A yet to be identified man has been allegedly beaten to unconsciousness by suspected touts Close to Speedway Filling Station in Abakaliki, the capital city of Ebonyi state, on Monday. According to an eyewitness, Eunice Chukwu, the man was beaten…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday, asked its members to gather in Washington, DC, United States, for a protest against the Nigerian government’s moves to counter allegations of a Christian genocide in the country. The group in a…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, over their alleged failure to investigate claims that lawmakers pay up to N3m to sponsor or present…
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has condemned the abduction of a consultant neurosurgeon with the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Anambra State, Dr Tochukwu Mbanugo. Mbanugo was kidnapped by gunmen in Anambra State shortly after performing a…
Operatives of the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, have arrested a commercial taxi driver identified as Adedayo Adegbola, over multiple ape, assault, and armed robbery cases. Adeghola was said to have targeted female passengers across the state. The…
The Ebonyi State Police Command has killed two suspected hoodlums and arrested three others during raids on criminal hideouts in the Iyonu and Isu communities of the state. It was gathered that the suspects had been terrorising the two communities…
The Deputy Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, Samaila Bambu, has reportedly been abducted by bandits suspected to be Lakurawa terrorists. According to a resident familiar with the incident, Bambu was abducted on Friday evening in his hometown,…
Pastor Nkechi Ene, the presiding pastor of the Carpenter’s Ministry and Freshdew TV host has died at 56. The sad news was confirmed by the church in a statement signed by Pastor Sola Akinwale. The ministry described her as “God’s…
A Ghanaian court has sentenced a 29-year-old Nigerian, Chukwudi Nwachukwu, to 10 years’ imprisonment for trafficking his younger sister and nine other girls from Nigeria to Ghana for prostitution. The victims, aged between 15 and 18 years, were reportedly lured…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the permanent forfeiture of a total sum of $49,700 that was allegedly recovered from a former Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Sokoto State, Dr. Nura Ali. A team of security operatives…
