MEN of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a local vigilante who shot and killed a young man named as Abbati Mahmud when the group was enforcing the compulsory shaving of heads in the area.
LEADERS of the Action Alliance Party (AAP) have rejected Uche Nwosu the son-in-law of Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha as its gubernatorial candidate for next February's elections.
NIGERIA'S Social Democratic Party (SDP) has distanced itself from a recent declaration by the Coalition of United Political Parties (Cupp) that it was one of the parties that had endorsed former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for president in next year's elections.
WILFRED Nwovueze the father of the young woman recently murdered by her fiancé is Rivers State has insisted that her boyfriend must marry her corpse in line with the local cultural tradition.
Earlier this week, Prince Owabie, also known as J-Boy, was arrested on suspicion of murdering his pregnant girlfriend Betty Nwovueze. Police found where he buried her body and exhumed it in Rumuepirikom, in Obio-Akpor Local Government area of Rivers State before taking it to the hospital morgue.
KANO driver Shedrack Paul has been sentenced to seven months in prison by an Abuja magistrates court for stealing several Brazilian hair wigs valued at a total of N96,500 after he pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal breach of trust and cheating.
Mr Paul, 29, was also ordered to pay N96,500 to the complainant, Imeh Edet, of Durum II, Abuja. However, the magistrate, Alhaji Inuwa Maiwada, however, gave the convict an option of paying a N8, 000 fine rather than going to jail.
CIVIL society group Advocacy for Advancement of Peace in Africa (Aapa) has berated the newly-elected Osun State governor Gboyega Oyetola, for what it termed a delay and contradiction in action saying he has hit the ground crawling instead of running.
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) officials have attacked Niger Delta militant Alhaji Asari Dokubo for attacking their leader Nnamdi Kanu for suggesting that the 2019 elections be boycotted unless the federal government offers Biafra a referendum.
FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's wife Titi has revealed that her husband was persecuted for insisting on inspecting the controversial 53 suitcases imported into the country by a traditional ruler when President Muhammadu Buhari was military head of state.
SUPER Eagles striker Alex Iwobi has expressed frustration at the fact that his clubside Arsenal did not clinch all three points in yesterday's Premier League match against Manchester City last night after the two sides drew 2-2 at Old Trafford.
NIGERIA Police Force (NPF) commanders have revealed that 16 of their men were recently killed by armed gunmen in Zamfara State while a further 20 who were kidnapped in the raid have just been released.
MEN of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a local vigilante who shot and killed a young man named as Abbati Mahmud when the group was enforcing the compulsory shaving of heads in the area.
LEADERS of the Action Alliance Party (AAP) have rejected Uche Nwosu the son-in-law of Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha as its gubernatorial candidate for next February's elections.
NIGERIA'S Social Democratic Party (SDP) has distanced itself from a recent declaration by the Coalition of United Political Parties (Cupp) that it was one of the parties that had endorsed former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for president in next year's elections.
WILFRED Nwovueze the father of the young woman recently murdered by her fiancé is Rivers State has insisted that her boyfriend must marry her corpse in line with the local cultural tradition.
KANO driver Shedrack Paul has been sentenced to seven months in prison by an Abuja magistrates court for stealing several Brazilian hair wigs valued at a total of N96,500 after he pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal breach of trust and cheating.
CIVIL society group Advocacy for Advancement of Peace in Africa (Aapa) has berated the newly-elected Osun State governor Gboyega Oyetola, for what it termed a delay and contradiction in action saying he has hit the ground crawling instead of running.
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) officials have attacked Niger Delta militant Alhaji Asari Dokubo for attacking their leader Nnamdi Kanu for suggesting that the 2019 elections be boycotted unless the federal government offers Biafra a referendum.
FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's wife Titi has revealed that her husband was persecuted for insisting on inspecting the controversial 53 suitcases imported into the country by a traditional ruler when President Muhammadu Buhari was military head of state.
NIGERIA Police Force (NPF) commanders have revealed that 16 of their men were recently killed by armed gunmen in Zamfara State while a further 20 who were kidnapped in the raid have just been released.
