The Federal Government has announced that only five airports will be reopened when flight operations resume on Saturday, June 21. According to a circular by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), asides the five selected airports, all others are to remain closed for further assessment. The memo further revealed that Nigeria’s airspace remains closed to…
The Federal High Court sitting in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced three out of nine suspects to death by hanging for kidnapping and murder of one of their victims, Deyspring Braide, a former Head of Local Government Administration of Asari-Toru Local Government Area. Two others including the three condemned persons were also sent to jail…
Barely three weeks after gunmen killed many in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, armed bandits on Wednesday launched another attack on Tudu village in the same Council, killing nine persons GIOTV gathered that the gunmen invaded Tudu village in the early hours yesterday, shooting rapidly. A source from Kajuru told our correspondent that the attack…
The people of the Itekpa community in Obi Local Government Area in Benue state have cried out over the killing of 15 families last Sunday, by suspected herdsmen despite the presence of troops of ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’. Acting chairman of Obi Local Government Area, Mr. Joseph Ipenyi in a chat, said the attackers invaded the…
Scores of high profile Boko Haram commanders have been killed in a counter-attack conducted by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole following a failed attack on troops location at Banki Junction, GIOTV learned. Those skilled in the attack include Manzar Halid, Amir Abu Fatima, and Nicap, among others, including 72 members of the sect. Also, the Nigerian Air Force has…
Suspected cultists have reportedly shot dead a man alleged to be an internet fraudster in Essi Layout, Warri South council area of Delta State. The incident was said to have occurred Tuesday evening, at about 5 pm. According to sources, the hoodlums, a gang of three, stormed the residence of the victim in a tricycle…
Police in Lagos have arrested a barber for brutalizing his four-year-old son, leaving him with several bodily scars. Tunde Alabi was accused of beating his son, Ezekiel to a coma on Sunday. The four-year-old boy was said to have excreted on his body and Alabi beat him severely, inflicting multiple wounds on him. The Igando…
The Kogi Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Abdulmumuni Danga, who allegedly brutalized and raped a former beauty queen for calling him out on Facebook was called in for questioning. However, there has been pressure from the state governor and others in the political class to pervert justice, Segun Awosanya has said. Earlier this year, a…
A driver, identified as Onunkwo Ifeanyi has been arrested for allegedly killing a 40-year old man whose identity is not yet known along Enugu-Onitsha road in Ogidi, Anambra state. The suspect, a native of Ogbunike in Oyi Local Government Area of the State was said to be heading to Awka from Onitsha when he reportedly…
A 21-year-old man simply identified as Ishaku has been arrested by the Bauchi state police command for stabbing his friend, Zeloti John to death over a girl. The incident reportedly occurred in a drinking joint in Dass on Friday, May 29. Ishaku stabbed Zeloti with a knife in three different parts of his body following…