Rescue workers were searching eight wrecked buildings in Izmir Sunday despite dwindling hope for survivors as the death toll from a powerful magnitude earthquake that hit western Turkey rose to 51. The 7.0-magnitude quake also injured 896 people, the Turkish emergency authority AFAD said, after it struck Friday afternoon near the west coast town of…
Army troops under code-named ‘’Operation Sahel Sanity’’ have killed three bandits and rescued three kidnapped women. It also rescued an infant and arrested two suspected informants, Samaila Usman and Idi Bello, during gun duels with bandits in Diskuru and Dan Ali villages of Katsina. But the troops lost one soldier during the fuel. Acting Director,…
No fewer than twenty persons including women and children were killed after a truck conveying bags of rice suffered a brake failure and rammed into a market at the Ibaka area of Akungba Akoko in Akingba South-West local government area of Ondo state on Saturday evening, October 31. Amongst the deceased persons was a mother…
The Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Otu, has asked the governor of Cross River state, Ben Ayade to step aside. Otu blamed Ayade for the vandalism, looting and destruction of public and private property in the state last week. The traditional leader reportedly said the governor needs to step aside to enable an interim administration…
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters Saturday heard the chilling details of how the now dissolved police unit allegedly tortured a pregnant woman and her husband for 22 days, till they lost their baby. Ogechukwu Obiechina and his wife Ndubuisi told the panel…
The Management of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) has released a young woman who was detained in the hospital for six months over unpaid bills. It was gathered that the patient, Bidemi Taiwo was admitted in the hospital on March 23, 2020. She gave birth to a baby boy through cesearan section but lost…
Robbery suspects arrested in connection with the attack on a bullion van and killing of four policemen in Ebonyi State in July have explained how their gang leader, one Clement Abanara aka Millions, planned their operations from Ikoyi prison, Lagos, where he is remanded. The suspects are two dismissed soldiers, Ayeni Samuel and Emeka Ariston,…
*Learn From History On Awolowo’s Betrayal Against Ojukwu – Ohanaeze Youths Tells Kanu* An Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has claimed that some politicians from Yoruba extraction and North Eastern zone have concluded plan to scuttle Igbo presidential project ahead of 2023 Nigeria general elections. This was contained in a release…
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Friday, ordered seven men who allegedly gang-raped a minor to death, be remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre. The police charged Ajom Tabi, 37; Omobolanle Olowookere, 41; Aliu Bilyamin, 24; Emmanuel Okon, 24; Bolarinwa Olamilekan, 24; Badmus Abdulateef, 20; Azeez Quadri, 22; and Sunday Odunayo, 22 with…
Canada has extended its restriction on non-essential international entries until the end of November as Coronavirus cases continue to rise. The North American nation has, however, eased quarantine rules for some cut-off Canada-US border communities. The travel ban has been in force since mid-March, while Ottawa and Washington have a separate arrangement prohibiting non-essential travel…