ISWAP fighters have kidnapped two aid workers in Borno state as they were returning from a wedding, humanitarian and security sources said Saturday. The two were identified as an employee of UN World Food Programme (WFP) who had just attended the source’s wedding, and a colleague from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) […]

By Olayinka Ajayi After some weeks of reprieve, hoodlums have again unleashed terror on a former member of the House of Representatives, Dr Fatai Aborode and a security guard, Semiu in different parts of Oyo State. While the ex-lawmaker was reportedly killed in his way from his farm at Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government Area […]

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Saturday said suspected herdsmen killed four persons at Tse-Angbande, Makurdi, the State Capital, on Friday night. Ortom stated this at Tse-Angbande, when he visited the village for an on-the-spot assessment of the impact of the attack that also left seven persons injured. He said the attack which took […]

***Imposes 24 hours curfews By Festus Ahon & Ochuko Akuopha Isoko South Local Government council, Delta State, slammed an indefinite suspension on the Ovie of Igbide kingdom, HRM Edward Obukeni l, and his Emede counterpart, HRM Johnson Ewhiri Il, following the protracted land dispute which led to Wednesday’s killing of about five persons and setting […]

By Onozure Dania – Lagos A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday sentenced a Ghana citizen, Elisha Sokpor, to three years imprisonment, for exporting 10 kilograms of Tramadol tablet and injection to his country, Ghana. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, convicted and sentenced the Ghanaian after he pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of unlawful […]