Court remands Odogwu Asaba over alleged rape, death
By Egufe Yafugborhi ASABA — A Delta State High Court has ordered the remand of popular content creator, Ifeanyi Ogbonna, aka Odogwu Asaba, at the Ogwashi-Uku Maximum Correctional Centre over allegations surrounding the death of 20-year-old Favour Agbro. The remand order was granted after the court heard an application filed following the conclusion of police […]
19-year-old beaten to death over missing N17,000 in Nsukka
Tension has continued to mount in Amoka Village, Nru Nsukka, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, following the alleged killing of a 19-year-old resident, Chiadikaobi Asadu.
Troops arrest 46 suspected undocumented foreign nationals in Ogun
Troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), have arrested 46 foreign nationals during a security operation in Ogun State.
Our father not diabetic; mother still in captivity – Late Gen Rabe’s son
One of the sons of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar (retd), Isyaka Rabe, has said his father had no history of diabetes or high blood pressure, contrary to claims attributed to the Katsina State government.
Woman kidnapped in Edo market after husband escaped
“I saved the woman’s children today. It happened in front of me. We were both buying something in the same place, at the vegetable market”
Rough Economy: Local markets flooded with toxic powdered charcoal, poisonous dye additives
In the local Nigerian markets unscrupulous spice merchants are now exploiting the food inflation to heavily adulterate daily kitchen staples
Pregnant woman, children among 11 mourners feared dead in Benue boat tragedy
The victims were reportedly returning to Daududawadawa community, an island settlement located behind the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering (NASME) Barracks in the North Bank area of Makurdi, when the boat overturned midway through the journey.
Gunmen abduct 60 year-Old ondo community head, shoot wife
–Community in shock as police launch manhunt By Dayo Johnson Akure Suspected gunmen have abducted 60-year-old Adeniyi Adelana, community head of Ode Oriya Village in Owo council area of Ondo State and shot his wife. A police source said six armed men stormed the residence around 8:05pm Saturday. The assailants invaded under cover of darkness […]
Agbor’s Blood On The Tracks: Ujevwu-Itakpe derailment exposes systemic collapse of rail network
This is not the first time Agbor has swallowed steel and lives. It is the latest chapter in a timeline that reads like a lingering warning ignored.
Terrorists target more schools in ‘dangerous shift’
A fresh wave of kidnappings, bandit attacks and attempted mass abductions across several states has renewed concerns that criminal gangs are expanding their operations despite repeated assurances by security agencies that they are being degraded.
One year after Yelewata massacre, community honours 271 slain victims, demands justice
One year after 271 residents were brutally killed in the Yelewata massacre, survivors, families of the victims, religious leaders and political figures on Saturday gathered in the community to honour the dead and renew calls for justice and improved security.
‘Only American pilot and his God know how aircraft landed on Delta road’
“How he ended up landing on a strip or a road, a newly constructed road, only the pilot and his God could determine it”
Tragedy as truck driver dies, motor boy rescued in Lagos crash
Tragedy struck on democracy day on Friday, when a truck driver died in a lone accident involving an empty 40-foot articulated truck along Isheri Elemu inward Ijegun, area of Lagos.
Anambra Miracles: As Soludo cracks down on fake pastors
As Anambra’s crackdown on alleged fake miracles gathers momentum, a bigger question arises among Nigerians: where does faith end and fraud begin?
Probe continues as Dunamis church rejects ownership of road-landed aircraft
By David Nnasom & Dickson Omobola Faith-based Group, Concerned Christian Youth Forum, CCYF, has debunked a report claiming that the private aircraft with registration number N989BC, which landed on a road in the Ogwashi-Uku area of Delta State, belongs to Dunamis International Gospel Centre. CCYF, in a statement, Friday, said the church had consistently maintained […]
‘They removed my friend’s eye’ – Gory tales from South Africa
By Dickson Omobola & Matilda Ikediobi For the 258 Nigerians who returned home aboard an Air Peace flight under Federal Government’s evacuation programme, Thursday, it was a moment of relief after years of enduring xenophobic attacks and discrimination in South Africa. Read Also: South Africa to charge FG for cost of deporting Nigerians Though exhausted from the […]
