Uncertainty trails Bayelsa oil spill as community counts losses
For a people still mourning the tragic loss of 14 lives in a 2015 pipeline explosion, the sight of black crude gushing from the 6-inch Azuzuama/Tebidaba flow line was more than just an environmental disaster, it was a painful reminder of promises broken and lives cut short.
Pirates kidnap NSCDC operative, 4 oil workers in Bayelsa
Suspected pirates have abducted an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) and four contract staff working at the Conoil field in Koluama 1 in Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt on Monday that the five victims were kidnapped while on their way to Koluama 1 in Southern Ijaw Local […]
Man, 24, to die by hanging for killing brother
An Ado Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced 24-year-old Ebenezer Olorunleke to death by hanging for killing his own brother. Justice Bamidele Omotoso said the prosecution had discharged the burden on Olorunleke Ebenezer and established beyond reasonable doubt the defendant was guilty as charged. “The sentence of the count upon you is that you will […]
Court orders trial-within-trial in ex-AGF, Adoke’s money laundering case
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered a trial-within-trial in the money laundering case the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, instituted against a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke(SAN).
Troops thwart IPOB/ESN attack on two communities in Imo
By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Nigerian Army said on Monday night that its troops conducting Exercise Golden Dawn Sector 3 have thwarted an attempt by members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) to unleash mayhem on residents of Mgbidi and Awo Mmamma communities in […]
Wizkid beats Kanye, Drake, Davido, Burna Boy to win MOBO awards
At the 2021 Music of Black Origin, MOBO, awards held on Sunday, November 5, Nigerian star, Wizkid, won two awards, beating Drake, Kanye West, Rema and many others to win Best International Act.
