Suspected cultists on Tuesday, attacked and killed a final year student of Prince Abubakar University, Ayingba , Kogi State,Peny Akpochi. The killing is coming barely 3 weeks after students of the institution resumed to finish their second semester examination. Akpochi was a 400 level year student of Ecoomics and said […]
Day: October 6, 2020
Prophet, 5 others in Ondo sentenced to life imprisonment over missing child
A High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State Capita,l has sentenced the founder of the Sotitobore Praising Chapel, Prophet Babatunde Alfa and 5 others to life imprisonment over the mysterious disappearance of a child from his church. The Court found the defendants guilty on a two count charge of […]
Nine people killed in road accident in Kano
The Kano State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC, has confirmed the death of nine people in an accident on Kano-Zaria Road on Tuesday morning. The FRSC also confirmed that three people were injured in the accident. In a statement, the Corps Commander, Zubairu Mato said the accident […]
NPA reshuffles,designates Dantsoho as new Port Manager ,Onne Port Complex
The Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA) has appointed Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho ,as Port Manager of the Onne Port Complex following some re-shufflement and reassignment by the Managing Director, of NPA Hadiza Bala Usman. Before his new assignment, Dantsoho was the Traffic Manager at the Calabar Ports. Dantsoho arrived the Port Harcourt International […]
Gunmen storm Plateau community, kill traditional ruler,4 others
Reports from Plateau say gunmen have killed five persons, including a traditional ruler in Wereng community of Riyom local government area.of the state. The gunmen were said to have stormed the village in the early hours of Tuesday and shot sporadically leading to the death of five persons It was […]
US President,Trump, laden with coronavirus, bounces back to White House
US President,Trump laden with coronavirus, bounces back to White House The United States President on Monday evening found his way back to the White House after his tweets that he was well and would be returning to the seat of power. Trump was diagnosed with coronavirus on Friday and was […]
Man commits suicide over N200, 000 debt in Kwara
A man identified as Habibullahi Aminullahi, on Monday, took his own life in Ganmo community,near Ilorin,Kwara State for being unable to pay back N200,000 he collected from daily contributors. The deceased who was a grinder was said to have hanged himself in his shop at Ajase-Ipo Road,Ganmo. His corpse was […]
Bandits kidnap Army Colonel in ambush along Abuja-Kaduna Highway
A colonel in the Nigerian Army has been abducted by bandits in an ambush along Abuja-Kaduna Highway. Military sources reportedly said that the Colonel,S.B. Onifade, was on a trip through the highway at about 3:a.m on September 27 when he was kidnapped.and he has not been found The kidnapped military […]
Three men in prison custody for exhuming corpses and beheading them for ritual
An Ekiti Magistrate Court has remanded 3 men ,Kola Fatoye,Abimbola Fatoye and Ahmed Ojo, in prison custody for exhuming 10 corpses and beheading them for ritual. According to the police prosecutor, Monica Ikebuilo ,the defendants committed the offence between March and September 2020 in Orun – Ekiti Ekiti State. The […]
Kano Hisbah makes arrests , forcefully shaves boys hair, says it is unIslamic to flaunt such hair cut
The Kano State Hisbah Corps, the law enforcement organ of sharia law, has arrested some Youths in the state for what it called dressing. that failed to represent Islamic principles. The boys were wearing three quater jeans ,Short knickers and T-shirts with different hair cuts which the Hisbah found offensive […]