Four Grave Diggers Caught With Five Human Heads
NEMESIS has caught up with four grave diggers as they were arrested for being in possession of five human heads in Akure, the capital. The Four Grave Diggers reportedly sell the severed heads to ritualists for money-making. The suspects who work at a public cemetery owned by Akure South Local Government along Imafon road, Akure were caught in the act while...
Time For Igbo To Mobilise, Give Our Governors Necessary Support Is Now – Elliot Uko
Founder, Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) and Secretary, Eastern Consultative Assembly (ECA), Elliot Uko, has urged Igbo to rally round eastern governors to enable them to secure Igboland and resist the marginalisation of the region. ABN TV reports that In a statement he signed, Uko noted that ‘given the obtuse political arrangement in Nigeria today, the deliberate isolation and oppression of...
Tension In Ngor Okpala As Naval Personnel Allegedly Kill 2 Youths
Tension has enveloped UmuOkereke autonomous community in Ngor Okpala council area of Imo State with reports of naval officers allegedly killing two youths at Okpala junction, forcing irate youths of the community to barricade the road in protest. Daily Sun reliably gathered that some youths who were conveying a corpse in an ambulance on Monday were accosted by some naval personnel...
Dorcas Jolayemi: “Police Detained Me For 8 Days Because My Husband Criticised Lai Mohammed”
Mrs Dorcas Jolayemi, the wife of a journalist detained for criticising Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, recounts her eight-day ordeal in the custody of the Kwara State Police Command. A human rights organisation claimed you spent eight days in police detention because of your husband’s poem, which was critical of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed....
Buhari Calls For Review Of Salaries, Wages Of Ministries, Agencies And Parastatals
President Muhammadu Buhari has mandated the presidential committee on salaries and wages to review and realign earnings of employees of ministries, agencies, and parastatals. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who disclosed this in an interview with THISDAY at the weekend, said part of the objective is to check disparity in payment of salaries and wages as well as...
US Call For Fresh Probe Of Adesina, Plot To Destabilise AfDB
The call by the United States, US government for a fresh and in-depth investigation into the allegations against the President of African Development Bank, AfDB Mr Akinwumi Adesina, after he was cleared of all allegations of impropriety and fraud by the ethics committee recently, is seen as a plan to destabilise the bank. On May 5, the ethics committee...
Teenage Girl Fakes Own Death To Avoid Financial Pressure From Mother
A teenage girl, Margaret Ikumu, 19, of Oni community in Oju Local Government Area of Benue, has faked her own death on social media to avoid financial pressure from her mother. A statement signed by DSP Bala Elkana, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, made this known on Sunday. Elkana said that Ikumu, through her Facebook account, reported...
Nigeria Reports 229 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Hit 8,068
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased further on Monday with 229 cases reported by the country, despite efforts by authorities to flatten the curve of the pandemic. The new COVID-19 cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter. This takes the country’s total infections to 8,068 out of which 2,311 have been discharged with...
Man Killed By Siblings Over Proceeds From Mother’s Burial
The Operatives of the Imo state command is now on the trail of three members of Obieshieke family for allegedly killing their brother Remigius Obieshieke over the sharing of the proceeds arising from the burial of their late mother. The suspects who are now on the run are Patrick Obieshieke, Chinonso Obieshieke and John Erieka from Umuoshochie Autonomous community, Obowo...
El-Zakzaky Donates Food Items To Journalists In Kaduna While In Detention
Detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has donated food items to the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of journalists, NUJ, Kaduna. He said the food items were given to members of the Journalists correspondent’s chapel so as to enjoy the Sallah festivities and cushion the effect Covid-19 lockdown. ABN TV reports that While presenting...
