AAUA students block highway, protest 68-day ASUU strike
By Dayo Johnson, Akure Students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, on Thursday blocked major roads around the institution in protest against the 68-day strike that has kept them away from academic activities. The students, led by the Students’ Union Government, SUG, shut the university’s main gate and roads linking the institution to the highway, […]
Gunmen kill two FRSC personnel in Nasarawa
By Chris Ochayi – Abuja Two personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, have been shot to death by unknown gunmen who attacked the vehicle they were travelling in on Monday, at a village in Nasarawa State. FRSC Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem, who announced the ugly development in a statement […]
Rivers local vigilante operatives in panic as cultists kill eight members
…beg IGP to rescind on arms withdrawal By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt There is panic among operatives of the local vigilante groups in parts of Rivers State known as Onelga Security Planning and Advisory Committee, OSPAC, as cultists kill over eight of its members within a month. The Rivers vigilante group, however, has called […]
Bandits abduct 16 family members on way to farm in Kaduna village
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Udawa farming community in Kaduna state was thrown into fear as bandits kidnapped 16 farmers, including children, on bush paths to the farm. Uduwa village is located along the Birnin Gwari highway in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. “They were on their way to the farm when the incident […]
Palm wine seller docked for allegedly beating police officer in Osun
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A palm wine seller, Florence Samuel 28, was arraigned before an Osun State Magistrate Court, sitting in Osogbo on Friday for allegedly beating a policewoman and tearing her cloth. Florence was charged alongside a 59-year-old man, Ogundipe Ayodele for allegedly conspiring to steal N150,000 belonging to one Yusuf Taiwo at […]
Lawyer bags 7 years imprisonment for land fraud in Calabar
By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has convicted a Calabar based lawyer over a failed land transaction. The lawyer, Ezechi Okereke was convicted on a one count charge dated 8 July, 2015 in Suit No. FHC/CA/CR/33/2015 between the Inspector General of Police (Complaint) and Ezechi Okereke (Defendant). In the […]
