The Federal government are in talks with terrorists who kidnapped passengers on the ill-fated Kaduna-Abuja train in March 2022. Recall that bandits attacked the train, killed eight persons and abducted scores. The bandits had threatened to kill all the victims if the federal government failed to negotiate with them. However, nine days after the attack,…
A manhunt has been launched by the police for one Ahmed for allegedly conniving with one Uchenna Daniels to kidnap his (Ahmed’s) girlfriend, Hannatu Kabri. Kabri was abducted in Abuja on March 31 and taken to Lagos. She was released after her parents paid a N2m ransom. Lagos police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said a manhunt…
In order to stem the steady fall of the naira against the dollar, the Federal Government has been advised to as a matter of urgency put an end to the festering crude oil theft, boost oil production and put in place necessary measures to boost local production and exportation of other goods, The PUNCH reports….
Olufolajimi Abegunde, a 36-year-old US-based Nigerian, who is currently serving a 78-month prison term in Tennessee, on Friday called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to intervene in what he described as his unfair imprisonment, insisting that he was a victim of racism. Abegunde was arrested on February 7, 2018 and jailed by…
The family of the late Lagos BRT passenger, Bamise Ayanwola, have rejected the autopsy date. The brother, Pelumi Abegunde spoke to reporters on Friday in Ikeja, Lagos State. He said the police gave them a short notice as they received an invitation on Wednesday for the autopsy scheduled for Thursday. “We rejected it because we…
S3x workers in Tana River County, Kenya, have digitized their business by forming WhatsApp groups due to low patronage after the COVID19 pandemic. According to Nairobi News, the s3x workers said they are yet to recover from the effects of Covid-19 despite the lifting of regulations by the government, thus forcing them to look for…
Mrs Confort Ayanwole, the mother of late 22-year-old Bamise Ayanwole is still crying for justice following her daughter’s sad death. According to the bereaved woman, she cries every day and every night as she finds it hard to believe that her daughter is gone. Bamise, who was kidnapped on February 26 in a Lagos Bus…
A man identified as David Wanyonyi Simiyu, is currently on the run after he allegedly stole two video cameras and their accessories from a church in Nairobi, Kenya. It was gathered that Simiyu had received salvation at Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) Zimmerman Parish on Sunday, March 6, 2022.The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI),…
Many passengers are feared dead in multiple crashes along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Daily Trust reports. The incident involved two vehicles and a fuel tanker which went up in flames around the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry (MFM) Prayer City. Lagos-Ibadan expressway is notorious for road crashes as it had claimed not less than 30…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council in Lagos State has urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to install Closed-Circuit Television cameras in strategic places to improve security in the state. The IPAC Chairman, Olusegun Mobolaji, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday. Mobolaji spoke against the backdrop of the murder of Miss…