My husband paid the supreme price fighting for justice — Widow laments
By Vincent Ujumadu It was an emotional atmosphere at Umuenu Umuawulu in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State when a widow, Mrs Nkechi Obi, wife of the former chairman of Umuenu Quarters Assembly, Umuawulu, Mr Humphrey Obi, broke down in tears to narrate the circumstances that led to her husband’s death while pursuing […]
Troops neutralise 50 terrorists, losses 2 soldiers in Yobe attack
By Ndahi Marama, Damaturu Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have killed 50 members of Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters in a failed assaults launched on Headquarters 27 Brigade at Buni Gari and the Buni Gari Checkpoint of Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe state. The incident which took place in […]
Armed herdsmen take over Benue road, attack commuters, machete female passenger
Suspected armed herdsmen are reported to have taken over the Gyungu Aze-Yogbo road in Mbayer/Yandev Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state, attacking commuters and leaving a female passenger severely injured during one of the assaults.
Again, Lagos community cries for help, as flood threatens lives, properties
Residents of the Ishaga close, Safejo, Amukoko, Ojo road, Ajegunle, Alaba Oro, Amusa and Suru-Alaba, aswell as other Community Development Area of Lagos State, have called on the state government to save them from being totally displaced, as many of them have abandoned their homes due to severe flooding.
Nigerian billionaire arrested in Switzerland drug raid
By Kingsley Omonobi Operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in close coordination with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Lagos Country Office and law enforcement partners from Switzerland, France, and Greece have successfully dismantled a transnational criminal organisation involved in drug laundering operations running into hundreds […]
Many feared killed as gunmen attack mourners at mass burial in Plateau
Many persons are feared killed, with several others wounded, after gunmen attacked mourners during a mass burial in Nding Fan District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Police nab Bayelsa sender of gun that led to Oghenemine’s killing by Delta officer
A source told Vanguard, “It’s confirmed. They just brought in two suspects Wednesday night. One of them is the Bayelsa sender”
Court okays El-Rufai’s dental, eye treatment in Abuja under ICPC supervision
The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has granted former governor Nasir el-Rufai permission to seek medical treatment in Abuja.
‘They deceived us; but I made money’ — Women trafficked to Ivory Coast for prostitution
Despite the ordeal, she admitted the financial returns influenced her perception of the experience
Man, 27, bags life imprisonment for raping 13-year-old girl in Calabar
A 27-year-old man, Edidiong Nyojole, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Cross River State Family Court 2 sitting in Calabar for raping a 13-year-old girl.
16 killed in attacks on Katsina villages, Plateau communities
No fewer than 16 persons have been killed following a reprisal attack by bandits on communities in Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina State, and in a fresh attack by terrorists in Fan District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.
