Four more die in Anambra communal clash, as govt shuts Otuocha Market
Several houses and shops were destroyed and, in a viral video, voices were heard ordering men to shoot on sight. Many residents have fled
Zaria LG workers’ abductors make separate ‘outrageous’ ransom demands
The abductors of 18 Zaria Local Government staff in Kaduna state have made separate phone contacts with families of victims on Friday afternoon and demanded for various sums of money as ransom.
N924m Debt: Court orders Kanu to pay N30,000 fine for stalling proceedings
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Friday, ordered a former Nigeria international football player, Kanu Nwankwo, and his hotel, Hardley Apartment, to pay N30,000, fine for stalling the scheduled hearing of debt recovery suit brought against them by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON.
Man docked for allegedly stabbing another on stomach
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Friday remanded a 25-year-old man, Seun Akindumade, who allegedly stabbed a man on the stomach. The Chief Magistrate, Mr T.A. Elias, who did not take the plea of Akindumade, ordered that he should be kept in a correctional centre pending advice of the state directorate of […]
Kano: DSS bursts syndicate that trails people to banks to rob them
The Department of State Services (DSS), Kano State Command, has arrested three suspected members of a notorious syndicate that specialises in trailing people to banks to rob them after withdrawing money from the banks. The Director, DSS, in the State, Mr Alhassan Muhammad, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Friday in Kano, adding that the […]
Woman that rejected N5,000 bribe during Anambra election gets N1m gift
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has given N1 million to a woman that rejected N5,000 cash-for-vote bribe during the just-concluded governorship election in the state, which Professor Chukwuma Soludo won.
