed his death in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ilorin. According to him, his father died in his hometown, Igosun in Oyun Local Government Area of the State. Ola said that the former…
A young man identified as Mansur Lulu was reportedly killed by suspected bandits in Mayanci village, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Friends, who confirmed the news on Wednesday, December 16, said the bandits attacked the community on Tuesday, December 15, and also kidnapped six persons. One Bello Aliyu shared a photo of the…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has given notice that it will start enforcing the National Identification Number (NIN) directive on driver’s license processing nationwide, with effect from Dec. 21. Mr. Bisi Kazeem, Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Corps Public Education Officer, announced this in a statement released on Wednesday, December 16. ”Following the Federal Government’s…
Gunmen on Monday night killed Moses Udam and his wife in Agboughul, Makurdi, Benue State. Udam was killed on his birthday. Makurdi Branch Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Justine Gbagir, who confirmed the murder, said he was in Abuja when he got the news. Gbagir said he was told gunmen stormed the Udam’s…
A Magistrates’ Court in Asaba, Delta State, has remanded the Chairman of Patani Local Government Council, Perez Omoun, in Ogwashi-Uku Correctional Centre. Omoun was sued by the police on a four-count charge, including intent to cause grievous harm and unlawfully injuring Ebikapade Tuesday, who tried to prevent him from attacking Basil Ganagana and his family….
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has reappointed his eldest son, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as Commander of the Special Forces Command ahead of the country’s presidential election. The Special Force Command is a specialized command unit of the Uganda People’s Defence Force that is responsible for the security of the President of Uganda, his immediate family,…
Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who has been president of Nigeria since 2015. Buhari is a retired Major General of the Nigerian Army and served as military head of state from 1983 to 1985, after taking power in a military coup d’état. The term Buharism is ascribed to the…