Man swept away by flood while trying to rescue drowning teenager in Abia
. Rescue team in desperate search for duo By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — In a heartbreaking twist of fate, a good Samaritan who risked his life to save a teenage girl from a flooded gutter in Aba, Abia State, was swept away by the same rushing water alongside the girl he tried to rescue. The […]
Even monarchs raise hands in waterways checkpoints: Stop humiliating our people, stakeholders cry out
STAKEHOLDERS have described as humiliating the practice where boat passengers including royal fathers are compelled to raise their hands over their heads (surrender) at every military checkpoint on the river and creeks of Bayelsa and other parts of the Niger-Delta region.
ALLEGED SLEAZY DEAL: Delta oil community fingers leader, oil companies’ officials
THE people of Beresibi oil-rich community, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, have raised the alarm that a leader of the riverside Itsekiri settlement and officials of oil companies were laundering communal funds obtained through illegal undertakings.
35-yr-old man arrested, arraigned for illegal possession of firearms in Bayelsa
AUTHORITIES of the Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest and arraignment in court of a 35 years old man identified as Kelvin Ekuere, from Koluama Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa State over alleged illegal possession of firearms.
Jigawa: Man, 27, arrested over alleged armed robbery, kidnapping
The Jigawa Police Command said it has arrested a 27-old-man over alleged armed robbery and kidnapping. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Monday. Shiisu said the suspect was arrested on Dec. 15 at about 12:30 p.m., by […]
Man, 32, pleads guilty to theft of television set, others
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Monday remanded one Dare Peter, aged 32, for alleged theft of goods worth N173, 000. Magistrate Olusola Aluko ordered that the defendant should be kept at the Ile-Ife Correctional Centre, following his guilty plea. Aluko adjourned the case until Tuesday (Dec. 21) for review of the facts. The […]
