Anambra State Police Command has reacted to the allegations of extortion by some operatives of the command at Onitsha central police station. A human rights activist and coordinator of Behind Bars Human Rights Foundation, Harrison Gwamnishu, narrated an incident of Read more…
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Friday night ambushed and killed one person in Kwi Village of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The victim who was identified as Amos Pam, 35-year-old was ambushed by gunmen on his Read more…
After actively negotiating and participating in the dialogue that led to the release of 11 passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train kidnapped on March 28, 2022, Kaduna-based publisher and Media Consultant to Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Abubakar, Mal Tukur Mamu (Dan-Iyan Fika) Read more…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Mr Mike Ogiasa, has sent a distress message from the den of his abductors, pleading that his family and Bayelsans do everything to secure his release. Ogiasa was kidnapped from his country home in Otuabagi, Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor The Special Adviser to the Anambra State Governor on Political Matters, Dr Alex Obiogbolu has bagged ambassador of democracy and good governance award. The award was presented to him by Freenews Magazine in his office at Government Read more…
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been pronounced dead after being shot during a public event, NHK has reported, citing the ruling Japanese Liberal Democratic Party. The death was also confirmed by a party source, who spoke to agency Kyodo Read more…
Russian forces have reportedly destroyed two British-supplied missile systems in Ukraine, according to a statement by Russia’s Defense Ministry released on Friday. During its daily briefing, the ministry published a video showing Russian ships firing “high-precision sea-based weapons,” which it Read more…
The militants that carried out Tuesday night attack on the Kuje medium-security prison, just outside Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, freed dozens of jihadists including the leader of the brutal terrorist group, Ansaru, according to a number of Nigerian security officials. Armed Read more…
A military rocket exploded Wednesday during the first test launch of a key component of America’s future land-based nuclear missiles. The rocket, known as the Minotaur II+, blew up about 10 seconds after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Read more…
Presidential candidate of the Nigerian Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has said the land asset of Nigeria would be turned into a sustainable factor of economic development that would dwarf the revenue being generated from oil. He said this in Read more…
A Kaduna-based chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Usman Garba, has said that the party’s presidential flag-bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed, may lose the 2023 election if he fails to fly a Muslim-Muslim ticket. Dr Garba, who was an Read more…
Anambra State Governor Prof Chukwuma Soludo has ordered that the member of the taskforce team who manhandled a cleric, Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, popularly known as Odumeje, be withdrawn from the team and punished in line with the rules of public conduct. Read more…