A mid-night inferno has rendered homeless more than 400 residents of Hausa/Fulani Community, a suburb around the Aretallin area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Scores of residential apartments, including permanent structures, batchers and make-shift houses were completely destroyed, while property estimated to cost millions of Naira were also consumed in the inferno. Some elders […]
Escort commander’s removal, an order from above -Police It’s an afterthought, lame excuse-Govt Barely 24 hours after the Rivers State government raised the alarm that the state police commissioner, Mbu Joseph Mbu was plotting harm against Governor Rotimi Aamechi following the sudden withdrawal of the latter’s security commanders, the police command has offered explanations for the […]
There are strong indications that the Cross River State government has concluded arrangements to evacuate the residents of Edim Otop community in Calabar Municipal following the death of eight persons caused by a mudslide. On Wednesday, eight members of Amos Akaniyene family were submerged in a mudslide with three critically injured following a heavy downpour […]
The Police Command in Rivers State said on Saturday that its detectives had commenced search for Bishop Ignatius Kattey, the Archbishop of Niger Delta North of the Anglican Communion. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Angela Agabe, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Port Harcourt that Kattey was abducted with his wife, Beatrice, on […]
Senator Andy Uba A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday struck out an ex parte motion filed by Senator Andy Uba; his brother, Chris; and three others against their suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party by the National Working Committee of the party. Justice Ahmed Mohammed struck out the ex parte motion that […]
Olusoji | credits: File copy When on April 6, 2013, Jane and Olusoji Elegbede got married in Lagos State, their joy knew no bounds. Although Olusoji was a policeman serving in Yobe State, which is fraught with security challenges, Jane did not mind living there with him. Their plan was to settle down, have […]
The police in Bayelsa State on Thursday arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl to death. It was learnt that the suspect, whose name was not disclosed, is an aide of a former Chairman, Community Development Committee, Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. Though the police said they were waiting for […]
Dutse – The Police Command in Jigawa said it arrested two persons in connection with the killing of two sisters over alleged witchcraft in Gwaram Local Government Area of the state. The command Public Relations Officer, Mr Abdu Jinjiri, said on Thursday in Dutse that investigation was ongoing to determine the level of involvement of […]
The Department of State Security Services on Tuesday handed over teenage stowaway, Daniel Oikhena, to the Edo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development. Daniel, it was gathered, was brought in from Lagos two weeks after he was discovered in the tyre compartment of an Arik plane on a flight to Lagos from Benin. […]
The Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, has agreed to step aside until he fully recovers from the injuries he sustained when a small plane he piloted crashed on 0ctober 25, 2012. His decision is part of the outcome of a meeting he had on Tuesday with the Peoples Democratic Party’s Committee on the state’s […]
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