Men of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), popularly called Amotekun Corps, yesterday paraded three suspected ritualists for their alleged involvement in the killing and beheading of a septuagenarian, Mr. Adeniyi Adebisi Samuel, in Ibadan, the state capital. The suspects: Ismail Muraina, Mashud Olanrewaju and Olalekan Akande, who were paraded at the Amotekun Corps […]
It was a fatal Tuesday for residents of Sokponba Road, Benin City, Edo State capital, as an early morning motor accident claimed the lives of not fewer than nine persons. It was gathered from eyewitnesses that the accident occurred at Ogbelaka Junction, when a tipper, loaded with sand, collided with two minibuses, which were conveying […]
Disturbed by the allegations of financial misappropriation and corruption against him, the former Managing Director of Ogun State Property and Investment Corporation (OPIC), Babajide Odusolu yesterday vowed to challenge his ‘indictment’ by the State House of Assembly over N2.5billion fund, allegedly unaccounted for during his tenure in court. Odusolu, who also served as Special […]
The Chairman/ Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has charged other Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in Africa to consider targeting the assets of drug cartels as a veritable tool that will weaken criminal narco networks. He gave the charge while delivering […]
Police have arrested suspects who supply fuel and bread to bandits in the forest and a physically challenged suspect who threatened to kidnap people in Katsina State. The suspects identified as Lawal Shuibu (32), Sani Lawal (28), Abdulrashid Garba(50) and Tigal Haruna (57), were said to have been arrested along Jibia Katsina forest when […]
Chairman of Ojodu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State, Mr David Olusegun Odunmbaku, has hailed the former First Lady of Lagos State and Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, Senator, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on her 61st birthday. He said Senator Tinubu who clocks 61 yesterday, September 21, is a supportive mother and […]
Edina Lovelyn-Worleru, a prophetess convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt, died two days after starting her jail term at the Port Harcourt Maximum Correctional Facility. Lovely-Worelu of a church in Rumuche Community in Emohua Local Government Area of the state was found guilty […]
The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Yakubu Pam has held over 60 percent of leaders in Plateau State responsible for the crisis which has held the state captive for the past 20 years. Rev. Pam while delivering a keynote address at the maiden Kamkur Samuel Foundation (KSF) Plateau Peace Conference on Tuesday […]
Men of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), popularly called Amotekun Corps, Tuesday paraded three suspected ritualists for their alleged involvement in the killing and beheading of a septuagenarian, Mr. Adeniyi Adebisi Samuel, in Ibadan, the state capital. The suspects: Ismail Muraina, Mashud Olanrewaju and Olalekan Akande, who were paraded at the Amotekun Corps Headquarters, Dandaru Area of […]
The Senator Tunde Ogbeha Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State has pledged to conduct a free and fair State Congress of the Party in the state. Spokesperson of the PDP Committee in the state and former Speaker Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Goar, has said that the […]