Lagos Govt intervenes after alleged threats against widow, arrests suspect
By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has intervened in the case of a 28-year-old widow, Tosin, who allegedly faced threats, intimidation and attempts to dispossess her of her late husband’s property eight days after his death. The intervention followed a viral video shared on Tuesday by activist Harrison Gwamnishu on his X handle, in […]
Police take 12 women to court for using ‘juju’ to disrupt Bayelsa road project
THE Police in Bayelsa Bayelsa have dragged 12 women from Agobiri community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state to court over “unlawful assembly and use of juju” to the block the ongoing construction of the state government-sponsored Yenagoa-Oporoma Road.
Boko Haram/ISWAP members abduct 6 staff of works ministry in Borno
By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri At least six (6) staff working with Borno State Ministry of Work supervising the construction of about 45km Chibok-Damboa road were kidnapped by suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram/ISWAP, sources have said. The abductors also went away with three trucks used in conveying sand to construction sites. The incident took […]
Court remands two for alleged gang rape of 21-yr-old
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the remand of two men — Ifeanyi Kalu and Kamorudeen Sanyaolu, charged with gang-raping a 21-year-old woman. Kalu, 25, a barber and Sanyaolu, 25, an artisan, both residents of Ikorodu, Lagos State, were being tried for conspiracy and rape. Magistrate S.K Matepo, who did not take […]
Owerri-Nta Naval personnel, busload of okra and N4,000 bribe
Naval personnel stationed at Owerri-Nta, a boundary town between Abia and Imo states, have detained a bus conveying vegetables to Aba over alleged refusal of the driver to give N4,000 bribe for access into Abia State.
UPDATED: NCDC confirms first case of Omicron variant in Nigeria
By Chioma Obinna *… urges states to curb community transmission The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday confirmed the first 3 cases of Omicron variant in Nigeria. The Omicron variant, also known as the B.1.1.529 lineage, was confirmed in travellers from South Africa who arrived in Nigeria. In a press statement by the […]
