•CDS Christopher Musa The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday accused monarchs in Ughelli South and Bomadi Local Government Areas of Delta State of complicity in the massacre of 17 officers and men of the Nigerian Army three weeks ago. The DHQ added it found out that the “hands and private parts ” of the slain military […]
•Sheriff Oborevwori The Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, yesterday, cautioned traditional rulers in the state against shielding suspects involved in the killing of 17 military personnel in Okuama Community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Oborevwori gave the warning when he addressed traditional rulers on the...
•Gani Adams The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, has sought the permission of governors in the South-West to go after the killers of three Yoruba monarchs. Adams, in an open letter to the Governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji, yesterday, said he had the capacity to deal with those he called […]
•Gunmen The killing of two traditional rulers and the abduction of six primary school pupils in Ekiti have drawn outrage from Nigerians, who are battling to cope with escalating insecurity in the country. The monarchs were murdered on Monday in the Oke-Ako Community in the Ikole Local Government Area of the state, reports The Nation. […...
•Gunmen The palace of the traditional ruler of the Isseke community in the Ihiala local government area of Anambra State, Igwe Emmanuel Nnabuife has been razed by suspected gunmen. This is coming barely one week after the reported kidnapping of the former convoy driver to the late Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju by unidentified gunmen, reports The...
•Fire Suspected arsonists have invaded the residence of a 75-year-old elder sister of the Attah Igala, Mathew Opaluwa, and set her ablaze, killing her in the process. The woman identified as Meimunat Opaluwa Sani was set ablaze alongside her granddaughter, Hajarat, in the early hours of yesterday, at her Oketekwe residence in Idah Local Govern...
Gunmen killed no less than four persons in Dungwel village, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, yesterday evening. One of the relatives of the victims, Shedrack Gambo, who spoke with our correspondent said the victims all died in the attack while some sustained degrees of injuries, reports The PUNCH. “They all died in the […]...
It was a bad day yesterday as Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State lost three traditional rulers to auto crash in the state. Nine other persons were also said to have been injured in a separate accident on the same day, reports Saturday Independent. The affected monarchs lost their lives in a road accident […]