A former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh has disclosed that David Ukpo, the Nigerian at the centre of the alleged organ harvesting case involving Ike Ekweremadu, has “recanted”. Recall that a former deputy senate president, Ekweremadu and Beatrice, his wife, are facing charges bordering on conspiracy …

Operatives of the Ugandan Police Force have arrested a woman identified as Tilutya Suzan for allegedly killing her 7-year-old daughter, Namugaya Mercy. It was gathered that the lifeless body of the girl was found dumped in a sugar cane plantation at Nkalenge village in Busede Sub County, Jinja District on …

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said the attack on Kuje correctional facility in the federal capital territory (FCT) was well planned and executed. The facility came under attack on Tuesday by marauding terrorists, with hundreds of inmates — including all Boko Haram suspects at the centre — said to have …

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has raised the alarm that terrorists are moving southward to take refuge in the forest. Akeredolu stated this in his office while hosting the new Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 17, Yunnus Akeera. The governor reiterated the need for the creation of …

Two siblings, Enos Noah and Shadrack Noah, has been arrested by the police for being members of a robbery syndicate in Oyo State. Enos confessed to being an informant to a robbery syndicate led by his elder brother, Shadrack, and Opeyemi Wasiu, another gang member. While parading the suspects at …

Ali Ndume, lawmaker representing Borno south senatorial district, says the attack on Kuje prison further underscores the parlous state of the country’s affair, stating that things are getting out of hand. Ndume spoke on the attack in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday, Ndume spoke Gunmen in their hundreds …

Gunmen have killed a farmer, Alhaji Ibrahim Ayinde, over his family inability to raise money for his release. According to Daily Trust, Ayinde was kidnapped at the weekend when five gunmen stormed his house in Eruku, Ekiti LGA, beat his wife and whisked him away with his car. The farmer’s corpse …

A fake Army general, Hassan Kareem, aka Bolarinwa Abiodun, has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment after he admitted to using the name of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to defraud a businessman, Bamidele Safiriyu, of N266.5m. Sources recalls that the defendant was arrested at his house in the Alagbado area …

A religious vigilante group has arrested a man identified as Afolabi Jacob with a human head in Iwo, Osun State. Afolabi was arrested by the Taawun Security, Al-Jayshu Islam in the early hours of Wednesday during a routine security patrol around the Yemoja area of the town. Jamaatu Taawunil Muslimeen …

Femi Otedola, a billionaire businessman, posted a photo of himself and Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun posing for the camera on social media on Wednesday. His post comes just 24 hours after he posted a picture of himself and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu. Sources reports that …