Borno State has held an Independence day parade for the first time in 12 years since the Boko Haram insurgency began. The 62nd Independence Anniversary of Nigeria on Saturday October 1, was presided over by Governor Babagana Zulum who was represented by his Deputy, Alhaji Usman Kadafur. Zulum who disclosed that the event was made possible by the return…
Kenyan police officers on October 1, arrested a 42-year-old man, Nicholas Mwiti Nthiga accused of killing 34-year-old Geofrey Muriungi Makara, in Ntabuta Village, Matakiri Location of Nkondi Ward, Tharaka Nithi county. Muriungi had picked up a quarrel with the accused over fish on September 30, 2022. It was gathered that the deceased approached Mwiti who was selling fish and…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has expressed fear of some of the issues affecting Nigerians not being resolved soon. In his speech at an event in commemoration of the 62nd independence anniversary of Nigeria at the Sharks Football Stadium in Port Harcourt, Wike said the country had continued to witness deliberate constitutional distortions, institutional…
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye has said that the country is in a war situation following recent happenings in the country. Adeboye who preached a sermon titled ‘Perfect peace in the land’ on Sunday October 2, said peace is the absence of war. The cleric who asked his congregants to stop criticising…
Suspected Fulani herders have reportedly killed about 8 people in a fresh attack in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. A local who simply identified himself as Terna, said the attack occurred at Umella village in Mbawa Council Ward of the LGA around 3 pm on Thursday September 1. Terna said; “Some Fulani…
A 48-year-old Pastor of “The Light House Gospel Church” Oluwo, Owode Egba, in Obafemi Owode local government area, Pastor Michael Abiodun has been arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for allegedly defiling and impregnating the 12 year old daughter of a member of his church (name withheld). The Pastor was arrested following information…
A 4-year-old girl died after she was attacked by a leopard inside a private tea estate at Arakadu near in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India. According to local media, the girl identified as Saritha, daughter of migrant workers from Assam, was attacked on Wednesday afternoon, August 10, 2022, when she went to relieve herself…
A lawyer in India has won 22-year court battle involving 100 hearings after he was overcharged for a train ticket in 1999. Passenger Tungnath Chaturvedi paid 20 rupees (21p) more than he should have for two tickets on a North East Railway service from Mathura to Moradabad in 1999, but was handed over 100 rupees…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have signed a peace pact to de-escalate religious tensions in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. The peace accord was signed in Washington D.C., United States at the International Religious Freedom Summit 2022 organised by the Global Peace Foundation and…
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