Ogoni youths demand 500 NNPC jobs as oil exploration resumption sparks divisions
"This 40 slots is paltry and insignificant given the scale of our sacrifice; and should not cause internal rancour, division, or friction among our people"
Scramble for Gold in Edo: Uneasy calm as illegal northern miners troop in
By Ozioruva Aliu THE sleepy community known as Dagbala in Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State has been in the news for the wrong reasons for over a year as activities of alleged illegal gold miners deepened and created security breach in the area, forcing the state government to ban all forms of mining […]
How police sergeant’s ‘accidental discharge’ killed colleague while on patrol in Calabar
TRAGEDY struck again at the Cross River Police Command, when the riffle of a policeman, Sergeant Ubi Arikpo, accidentally went off and killed his colleague, Sergeant Francis Agube
I became armed robber after I dropped out in JSS 3 – 16-yr-old who rapes older women confesses
A 16-year-old boy has narrated to an Akure Chief Magistrate’s court how he robbed and raped some older women in the Okitipupa council area of Ondo State.
Troops kill scores of Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters in Borno
By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri An unspecified number of Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be ISWAP group have been killed by troops of ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ in an attempt to infiltrate Biu Local government area of Borno state on Saturday. Biu is south and about 180km drive along the easiest Maiduguri -Damboa-Biu road which was […]
Update: Armed Boko Haram ISWAP wreck havoc on Kautikari village of Chibok
Armed Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be member of ISWAP group who invaded Kautikari village of Chibok Local Government Area in Borno state have killed four residents with abduction of unspecified number of women and children, as more are still missing, fleeing residents told Vanguard on Saturday morning
