Uncertainty trails Bayelsa oil spill as community counts losses
For a people still mourning the tragic loss of 14 lives in a 2015 pipeline explosion, the sight of black crude gushing from the 6-inch Azuzuama/Tebidaba flow line was more than just an environmental disaster, it was a painful reminder of promises broken and lives cut short.
I slept with 10 men during initiation into Marine Girls cult, says 19-yr-old
By Ozioruva Aliu A 19-year-old female cultist, Blessing David, on Thursday in Benin City, confessed that she slept with 10 men during her initiation into a female cult group called Marine Girls. The girl, who was paraded by Edo State Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, alongside another a teenager, Ada Emeka, who also passed through […]
Woman dies in Ekiti public transport
By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti A yet to be identified middle-aged woman reportedly died in public transport on Wednesday. It was gathered that the woman boarded public transport with other passengers, which took off from Ado-Ekiti en route Igede when the incident happened. According to other passengers, the unknown woman was hale and hearty when […]
Labaran Maku’s Nephew, two others kidnapped in Nasarawa
By David Odama – Lafia Gunmen Tuesday night invaded a private residence in Gudi the home town of the state governor, Abdullahi Sule in Akwanga Local Government of Nasarawa State killed one, kidnapped the elder brother of the former minister of information, Labaran Maku. Also kidnapped are an Immigration officer, Salisu Usman, and his wife. […]
Police kill one kidnapper, rescue two victims in Ogun
By James Ogunnaike Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command shot dead a suspected kidnapper along Shagamu-Ijebu Ode road and rescued two of their victims. The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, yesterday, said, “the killing took place when the DPO Shagamu, SP Okiki Agunbiade, was on routine patrol with his […]
Rivers police nab two notorious kidnappers, recover skull, bones of victim
By Davies Iheamnachor Police operatives in Rivers State have arrested two notorious kidnappers in connection to the kidnap and murder of one Ereba Gospel Dinabari. The suspected kidnappers arrested by Police operatives in Rivers State led the police yesterday to a forest where they had tied their victim to a tree till he (victim) died […]
