Ramaphosa attributes attacks on Nigerians in South Africa to criminality and unemployment

SOUTH African president Cyril Ramaphosa has distanced the country's populace from the ongoing attacks against foreigners saying that they are just the actions of criminal elements reeling from the effects of high unemployment.

 

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13-year old boy cuts off police inspector's manhood in Katsina State after being sodomised

KATSINA State Police Command has confirmed that one of its officers is currently in hospital receiving treatment after his manhood was cut off by a 13-year old boy who he had been sodomising.

 

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Goodluck wades into Ekiti drama asking police to carry out their duties with restraint

FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerian security agencies to exercise caution in the way they carry out their duties in Ekiti State ahead of Saturday's gubernatorial elections after yesterday's drama involving Governor Ayo Fayose.

 

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Buhari describes reports accusing him of being sympathetic to Fulani herdsmen as cheap blackmail

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has hit back at critics accusing him of being sympathetic to Fulani cattle herdsmen causing mayhem across the country saying it is just malicious propaganda and his government is doing everything it can to address the matter.

 

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Assemblies of God Owerri pastor arrested for accusing Rochas of planning to carry out ritual killings

ASSEMBLIES of God Church Owerri clergyman Pastor Chukwuma Okezuo has been arrested by the Imo State Police Command for alleging that Governor Rochas Okorocha is engaging in the ritual exercises in the run-up to next year's elections.

 

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Minna high court orders the seizure of two properties and several jeeps belonging to Babangida

FORMER Niger State governor Dr Babangida Aliyu has had two properties and several jeeps seized from him after a federal high court in Minna ordered the interim forfeiture of the assets following an application by the Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC).

 

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Trouble brews in Delta as governor's brother is accused of slapping secretary to the state government

DELTA State governor Ifeanyi Okowa is facing a controversy after allegations that his younger brother Tony slapped the face of the secretary to the state government Festus Agas over his delay in treating official files.

 

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Sadiq Umar handed his lucky jersey number 97 at Glasgow Rangers after joining on year-long loan

NIGERIAN striker Sadiq Umar has been handed his lucky jersey number 97 at Scottish Premiership giants Glasgow Rangers after joining the club on a season-long loan from Italian side Roma.

 

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Borno's Governor Shettima steps in to pay out cash sums and hand food items to mobile policemen

BORNO State's Governor Kashim Shettima has released the sum of N27.7m ($76,838 ) to pay mobile policemen posted to the state who recently protested the fact that the federal government had left them destitute by not paying them seven month duty allowances.

 

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Plateau clergyman Reverend Gideon Para-Mallam says Fulani herdsmen are Boko Haram in disguise

INTERNATIONAL Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Ifes) regional secretary Reverend Gideon Para-Mallam has purported that many of the Fulani cattle herdsmen currently unleashing mayhem across Nigeria are Boko Haram members in disguise.

 

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