Palpable trepidation and anxiety enveloped communities, towns and cities in Ondo State on Thursday as rumours of bandits impeding attack filtered through the state. The rumours have it that the bandits were planning to attack Ilara-Mokin community in the Ifedore Local Government Area of the state. The fear and uncertainty among residents …

A mentally-ill man, Wisdom Solomon, has stabbed a young man in his early 20s, Chukwunonso Odo, to death in Asaba area of Delta State. The tragic incident occurred on Tuesday on Nnebisi Road by Umuagu Quarters. According to PUNCH, an eyewitness said that the suspect had a fight with his …

A couple, Jeremiah Ezewulu and Nkem Irene Ezewulu, has been arraigned before Justice M.A Madugu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, Abuja. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the couple on Wednesday, June 29, on a one count charge of conspiracy and criminal breach of trust. …

One Babalola Olatomide has been sentenced to life imprisonment for offences bordering on armed robbery and attempted murder. The 27-year-old was sentenced by an Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday. He was arraigned before Justice Monisola Abodunde who sentenced him after he was found guilty of …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has stated that its operatives have arrested a notorious female drug dealer in Obunku community, Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State. According to the agency, the suspect identified as Celina Ekeke, was arrested with 24 sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 231.2kg. This was contained …

Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested Uzoma Egemba for scalding the buttocks, thighs and body of his 12-year-old maid for riding his children’s bicycle. The suspect was arrested at his Umuguma residence in the early hours of Thursday following efforts made by some concerned citizens, led by …

The Committee of Vice-chancellors of Nigerian universities on Thursday implored the President Muhammadu Buhari, to speed up the process of resolving the ongoing disputes between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities among others. Recall that academic and non-academic activities have been …

President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned Nigerians overseas against the use of social media to insult and incite from a safe and anonymous distance, urging the Diaspora to always promote Nigeria’s unity. The warning was given by Buhari while speaking at a meeting with representatives of Nigerians living in Portugal on Wednesday …

The leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the North-West have demanded the position of vice president ahead of the July 15 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the substitution of candidates by political parties where necessary. Against this background, the leaders of the party …

The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the primary election that produced Muhammad Abacha as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State as authentic. The development has now laid to rest the controversy over who the Commission recognises as the party’s candidate between Abacha and …