Police officer killed as suspected armed herders attack checkpoint in Benue
According to a local source, the attackers took to their heels and disappeared into the nearby bushes on sighting the advancing troops.
Court sentences 19 students to 6 years each for cultism
A High Court in Maiduguri on Wednesday sentenced 19 students to six years imprisonment each for cultism. Delivering judgment, Justice Umar Fadawu, held that there was sufficient evidence proving that each of the defendants committed the offenceof conspiracy and management/membership of an unlawful society. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convicts were arrested […]
IPOB, Imo Police clash over attack on monarchs
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Imo State Police Command, yesterday, clashed over allegation by the command that it was IPOB’s armed group, Eastern Security Network, ESN, that attacked traditional rulers, killed two of them and injured one at Njaba local government headquarters during a meeting of the monarchs.
Price of kerosene falls 7.9%, diesel drops marginally
The average price paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene (NHK) fell to N400.01 per litre this week.
ENDSARS: Crackdown, as protests rock Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, Ilorin
*Protesters tear-gassed, journalist arrested as car procession passes through Lekki Tollgate *Tear-gas fired at hoodlums, not protesters — Lagos CP *Security operatives block protesters from marching to NASS in Abuja *Police disperse #EndSARS protesters in Ilorin, as soldiers, police dehumanise journalists, disperse protesters in Enugu *Journalist arrested, arraigned in OsogbolNo proof any protester was killed […]
#ENDSARS Memorial: Falz, Macaroni, others lead car procession; police make arrest
True to their words, youths have taken to the streets and Lekki Tollgate to mark the first anniversary of the shootings at peaceful #Endsars protesters at the tollgate last year, October 20. One of the key figures at the memorial is music star, Falz.
