Category: Top Stories
Herdsmen invade south-east communities, kill 2 people
08 Dec 2022
Two people have been killed after suspected herders invaded two farming communities in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria’s south-east. The communities -Agu-Amede and Abor- were attacked on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Some suspected herders entered the community in a truck on Wednesday at about 4 p.m. The herders, said to be […]
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Former CAN Chairman Passes Away in Akwa Ibom
08 Dec 2022
Apostle Tom Etim, the immediate past Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Oron Chapter, Akwa Ibom State, has died. Etim, the Founder and General Overseer of Akwa Ibom-based Prayer Tower Mission International, was reported to have died after a brief illness. His death was announced in a statement released to journalists in Uyo […]
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JMK of BBNaija has been summoned to the Nigerian Bar
08 Dec 2022
Jumoke Zainab Adedoyin, popularly known as JMK, from Big Brother Naija, has been called to the Nigerian Bar one year after graduating. On Tuesday, the BBNaija season 6 ‘Shine Ya Eye’ housemate shared the good news on her Instagram page. The reality show star, who posted photos of herself in a black robe and wig, […]
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named one of Forbes’ 2022 list of the world’s most powerful women
08 Dec 2022
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), has been named one of Forbes’ World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2022. Forbes is a business magazine published in the United States by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family, with a focus on business, technology, communications, science, politics, and law. The African leadership […]
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They came to kill me, says Maeba of the attack on his compound
08 Dec 2022
Senator Lee Maeba, an ally of Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, whose Port Harcourt residence was attacked on Thursday, claims the attacker came to kill him. Suspected thugs numbering around 30 had attacked the former Rivers South East Senator’s residence, destroying about 5 cars in the process. Maeba, in response to the attack, […]
Continue ReadingEx-Accountant General Kidnapped in Cross River
07 Dec 2022
Rose Bassey, the former Accountant General of Cross River, has reportedly been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. She was reportedly abducted along with three others on Tuesday evening while traveling along the Calabar-Ikom Highway’s Uyanga-Ikomita axis. The assailants halted vehicle movement on the highway, according to reports, because there were sporadic shootings on the highway while […]
Continue ReadingPandemonium in Lagos as trigger-happy cops kill youth
07 Dec 2022
There was chaos in the Ajah area of Lagos State when some Nigerian police officers allegedly shot and killed Gafaru Buraimoh, a resident of Happy Land Estate. Although the circumstances surrounding Buraimoh’s death remain unknown, the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated in a statement released on Wednesday that […]
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Fuel scarcity: How filling station attendants in Abuja encourage black marketers
07 Dec 2022
Fuel attendants have been accused of encouraging the sale of black market fuel following the return of long fuel scarcity and long queues at filling stations across the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The black marketers have taken advantage of the fuel scarcity in the vicinity of the Federal Capital City to do brisk business. Despite […]
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Bribe seeking policemen raid community
07 Dec 2022
Landlords and residents of Isheri-Idimu in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State have lamented what they described as the arbitrary arrest and assault on people in the community by men of the Idimu Police Division. Officers of the division were also accused of extorting money from motorcycle riders over the failure of their […]
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