By Kingsley Chukwuka Two kidnapped victims were on Friday rescued from bandits who attempted to hold them captives and demand for ransom. The Katsina Police Command in a statement said intelligence informed personnel of the attempted kidnap and with tactical push back, they were able to foil the attack and rescued the victim. Police say […]
The victim of a mysterious fire at the Gobiya community in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, North-East Nigeria, has called for assistance from Nigerians as he continues to witness the resurgence of the mysterious fire in his house. He made the plea when newsmen visited him at his house. It is the most […]
Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans in a video played during his trial in an Ikeja High Court on Friday said from a short distance, he can estimate the financial value of his victims. The video was played in the courtroom during the cross-examination of the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) Insp. Idowu Haruna by […]
The Catholic Diocese of Makurdi has fixed May 22, 2018, for the mass burial of those recently killed by suspected herdsmen in the church. Victims of the St. Ignatius Catholic Church, will be buried at the holy pilgrimage centre in Ayati, Benue state. The church is calling for the security of lives and properties in […]
BY AUDU ENTONU Certainly, these are not the best of times for Benue people. There is pain, sorrow and lamentations on the land. A land once purified by the blessings and peace of our ancestors has become a killing field. The bloodbath is abhorring and the cries so loud and trenchant. Everybody is feeling the […]
Cross section of Tanzanians and the global community have condemned recent action by the country’s president relating release of rapists sentenced to life jail. Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli has remained under intense pressure to reverse pardon granted to persons convicted of raping school girls, among others. According to agency report, the Tanzanian president in […]
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development Senator Ashia Jummai Alhassan said studies have revealed that 6 out of 10 children are victims of violence in Nigeria. The minister said this on Monday in Abuja during the 2017 Universal Day of the Child, held at Government Secondary School Kuje, Abuja, organized by the Ministry […]
The Anambra state government has compensated the 17 victims of last week’s fire incident that occurred at Dennis Memorial Grammar School, (DMGS), roundabout Onitsha. The victims, who lost their properties worth millions of naira to the disaster, received a cheque for N500, 000 each for their relocation and other personal needs. The compensation was in […]
An international non-governmental organization (NGO), otherwise known as Search For Common Ground (SFCG), has opined that most teenage suicide bombers in north-east Nigeria and other parts of the country are victims of terror and not terrorists. This was communicated to select Journalists during a 5-day workshop tagged “Conflict and Trauma Sensitive Journalism”, aimed at reshaping […]
THE Senate has urged the Federal Government to direct the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and and other relevant agencies to immediately provide relief material such as drugs to alleviate the plight of the victims of Uyo church building collapse who are now receiving treatment in various hospitals in the country. Similarly, It also called on […]
Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello yesterday announced a N28 million relief package to the families of the victims of last weekend fire disaster caused by a petrol tanker at Tegina in Rafi Local Government area of the state. The Governor disclosed the cash assistance when he paid a condolence visit to survivors and […]
….As Iretiola Doyle, Mercy Aigbe, Alex Ekubo other pick nominations As the 2016 leg of the yearly Best of Nollywood Award draws nearer, Organizers of the awards have reeled out the nominees list of the edition having gone through screening of over 120 entries. President of BON awards jury, Niran Adedokun commended Nigerian filmmakers for […]
Victim’s movie producer, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry has joined other top entertainers who have waded in into the Tiwa Savage and Tee Billz Balogun marriage crisis. The star actress in a post via her Instagram page prayed that the almighty wade in for the couple in trying periods like this. In her prayer, Mercy noted that ‘Father […]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has unveiled plans to distribute relief materials to the hundreds of females liberated by the military from the captivity of terror group, Boko Haram, in their hideout in Sambisa Forest, Borno State. The military had announced the rescue of 293 women and girls from Sambisa Forest on Tuesday while […]
Actress, Rukky Sanda put a particular Nigeria senator on blast for allegedly calling Nigerians to attack MTN, Multichoice and other South African companies based in Nigeria due to the xenophobia attack. The actress decried of the suggestion saying that 98 % of people who work there are Nigerians. Here is Rukky; Where Do I Begin? […]
Five children drowned in a river in the northern Philippines during a family outing, police said on Wednesday. The victims, aged 11 to 14, were on a picnic near the river in Bugallon town in Pangasinan province, 169km north of Manila, when the accident happened. The parents did not know how to swim so when […]
The Japanese government, through its embassy in Nigeria, has donated $770,000 (about N154 million) to the Nigerian Red Cross Society for the rehabilitation of Boko Haram victims in the north-east of the country. The Nigerian Red Cross will implement programmes, which would focus largely on enabling healthy and safe living for affected families, targeting vulnerable […]