Newly-buried corpse of a 68-year-old man identified as Alhaji Kolawole Waheed was exhumed from the grave and vital parts of his being removed in the Idi-Arere community in Ibadan, Oyo State, It was gathered that Waheed died last Thursday and was buried on Friday according to Islamic rites. Speaking with …
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Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights lawyer, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, says the Senator representing Anambra North, Stella Oduah, should be barred for vying for elective offices. Adegboruwa also called for the prosecution and recalling of Oduah from the senate and made to refund salaries and allowances she received …
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Gunmen killed a youth leader, Ufot Job, Ikot Andem, in the Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that the assailants also took away his motorcycle, which was given to him as an empowerment tool by a member of the state House of Assembly. According to …
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65-year-old night guard, Oluwole Akinola, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly abducting an sexually assaulting two minors for days in Kwara State. The spokesman of the NSCDC in the State, Babawale Zaid Afolabi, who confirmed the incident in Ilorin on Wednesday …
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Police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned eight men for allegedly impersonating military officers. Sources learnt that the defendants include Akpan Joel, 31; John Johnson, 31; Busayo Akinola, 33; and Simeon Anthony, 43. Others are Adamu Sani, 30; Cyril Ogbe, 27; Godfrey Agba, 36; and Benjamin Achi, 29. The defendants, whose addresses …
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Mgbak Okan Enyam, a 19-year-old internet fraudster, has been convicted and sentenced to six months in prison by Justice Toyin Bolaji Adegoke of the Federal High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Enyam was sentenced to prison on Monday, May 23, 2022, after pleading guilty to a single-count charge brought against …
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Rochas Okorocha’s camp believes his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is politically motivated. The Senator representing the lmo West District is facing charges of misappropriation of state funds. On Tuesday, EFCC officials and security agents broke into his home in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, and kidnapped him. …
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The Indigenous People of Biafra has warned the Coalition of Northern Groups against reprisal attacks on any Igbo in the region. The separatist group said such move would only engender a circle of violence that portends danger for the country. The organisation was reacting to threats by the CNG to …
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No fewer that 14 children and a teacher at an elementary school in Texas were killed on Tuesday after an 18-year-old gunman attacked the school. The attack in Uvalde, Texas – a small community about an hour from the Mexican border — is the latest in a spate of deadly …
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Residents of Ibafo in Ogun State were enveloped by trepidation on Tuesday as violence broke out as soldiers and suspected cultists clashed. The ever-busy and boisterous Ibafo market and bus stop were deserted as people fled to avoid being caught in the skirmish. According to PUNCH, one soldier was shot …
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