Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency (BYSEMA) has tackled Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, over claims of the South-South state not being among the 10 worst-hit states by flood in the country. BYSEMA in a statement released on Monday, November 7, said no fewer than 1.3million residents of the state are displaced…
Gunmen attacked and disarmed two personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Enugu. The attack occurred on Sunday night, November 6, as the officials were providing security to the WTC Housing Estate in the Ogui New layout area of the Coal City. The hoodlums injured the NSCDC officials and made away…
About 18 foreigners have been arrested by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) over alleged possession of permanent voter cards (PVCs) in Oyo. Isah Dansuleiman, NIS comptroller in the state who disclosed this at a sensitisation programme for stakeholders on the 2023 general election on Wednesday November 2, said the foreigners were arrested during a raid carried out across…
Pastor Niyi Adebayo has admitted that some of his preachings have been wrong and Pastor Mike Bamiloye also agreed that he has been wrong too. Niyi Adebayo shared a post detailing some of his teachings that he no longer agrees with. The post went viral after Mike Bamiloye reshared it and said he stands behind…
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has expressed worries over the Naira’s fall against the Dollar. Speaking during an interview on a Channels Television’s programme, he said that the planned redesign of the naira might further worsen the situation. Sule said; “I am extremely worried. “But again, it takes you back really to understand, ‘Does it worry me?’…
Bandits have reportedly demanded for a N30m ransom for children abducted from a farmland in Mairuwa community, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. This came after Katsina Police Command spokesman SP Gambo Isah disclosed that only 21 children were abducted. He said the kids are aged between 15 and 18 years. Isah added that the command has…
A suspected car thief narrowly escaped being lynched by angry youths in the Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Adamu Ali, 30, was allegedly caught on Monday, October 31, trying to steal an ash-coloured Honda Civic 98 model from the front of the owner’s house in Yalwawa quarters, Dutse metropolis. The car owner raised alarm and locals gathered.…
Gunmen have reportely abducted wife of the Commander, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)’s Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad, Deputy Commandant Apollos Dandaura. She was abducted at their residence at B. A road in Lafia, by gunmen armed with AK-47s, who shot sporadically to scare off residents of the area. The Commander’s younger brother, who is…
A 31-year-old football player identified as Ernest Peremobowei, has died while trying to rescue victims of a boat mishap in Bebelebiri community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The deceased popularly known as Tido, was a top scorer in the just concluded Prosperity Cup, a grassroot football tournament organized by the Government of…
A Local Hunter in Adamawa State identified as Usman Alhaji Audu, has shot himself dead after his mother cautioned him against beating his 4 year old son. According to reports, late Audu’s 4-year-old son went out to play with his friends in their neighborhood in Gada Maisaje community in Gombi Local Government Area. He however did…
