The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB),  Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa  Ibom, has seized 265 bags of smuggled rice and impounded boats used in smuggling them. The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Mohammed Abu, disclosed this to newsmen in Ibaka on Tuesday when he handed over the bags of rice to the […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has sentenced one Ikenna Idananke, 27, to seven years imprisonment for trafficking two young girls from Port Harcourt to Libya. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Justice Jane Inyang convicted Idananke after he pleaded guilty to the two-count preferred against him by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it is committed to clamping down on the consumption of methamphetamine, popularly known as mkpurummiri, noting that the consequences on mental health are worrisome to the society. Mr Isah Adoro, Commander of NDLEA, Ebonyi Command, made the remarks during a one-day security sensitisation campaign, organised by the […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure Abductors of the Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Joseph Ajayi, along Akure-Ikere Expressed in Ondo State have demanded N20m ransom for his release. Recall, that the clergyman was abducted while travelling in his Toyota Corolla car, on Monday. The cleric was travelling to Akure, the Ondo State capital from Ikere, in […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti Palpable fear enveloped Adehun Area of Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday as some irate youths set ablaze the residence of a Pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) over a missing seven-year-old girl. It was gathered that trouble started when the lifeless body of a girl simply identified as Demilade was […]