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.

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]