Armed robber kills Police officer, robs petrol station in Abia

 Sunny Nwankwo, Umuahia   A yet-to-be identified armed man has reportedly robbed a popular Petrol Station located at Bank Road by Good Shed junction in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. Reports have it that the armed man who came in the company of

Kogi: You’ll be shot before you make use of illegal arms, IGP warns

Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja and James Azania, Lokoja   The Inspector-General of the Nigeria Police, IGP Muhammed Adamu, has said security operatives on election duty in Kogi state will not hesitate to gun down any unauthorised person attempting to use firearm in any part

BREAKING: Bayelsa APC deputy guber candidate disqualified over false information

A Federal High Court in Abuja has voided the candidature of the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 16 election in Bayelsa State. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Tuesday, held that Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo gave

Kidnappers of ABU lecturer hold brother bearing N2m ransom

By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna There was confusion in Mahuta Community, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna metropolis at the weekend, as kidnappers of Dr Adamu Chinoko, a lecturer with Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria hold his ransom bearing brother. The Nation gathered that, Dr

Businesswoman alleges illegal sale of disputed Lekki land

Robert Egbe   A businesswoman, Alhaja Safurat Olufunke Oladega, has raised the alarm following the alleged illegal sale of some portions of disputed land at Oke Segun Community in the Lekki Local Council Development Area (LCDA). Oladega, who spoke in a statement by

Maina on life support, medication for 15 years – Family

By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna The family of AbdulRasheed Maina has refuted claims by an online media that he is feigning sickness and receiving presidential treatment in Kuje Correctional Facility where he is being detained. The family state that Maina has been on life

Two students die in swimming expedition

By Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado Ekiti Tragedy struck in Ureje area of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state capital, on Friday when two secondary schools students died inside a river during a swimming competition. The 13-year-old and 15-year-old were students of Ado Grammar school located along

Mother made children have sex with each other while her boyfriend watched

A mother has been accused of forcing two toddlers to have sex with each other so her paedophile boyfriend could watch. The paedophile, Roberto Oquendo, 38, has been jailed for 50 years earlier. His girlfriend, Rose Beth Litzky, forced the young children to

Bello arming thugs in Kogi communities for poll, PDP alleges

James Azania, Lokoja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council in Kogi has alerted the military special operation and other security agencies not to protect the influx of armed thugs into the state. It alleged that the influx was being sponsored by ruling

Graphic: Woman slaughters neighbor’s four-year-old son in Imo

According to reports, she had been threatening the man that she would kill his child. She allegedly once voiced her dissatisfaction with the fact that she is single and childless while the neighbour has three children. However, Instablog9ja reports that no one took