33 months unpaid rent threatens war against oil bunkering
By Jimitota Onoyume, Assistant News Editor The war against illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta may be facing an unlikely, yet potent, enemy from a massive backlog of unpaid rent for House boats used to combat illegal bunkering activities and related maritime crimes The Nigerian Army and three indigenous houseboat contractors in the Niger […]
Ex-monarch suspended by Obiano for visiting Buhari killed by unknown gunmen
By Vincent Ujumadu Unknown gunmen have killed the former traditional ruler of Mkpunando Aguleri in Anambra East local government area, Igwe Alex Edozieuno along the Ezu Bridge, Otuocha. The former monarch, 62, was allegedly killed alongside his driver, Chukwuemeka. It was not clear at press time what led to the killing, some people in the […]
300 Lagos #ENDSARS protesters languishing in detention, CSO cries out
A civil society group, New Nigeria Network, NNN, has asked Lagos State government and other authorities to release the 300 #ENDSARS protesters in detention unconditionally or take them to court.
Missing teenager found with pregnancy in baby factory disguised as Church in Imo
The Imo State Police Command, on Friday, said it had found Amarachi Okechukwu Dioku, 18, who went missing in May from Umudurualaoka, Uba, Ifakala in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, in a church-cum baby factory, where she was impregnated and her baby would be sold after putting to bed.
Three nabbed for murder, robbery in Lagos
The suspects, Rilwan Nasiru, aged 27; Sodiq Taiwo, aged 23 and Oladimeji, aged 20 booked UBER service online, lured the driver to Meiran area and strangled him to death.
UN condemns schools’ attacks, wants adequate protection for Nigerian children
The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has condemned the incessant attacks on schools and kidnappings that had affected hundreds of children in the country. This was part of his message commemorating the 2021 International Day to Protect Education from Attack, in which he described the attacks on schools as a direct attack […]
