Six out of 136 abducted students of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya, Tegina, Niger state, have reportedly died in captivity. The students and three teachers were kidnapped on May 30 from the Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger. Sadly, 6 of them have died after getting sick while in captivity. Abubakar Alhassan, the…
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a 22-year-old alleged female spy, Gloria Okolie, in connection to the attacks on security formations, INEC offices and other critical national infrastructures in the South-East which saw the death of security operatives. Reports on the arrest of Okolie surfaced following outcry by rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who claimed…
Manny Pacquiao has been beaten on his return to the ring after a two-year absence after Cuba’s Yordenis Ugas caused an upset to win by unanimous decision and retain his WBA (super) welterweight title on Saturday night. Ugas was only drafted in on 10 August for the Las Vegas fight to replace the injured Errol…
A suspected vandal has been apprehended for allegedly stealing street light cable in Mbioto Ekpene Ituene community in Etinan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state. It was gathered that the suspect identified as Attah was nabbed on Friday, Augusr 20, by the youths of the community along Mbioto-Ndon Eyo road with electric cable that powers the…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has said that the alleged pact for former Governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu to succeed President Buhari is not binding on All Progressives Congress members. Bello who said this in an interview with Daily Trust, stated that the APC is guided by a constitution which every member and…
A 4-year-old girl, Banele Shelembe, has been attacked and killed by two pit bulls in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Shelembe from the Mvundlweni area at KwaMnyandu, Elandskop was with three older children when the dogs from the area attacked her on Wednesday afternoon, August 18. They had been sent to the shop to buy salt…
The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has apprehended a suspected criminal, Likita Abubakar, who was conveying 53 AK-47 Magazine and 260 rounds of live ammunition to an unknown destination in the state. Spokesperson of the command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the suspect has been…
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary to the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Timi Frank, has called on the Federal Government not to treat a recent attack against a Nigerian Diplomat, Ibrahim Abdulraman, by Indonesian officials with levity. Frank who was recently named Ambassador to East Africa and Middle East by the Interim President of the United…
Maria has won the Big Brother Naija Head of House challenge as the show enters its fourth week. Maria who will be taking over from Pere, had the highest number in the arena game. She is immune from eviction this week and has been asked to decide who her deputy will be. She will…
Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed a police officer identified as Ismail Dogara, in Kaduna state. It was gathered that ASP Dogara was brutally attacked by the assailants on his way home in Zaria in the early hours of Monday, August 16. The officer was rushed to a hospital where he passed…
