***Female journalist robbed at gunpoint By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City There was tension and fear in Benin City, headquarter of Edo state as news filtered in that an unspecified number of detainees reportedly escaped from detention at the state Command Headquarter of the Nigerian Police on Saturday night. Most of the escapees are said […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure Anxiety enveloped Ondo state this morning over the reported auto crash said to have claimed the lives of the Chief of Protocol to governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state, Mr Tosin Ogunbodede and his driver. The duo reportedly died in a crash along Ilesha Road at about 9:15 pm on […]

Some tomato sellers in Enugu have attributed the current drop in price of the commodity to its harvest season which has led to a glut.  A visit by a Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to some of the major markets in Enugu on Saturday, showed that a big basket of tomatoes now […]

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The Imo State police command yesterday said that the Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Moses Chikwe, who was kidnapped last Sunday, has been freed by his captors even as the police alleged that there was no ransom paid to the kidnappers. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwu, […]

A wife and two daughters of a lecturer with the Federal College of Education Technical, Gusau have been kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara state on Friday.