Captors fed us with garri without water, Eda Oniyo worshippers relive horror in kidnappers’ den
After more than two months in captivity, 14 worshippers of the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Eda Oniyo, Ekiti State, have regained their freedom after N25.5 million ransom was said to have been paid.
Man docked for engaging herbalist to accuse woman of stealing
A 36-year-old man, Amos Danjuma, on Tuesday appeared in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for engaging a herbalist to falsely accuse a woman of stealing N50,000. The police charged Danjuma, whose address was not given with false accusation, breach of peace and unlawfully trial by herbalist. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to […]
FG seeks INTERPOL’s help as 240 escape in Kogi jailbreak
*We’re putting INTERPOL on notice with their details, in case any of them attempts fleeing outside our shores — INTERIOR MINISTRY *Gunmen attack Kabba prisons, kill soldier, policeman, injure Prisons personnel, free 240 inmates *Two Prisons officers missing *We’ll unmask those behind the attack soon – Kogi govt*Security forces on trail of perpetrators, inmates — […]
Navy arrests 16 suspected pipeline vandals in Lagos
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Apapa, Lagos, on Monday said it had arrested 16 suspected pipeline vandals at Abagbo segment of the NNPC pipelines. The Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Bashir Mohammed, in a statement, said that the arrest was made on Friday by the ship’s Task Force at Atlas Cove after a credible intelligence […]
Benue’s humanitarian crisis worsens as IDPs camps swell
By Peter Duru – Makurdi Indications have emerged that more residents have been displaced in communities located in Makurdi and Guma Local Government Area of Benue state following recent herdsmen attacks on selected villages in the state. Among the areas affected in the attacks that claimed several lives were Yelewata, Yogbo, Orogbo and Mban communities […]
Man loses 3 children to building collapse in Jigawa
The Police Command in Jigawa on Monday confirmed death of three teenagers to building collapse in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the death in a statement he issued in Dutse on Monday. Shiisu said that the building collapsed on Thursday at Yakasawa Kwari Village, […]
