Two deaf–mute persons on Monday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly abducting 17-year-old girl. The police charged Peter Obi, 41 and Ego Njoku, 35, whose addresses were not given with abduction. The prosecution counsel, Inspector Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on Feb. 1 in Ado-Ekiti. […]

The Police on Monday in Abuja confirmed the release of Mr John Makama, father of Bwari Area Council Chairman, Mr John Gabaya, and two others who were kidnapped on Tuesday, Feb. 2. The divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Bwari Police Station, Biodun Makanjuola, confirmed the development in a telephone interview with the News […]

***As Kogi Command recover, destroys over N3 billion worth of illicit drugs By Boluwaji Obahopo – Lokoja The National Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has raised alarm that Kogi State is gradually turning from a drug -transit -state to a drug- cultivating – state. NDLEA, Kogi State Commander, Mr. Alfred Adewumi who disclosed this on Monday […]

By Peter Duru Troops of the joint military spike operation in Benue state codenamed Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, have arrested 10 suspects and recovered 16 firearms as well as live ammunitions from suspects in the fierce communal conflict between Ibilla and Ukpa communities in Oju Local Government area of the State. The two bordering communities […]

Twice rejected by the State House of Assembly for “being a security threat” Justice Akon Bassey Ikpeme was on Monday sworn-in by Cross River Governor, Prof Ben Ayade at the Executive Council Chambers, Calabar as the Chief Judge of the state.

Tanzania has spent more than six months trying to convince the world it has been cured of the coronavirus through prayer, while refusing to take measures to curb its spread. However, dissent is mounting, along with deaths attributed to “pneumonia”, with even a politician in semi-autonomous Zanzibar admitting he has the virus. “Covid-19 is killing […]

Cows and motorists struggle for the right of way at Kado Roundabout, Life Camp, of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday.

Bitoin hit a record-high above $43,000 on Monday after electric carmaker Tesla invested $1.5 billion in the digital currency. Bitcoin hit $43,725.51 around 1300 GMT, before cooling slightly to $42,352. The cryptocurrency is up around 50 percent since the start of the year. Vanguard News Nigeria

The death of a managing director of Jibmir Ventures Nigerian Limited, Jibril Tahir, on Monday stalled the arraignment of ex-FCT Minister’s Chief of Staff, Yau Mohammed and two others for obtaining N192.5 million under false pretence in an FCT High Court Kubwa. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was to arraign Tahir, Mohammed, Shuaibu […]

Famous Nollywood celebrity, Actress Destiny Etiko who was alleged to have received a brand new Toyota Prado Landcruiser from the Manging Director of Belema Oil, Tein Jack-Rich, may have toed a displaced path, as facts from the founders Facebook page indicated and proven that the gift to the actress may have been from the former […]

  A Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced a 19-year-old man, Hassan Amisu, to two months in correctional centre for causing panic and chaos within a community in Karu, Abuja. The Judge, Inuwa Maiwada, also gave him an option of N10,000 fine and warned him to desist from committing crimes. The convict, […]

Banking on blockchain technology’s incredible attributes, Tingo Mobile PLC has introduced blockchain into its system to manage subscribers’ data in an immutable form. Because of its decentralised nature, blockchain technology stores encrypted and hashed authenticated data, which is immutable, and any changes or mistakes can be traced to the source of the alteration. Commenting on […]

On Thursday, February 4th, a former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, publicly presented four new books at a classy virtual global event, which attracted over 2,300 participants from no fewer than five continents.

A 42-year-old businessman, Olayinka Oyeniyi, on Monday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State that his wife, Sekinat was promiscuous and has slept with many men. Oyeniyi said this while responding to the suit filed by Sekinat, who accused him of impregnating another woman. “My wife is wayward and adulterous, she moves around in […]

A rare uncensored app that had attracted Chinese internet users to freely discuss taboo topics, including the mass detention of Uighurs, democracy protests in Hong Kong and the concept of Taiwanese independence appeared to have been blocked on Monday night. Authoritarian China deploys a vast and sophisticated surveillance state to scrub the internet of dissent […]