Yet to be identified gunmen have kidnapped the parish priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Karku in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Reverend Father Jeremiah Yakubu. The Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Reverend Father Emmanuel Okolo…
An orderly for Hon Chiji Collins, a former speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, has been discovered dead. The victim, only been identified as Charles, was discovered dead in a jungle in the state’s Oguta Local Government Area.…
The police on Friday arraigned a 35-year-old unemployed, Ayomide Yusuf, at an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing two sheep, valued N60, 000. Yusuf, who was docked on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing, however, pleaded not guilty. The…
A Catechist of St. Martins Parish, Mbape in Adikpo deanery, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State is currently at large following the death of an unidentified lady suspected to be his lover. Newsmen gathered that the catechist, identified as…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 33 cybercrime suspects in Ilorin, Kwara State and Maiduguri, Borno State. Twenty of the suspects were arrested in Ilorin while the other 13 suspects were arrested in Maiduguri. A…
A 25-year-old man in Adamawa State, Suleiman Auwal, has been caught with a stolen tricycle in the state capital, Yola. Tricycle, popularly called Keke NAPEP, is the only means of intracity transportation used in Yola and is, therefore, hugely popular…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested an 18-year-old Internally Displaced Person, Ibrahim Umar, for allegedly raping a primary three student in Kafin Hausa local government, Jigawa State. Spokesman of the NSCDC Jigawa State Command, CSC. Adamu…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and Hybrid forces, have neutralized eleven ISWAP terrorists in an extreme intrusion into the insurgents’ enclaves in Sambisa forest in Borno State. According to reports, the…
An Upper Area Court in Makurdi, Benue, on Monday remanded five men facing trial for a range of offences that included criminal conspiracy, inciting disturbances, mischief, and acts of terrorism. The Newsmen reports that the defendants are Vanen Bunde, Wase…
A section of Magistrate Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital, was gutted by fire suspected to have been caused by a spark from an electricity transformer. Mr Nnenna Onuoha, Chief Registrar, Ebonyi High Court, told the Newsmen, on Monday that the…
