Abia Widow Seeks Justice For Son Beaten To Death By Vigilante Group Over False Plantain Theft Allegations
A heartbreaking tale of extrajudicial brutality has emerged from Umuajata Community, Olokoro, in Umuahia South Local Government Area, Abia State, where a vigilante group led by Okechukwu Eluwa allegedly beat a young man, Obinna Emmanuel, to death over false accusations of plantain theft. According to Obinna's mother, Mrs. Gold Emmanuel, her son was innocently accused, and the vigilante group violently...
Borno Governor Worried That Terrorists May Have Escaped From Prison After Flooding
Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, has said he is “seriously worried” that jailed Boko Haram terrorists might have escaped from the Maiduguri correctional centre after the severe flooding that ravaged the state capital. On Tuesday, the Alau Dam, which had been at full capacity for the past few weeks, collapsed, causing the worst flooding the state has experienced in the...
Man Who Attacked Comoros President With Knife Found Dead In Prison
A man who attacked Comoros President Azali Assoumani with a knife and injured him slightly has been found dead in prison, the national prosecutor said Saturday, a day after the incident. “He was isolated in a cell so that he could calm down yesterday after his arrest. Investigators found his lifeless body lying on the floor this morning. A doctor...
Family In Panic As UK Returnee Goes Missing
The family of Daniel Ogoh, a postgraduate student in a foreign university who was believed to have visited Nigeria recently, has raised alarm over his whereabouts. The family said, Daniel, 27-year-old, 6.1 ft tall, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on the 5th of May and since then, his whereabout has become a mystery. Daniel’s uncle, Mr. Imade Osamede...
Kaduna Sharia Court Remands Man To Enable Him Think How To Feed His Four Children After Selling His Wife’s Bed
A Shari’a Court in Kaduna on Wednesday ordered the remand of Musa Hussaini for some hours for him to think about how he will provide money for the upkeep of his four children. Earlier, the petitioner, a mother of four, Hajara Sani had prayed to the court to help her recover some of her properties from Hussaini. She told the court...
Autopsy Result Reveals That Late Air Force Cadet Officer, Chidiebere Was Murdered (Video)
An autopsy result has indicated that the death of Nigerian Air Force Tarmac Four cadet officer, Emmanuel Chidiebere Onyeomereneche was attributable to murder and not drowning. This contradicts initial assumptions and speculations surrounding the circumstances of his demise. A police source, who was involved in the investigation into the death of the late Chidiebere, told our correspondent on Tuesday that autopsy...
After Joe Ajaero’s Arrest, Atiku Accuses Tinubu Of Oppressive Dictatorship
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the “oppressive control” by President Bola Tinubu’s administration “surpasses even the harshest days of military dictatorship”. “The escalating assault on civil society and the media by the Bola Tinubu administration is profoundly disturbing,” he wrote in an X post on Tuesday. “The recent arrest of Mr. Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, en...
We’ve No Hand In Joe Ajaero’s Arrest — Air Peace
Air Peace has distanced itself from the arrest of the national president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero by the Department of State Service (DSS) yesterday. The airline said in a statement by its spokesperson, Omotade Makinwa, that despite the fact it had filed a petition against Ajaero in September last year, after its operations were shut down...
DSS Arrests NLC President, Joe Ajaero
The Department of State for Security (DSS), has arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. Ajaero was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Aiport in Abuja on Monday on his way to the United Kingdom for an official assignment., the NLC said. Head of Information of the NLC, Mr Benson Upah, confirmed the arrest to Channels Television. The...
Nigeria Deports 61 Foreigners For Illegal Entry
A total of 61 foreign nationals were deported by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) from the country in August 2024. The figure of the deportees is contained in a report released by the service detailing its achievements for August 2024. In the report, the reason for deporting the foreign nationals is to address and curtail the issue of irregular migration in...
