Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro decreed Thursday that places of worship are “essential services” that must be exempted from coronavirus confinement orders, the far-right leader’s latest jab at aggressive containment measures. The decree, published in the government diary, adds “religious activities of any kind” to the list of exempted services, alongside supermarkets and pharmacies. It adds […]

By Chinedu Adonu – Enugu The rustic Iheaka community in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, Wednesday, thrown into confusion as a man, Cyril Ugwu, allegedly beheaded his son, Kenneth Ugwu, who had earlier killed his mother for ritual. It was gathered that Kenneth Ugwu, a spare parts dealer in Lagos, reportedly returned […]

By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio – Yenogoa Two persons have been feared killed by strayed bullets in Ezetu Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa following an alleged military invasion of the community. According to community sources, the soldiers reportedly stormed the community based on intelligence reports that some unidentified armed suspects, […]

By Shehu Danjuma A notorious bandit/kidnapper, Mohammed Gidado, who had been on the police wanted list for months has been arrested by police operatives in Katsina State alongside four other suspected armed robbers. Speaking at the paraded of the suspects, the Katsina State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, said: “The police based […]

By Esther Onyegbula A father of five, simply identified as Joe, was reportedly compressed to death in a detergent factory where he works at Opic estate in Ogun State. It was gathered that the machine operator at the detergent factory reportedly slept Monday night on a jumbo bag of raw material used in manufacturing detergent. […]

By Shehu Danjuma The Katsina central market was Monday night invaded by suspected burglars, who reportedly broke into 25 shops and made away with millions of naira belonging to traders. The market management is still said to be wondering how the thieves had access into the market despite having over 30 security men. The Katsina […]

Dayo Johnson – Akure A 16-year-old Prince, Oloyede Adeyeoba, has been approved by the Ondo state government as the Arujale of Okeluse in Ose local government area of the state. The ratification of the appointment of the Senior Secondary 3 Student was done alongside two others by the state executive council presided over by Governor, […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti An Ado Ekiti High Court, has sentenced six persons to death for murder and attempted murder. The convicts are Oniyelu Olu (63), Folorunso Oluwatoba (65), Peter Ajayi (73), Tijani Arowolo (80) who died during the pendency of the suit in court, Dolamu Olaide (29), John Ojo (77) and Lateef Arowolo […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Osun State Police Command has arrested a housewife, Kehinde Salamat for allegedly setting ablaze her husband’s six-bedroom bungalow, worth N3 million. The incident was said to have occurred on March 18, 2020, around Adio, Ori Eru in Iwo local government area of Osun State. A source in Iwo informed […]

An engineer, Ibrahim Kareem, yesterday, prayed a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, to dissolve his three-year-old marriage, alleging that his mother-in-law encouraged his estranged wife, Tolulope to abandon the marriage. Kareem told the court that his mother-in-law and his wife also planned to harm him. ”I made the mistake of not properly studying my wife […]