Gunmen have abducted a Catholic priest, Very Reverend Fr Thaddeus Tarhembe, the priest in Charge of Saint Anne’s Parish, Sarkin Kudu Ibi, in Wukari Diocese in Taraba State. The Bishop of the Diocese Most Rev. Mark Nzukwein who disclosed this today in a press release signed by the Diocese’s Director of communication Rev. Fr. John […]
One Wasiu Oyekan has reportedly beaten one of his neighbours to death over N4,500 in Abeokuta, Ogun State. It was gathered that the neighbour, Ibrahim Lateef, died when the suspect allegedly punched him in the neck hence he fell, hitting his head on the ground, reports Daily Trust. The incident happened around Kobiti Central Mosque, […]
Three persons have been reportedly killed by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen in an ambush on the busy Makurdi-Lafia road around Ortese in Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. This is coming about a week after the armed herders also reportedly ambushed and killed three Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, who went fishing in Gwer [&h...
The family of the murdered female student of the University of Port Harcourt, Justina Otuene has called for justice. Otuene was allegedly killed by her boyfriend at his residence in Ozuoba in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, reports The PUNCH. Similarly, the management of the institution said it would not rest until […...
Two weeks after the Kano State Police Command declared him wanted, the ring leader of the notorious thugs in Kano, Abba Burakita, has submitted himself and his dangerous weapons to the command headquarters. The daredevil who turned himself over to the police along 40 of his gangsters, have been behind the deadly political thuggery in […...
•Infographic analysis of sexual violence in Nigeria Despite the passage into law in 2015 of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act, cases of domestic, and sexual violence have been upswing across states, even though, the main thrust of the law was to eliminate violence in private and public life, prohibit all forms of violence [&h...
•Bawa The Department of State Services (DSS) has released a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. Bawa has been in custody since June when President Bola Tinubu suspended him, reports Daily Trust. Willie Bassey, Director of Information at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the ...
•CP Gyogon Grimah The police in Cross River State have docked three suspects before a State High Court sitting in Calabar, for killing five people in Ndon Nwong Community of Odukpani Local Council of the state on witchcraft allegations. The suspects, Bassey Okon Effiong, 20, Etim Ekpenyong Ekpo, 18, and Bassey Nyong Bassey, 27, were […]...

