Woman arrested over alleged alcohol smuggling
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta ABEOKUTA — The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Ogun State Command, has arrested a woman identified as Shobowale Balikis for allegedly attempting to smuggle alcohol concealed in a bottled-water pack into the Ibara Custodial Centre, Abeokuta. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Odukoya, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday. According […]
Our Soka evil forest story, by Oyo police commissioner
The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, Mr. Mohammed Idabawa, has served in different states at various capacities in the force. He was the AC Operations in Anambra State and moved to the position of Deputy Commissioner of Police in 2005. He led the operations that uncovered the Okija shrine in Anambra State in 2005.
The day they shattered Nyanya
She woke up with a bad start that Monday morning, ready to confront whosoever it was that made the sound. It was just 6:45 am when many people were still in bed. The loud sound woke her; she headed for the gate to warn the local vigilante group maintaining security on her street to be alert. According to her, it was still very early to display any madness.
Unique weavers: Preserving art of Akwa Ocha making
Culture, they say, is a way of life and that is why people go extra miles to preserve it. But in the case of Nigeria, it is a different ball game as many had abandoned theirs in preference to foreign culture in the name of modernisation.
Murder in the House of God: Why cultists killed Ogun chief during church service
Sunday, April 6, at 11 a.m. in St . John’s Anglican Church, Oke-Sopen, Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu-North local government area of Ogun State, ten gunmen invaded the house of God and snuffed life out of Chief Adetola Okuneye, a furniture maker and alleged informant to Governor Ibikunle Amosun.
Boko Haram Big Trouble in Borno: 100 kidnapped girls in the Sambisa forest
April 15, 2014 will ever remain fresh in the minds of the people of Chibok in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State as a result of Boko Haram insurgents invasion of the Government Girls Secondary School in the town in the process of which scores of school girls writing their Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) were abducted. Borno State Governor put the number of the abducted at about 50.
