Man swept away by flood while trying to rescue drowning teenager in Abia
. Rescue team in desperate search for duo By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — In a heartbreaking twist of fate, a good Samaritan who risked his life to save a teenage girl from a flooded gutter in Aba, Abia State, was swept away by the same rushing water alongside the girl he tried to rescue. The […]
Ban on open grazing irreversible in South-West, YCE tells Buhari
The Senior Elders Forum of the Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, Monday, told President Muhammadu Buhari that the decision by southern governors to ban open grazing or grazing routes has become an irreversible law.
I was charmed by criminals, says Police Inspector arrested for gunrunning in C’River
An Inspector with Cross River State Police Command, Nathaniel Manasseh, arrested for gunrunning, has said criminals charmed him.
Man bags 24-month imprisonment for hurting motorcyclist
A Zuba Upper Area Court in Abuja on Tuesday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Kabiru Aliyu, to 24 months imprisonment for stealing and stabbing a commercial motorcyclist with a knife. Aliyu, who resides at Angwa Hausawa Jiwa, Abuja, had pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of causing grievous hurt and theft. He begged the court for […]
Strange spirit directed me to rape 80-year-old grandmother, says 65-yr-old man
A 65-year-old man, Emmanuel Joseph has claimed that he was directed by a spirit to rape an Octogenarian woman, in Ondo town, Ondo state.
Troops arrest suspected bandit in possession of military kits – Army
The Nigerian Army says its troops operating along Mokwa-Jebba road, intercepted and arrested a fleeing bandit in a vehicle traveling from Zuru to Ibadan during a stop and search operation on Sunday. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the vigilant troops spotted […]
