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The police command in Ondo state has disclosed how  77 persons who were rescued from a church were kidnapped by their pastors. Earlier some children who were kidnapped and kept in a dungeon of a church in Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State, were …

A 52-year-old mother, Maryam Mohammed, was shot dead by bandits while she was protecting her son in Sabon Gari, a community in the Pali District of Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The late Maryam is being celebrated as a heroine and her bravery by people who know her …

Alhaji Zubairu Abdulra’uf, a community leader from the Birnin Gwari Emirate Council in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, says the government has left residents of the area at the mercy of murderous terrorists wreaking havoc in the state He disclosed that members of the communities in the …

A member of the House of Representatives representing Egor/Ikpoba-Okha federal constituency of Edo State, Hon. Jude Ise-Idehen, is dead. The lawmaker reportedly died on Friday morning from an undisclosed ailment. The Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Rep Benjamin Kalu, while confirming the death of the lawmaker said that the …

Basirat Anifowose, 28, a pregnant woman; Rasidat Mufutau, 60; and a nine-month-old baby, Abdulramon Afolabi, were found dead in a hospital in Ofatedo, Osogbo, Osun State. Three of the four patients who slept in the same hospital room did not wake up, according to information obtained by Daily Post. The …

A Federal High Court in Kano, presided over by Justice Abdullahi Liman, on Friday, restrained the Kano State government from borrowing N10 billion for the installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras. A coalition of NGOs, the Kano First Forum (KFF) filed a motion exparte dated June 27, sworn by the …

25-year-old herder, Hassan Namusa , has been arraigned before a magistrates’ court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, for robbing, abducting and raping a married woman at gun point. Namusa was charged on a two count charge of rape and abduction before Magistrate Agbetola Aminat Issa. According to the First Information Report …

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. …