Son sets mother ablaze over witchcraft allegations in C’River
By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar CALABAR — A middle-aged man, identified as Emmanuel Akposi, has been declared wanted after allegedly dousing his elderly mother with fuel and setting her ablaze at Ojo community in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The victim, identified by family sources as Mrs Atim Akposi, also known as Atim […]
FG reroutes Lagos-Calabar coastal highway through Ogoniland to honour late Mpigi
In recognition of Senator Mpigi’s service, he stated that president Bola Tinubu has approved the rerouting of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway to pass through Ogoniland.
Jos killings: UNIJOS confirms two students killed, three injured
The deceased were identified as Abel Joro Gershon, a 300-level Building student who was shot in the stomach during the Angwan Rukuba attack.
500-level Covenant University student dies during football training
A 500-level student of Covenant University, Toluwase Jesutunmise, has died after collapsing during a football training session on campus.
Final-year student allegedly tortures colleague to death over provisions
Tension has gripped Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, after 12-year-old JSS 2 student, Ufokobong Edwin Godwin died following alleged bullying by a senior student over his refusal to share provisions.
Haiti women’s ministry vows legal action over groping of girls at viral colour event
Haiti’s Ministry of Women’s Conditions and Rights condemned acts of sexual assault caught on video during a Festi Colour event on April 4 at Saint-Pierre High School in Plaine-du-Nord, where young women and girls were reportedly groped under the guise of T-shirt painting.
‘Release your payroll if I’m lying’, dismissed soldier dares Army
A dismissed Nigerian soldier, Rotimi Olamilekan, popularly known as Soja Boi, has challenged the Nigerian Army to make its payroll public as controversy deepens over his claims on soldiers’ welfare and remuneration.
As trees disappear, structures rise, Abuja residents count cost of rapid urbanization
Once celebrated for its rolling hills, protective green belts and carefully mapped master plan, Abuja is fast losing its natural shield to relentless urban expansion.
Death toll in Plateau attacks hits 33 as protest halts burial
Jos—Tension gripped Angwan Rukuba community, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, yesterday, as the death toll from the Palm Sunday attack rose to 33.
Four killed in Benue over witchcraft allegation as LG Chairman orders probe
Four persons, including an elderly man and his two sons, have been killed in a suspected witchcraft-related attack in Imande-Dem community, Uvir Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area, LGA of Benue State.
‘Why my homecoming convoy was long’ – Fire Service Controller-General
“The Controller General travelled with only his official vehicle, a pilot vehicle, and essential security support”
Man dies during Passion of Christ rehearsal in Cross River
At station 12, where Jesus dies on the cross, a local bomb known as “oginigbo”, meant to create a thunder effect, malfunctioned
Couple receive 100 lashes each for premarital ‘intimacy’
A couple was publicly flogged in Indonesia’s staunchly Islamic Aceh province on Tuesday for having sex outside of marriage, an AFP reporter witnessed, in the country’s only region to apply a version of Sharia law.
Lagos govt announces traffic diversions for Wednesday, Thursday project inauguration
The Lagos State Government has announced partial road closures across parts of the state ahead of the commissioning of key infrastructure projects scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
Troops arrest five in Borno as stray bullet kill 15-yr-old girl
By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The Headquarters Theatre Command, Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have arrested five persons in connection to unauthorized discharge of firearms in which a stray bullet killed about 15-year old girl in Gomari general area of Maiduguri Metropolis in Borno state. The was disclosed in a statement by […]
Terrorists kill four, set communities on fire in Kebbi
Armed bandits carrying dangerous weapons attacked and set communities ablaze in the Gebbe District of Shanga Local Government Area of Niger State on Sunday night.
