A Port Harcourt-based man, Daddy Geoffrey, has accused some Police Officers of the Rivers State Police Command of extorting N8,000 from him, after allegedly planting Indian hemp on his body while conducting a search. Geoffrey, in a post on social…
Five students have reportedly died of suspected diphtheria in the Jamaare local government area of Bauchi State. The Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, (BSPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, who disclosed this on Wednesday said the…
The Abia State Police Command has confirmed an attack on the motorcade of the Abia State Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Dr. Chimezie Isaac Ukaegbu. Newsmen learnt that the incident occurred on Tuesday when the commissioner embarked on a familiarization…
The abductors of a Port Harcourt-based journalist and Director of News, Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation, Priestba Anthony-Wokocha, have contacted her family to demand a ransom of N150 million. The husband of the journalist, Anthony Wokocha, revealed this when members of…
An armed man arrested by police operatives days ago in a popular hotel has been found to be a rapist and robber who operates within Anambra State capital, Awka. Spokesperson for Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga in a…
Operatives of the Bayelsa State Vigilante Service have apprehended a four-man gang allegedly involved in the use of charms and voodoo to dispossess POS operators, business owners and individuals of cash and other valuables in Yenagoa, the state capital. Newsmen…
Eight people have been reported killed and 15 others seriously injured in a road accident along the Malam Madori-Birniwa road in Jigawa State. The accident, which happened on Sunday night, involved three commercial vehicles—Golf 3, J5, and Hilux (Akori-kura)—carrying passengers…
A 39-year-old petrol attendant, Waliu Olamilekan has been docked at Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing of N3,464,000 at BFO filling station in Badagry. The defendant of an unknown address is standing trial on a three-count charge of…
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, secured the conviction of four persons including a 21-year-old Cinematographer, Abiodun Ayomide from Ikirun, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State for offences bordering on…
The ban placed on tree cutting and charcoal production in Adamawa State has begun to take its toll on the people. Residents around the state are beginning to have problems getting charcoal to light fires to make their meals Charcoal…
