Three members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) have been remanded in a correctional centre for alleged arson and murder while effecting the arrest of alleged Ibarapa kidnap kingpin, Iskilu Wakili. The OPC members identified as Awodele Adedigba, 45; Dauda Kazeem , 38, and Hassan Ramon, 33. were arraigned on three counts of conspiracy, murder and arson.…
A 32-year-old physically disabled Ugandan woman is stranded after her wheelchair was stolen by suspected burglars on Tuesday night, March 16. Olivia Nakugudo, a resident of Namunsi, Afya suburb along Kabogoza Musoke road in Mbale, woke up on Wednesday morning to a burglary. The suspected burglars reportedly went with a dozen of Nakugudo’s…
Mrs Kukase Garba, Chairwoman of Vandekiya Local Government Council of Benue state has been suspended for three months by the state assembly over alleged gross misconduct, abuse of office and running of the local government as sole-administrator. The notice of suspension was conveyed in a letter sent to the assembly by the State Governor through the speaker…
Senator representing Borno south district, Ali Ndume has shared his thoughts about the current state of country. The lawmaker who spoke at a press conference on Saturday March 13, stated that the country is at the brink of collapse and Nigerians don’t seem to understand the seriousness of the situation. Recounting the history of…
Gunmen have kidnapped the 18-year-old daughter of a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi state capitaL. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded Gangaren NEPA area of the metropolis and broke into the victim’s home in the early hours of Friday, March 12. The gunmen who…
15 soldiers have reportedly been killed following an ambush launched on a military convoy by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction of Boko Haram. AFP reported that military sources said the incident occurred near Gudumbali in the Lake Chad region on Thursday March 11. It was also alleged that 13 government fighters, including 10…
Governor Samuel Ortom has stated that his government will no longer grant amnesty to criminals unless they come back and beg for forgiveness. The Benue state Governor said this on Saturday March 13 while speaking at the burial ceremony of Terkura, elder brother to former Governor of the state Gabriel Suswam, who was killed alongside his aide…
The Commander of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno, Yusuf Baba Idris was killed when Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants attacked a military convoy. 15 Nigerian soldiers and three other CJTF members were killed while 10 sustained injuries in the attack which occurred near Gudumbali in the Lake Chad region…
Unknown gunmen suspected to be assassins have murdered Mrs Eunice Aghanya, the wife of a former Commissioner of Police, Ibezimako Aghanya, in Makurdi, Benue State capital. The victim was hacked to death by the assailants at her residence, behind Kismet Hotel, off David Mark Bye-pass, on Friday, March 12. It was gathered that at…
Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two suspects over alleged vandalization and theft of power cables. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, March 13, said the notorious vandals are auxialiary staff of the Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC), which deployed the cables. He said the…
