By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki A couple, Mr and Mrs Philip Iboko, were Monday, arrested by operatives of the Ebonyi State Police Command for allegedly torturing an eight-year-old pupil. The maltreatment of the little girl was said to have been seen in a trending video clip where she was kept in the scorching sun with […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Following the legitimacy crisis rocking the Akire of Ikire, in Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Olatunde Falabi, some angry youths on Monday invaded the palace and attempted to chased away the monarch. The stool had been a subject of legal controversy since 1990 and the matter went […]

Seven stowaways suspected to be Nigerians seeking UK asylum have been arrested by British Special Boat Service (SBS) after they tried to hijack a crude-oil tanker. The stowaways according to BBC report “illegally boarded” the Liberian-registered Nave Andromeda in Lagos. British forces were reported to have descended on to the vessel by rope from four […]

By Gabriel Enogholase – Benin No fewer than one person was feared dead following the attack and looting of Edo pharmaceutical company warehouse in Benin City  by suspected  hoodlums. The hoodlums were said to cart away which goods such as cartoons of pastry, LPG gas cylinders, bags of rice, gallons of vegetables oil, vehicle batteries […]

Two friends on Friday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, for allegedly loitering around black spots. The police charged Bashar Audu and Mohammed Lawal with loitering and brigandage, contrary to the provisions of Section 291 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law. The prosecution counsel, Insp. Esther Bishen, told the court that the […]