A student of the Taraba State University, said he found some fetish items tied around corn cobs in a farm at ATC area of Jalingo on Monday, October 11. “So they’ve started using juju in corn farms here in ATC …was just passing by soweto and I saw these” he wrote.
A 29-year-old man, Samuel Jacob, has been charged to court for allegedly biting off the finger of a policeman. The accused was on Tuesday, October 12, docked in a Badagry Magistrates’ Court for allegedly biting off the index finger of Sgt Musa Hassan. The police charged Jacob with assault and inflicting wound. The Prosecution Counsel,…
Paul McCartney has revisited the breakup of The Beatles, flatly disputing the suggestion that he was responsible for the group’s demise. The band’s fans have long debated who was responsible for the breakup, with many blaming McCartney. McCartney in an episode of BBC Radio 4’s “This Cultural Life” that is scheduled to air on October 24, said…
Facebook will be introducing several features, including prompting teens to take a break from using its photo sharing app Instagram, and “nudging” teens if they are repeatedly looking at the same content that’s not conducive to their well-being. A Facebook executive said Sunday, October 10, that the company would introduce new measures on its apps…
A drug cartel reportedly abducted a retired National Drug Law Enforcement Agency officer, after its operatives arrested a 19-year-old female drug dealer, Mngunengen Achir, in Benue State. NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi confirmed this in a statement, saying that Achir was arrested with 5.5kg cannabis and 112grams of diazepam on October 6 in Aliade area of the state. Babafemi revealed…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the Yorubas, Igbos and Hausas are not better off on their own and that Nigerians would fare better living together as one in spite of ethnic differences. A statement released by Laolu Akande, spokesperson of the Vice President, said Osinbajo said this when he spoke at an interactive session…
American actor, Granville Adams has died at the age of 58. The actor, best known for his role as Zahir Arif in HBO’s Oz, lost his battle with cancer on Sunday, October 10, Variety reports The actor died with his wife by his side, an Instagram post shared by his family on his account said. “Today our…
Deontay Wilder’s trainer, Malik Scott has claimed he broke his hand during his enthralling trilogy bout with Tyson Fury. Wilder, 35, floored Fury, 33, twice in the fourth round in Las Vegas having been brought down himself in the third, before the Briton finally won the fight in the 11th round. In a hotel room interview with ESNews following the fight, Scott…
Anambra State Indigenes Lawyers Forum(ASILF), has spoken against the alleged threat by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) to disrupt the November 6 governorship election in the state. Speaking at an emergency press conference on the state of affairs in the state, on Sunday, October 10, the president of the group, Joe Nwokedi said…
General overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to destroy the 1999 constitution calling it a “glorified death certificate”. The national assembly is currently in the process of amending the 1999 constitution and has concluded zonal public hearings on it but Bakare feels that is…
