Seven out of the 317 school girls abducted by bandits at Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe have escaped. A source Jangebe town confirmed to The Nation on Friday evening the girls returned home from their captors. He said they claimed they maneuvered their way back from the bandits […]
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A civil society in Osun state, Transparency and Accountability Group, (TAG) has dragged the state government before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, as well as the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences, (ICPC) seeking the probe the award the flyover in the state […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday refuted reports they had attempted to arrest Sunday Igboho in Oyo State. Public Relations Officer, National Headquarters, Abuja, Dr Peter Afunanya, in a statement described it as fake news. A tersely worded statement by Afunanya reads: “The Department of State Services wishes […]
The Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, has assured that the 317 female students abducted from Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe early Friday morning by yet to be identified gunmen will be rescued safely. “l can assure you that we will rescue all the students unhurt,” the CP said […]
There was tension along Lagos/Ibadan expressway on Friday as operatives of DSS, Army, and police accosted the popular Yoruba Activists, Sunday Igboho, to arrest him. It was gathered that Igboho was on his way to see an elder statesman, Pa Ayo Adebanjo when the incident happened. The incident caused […]
Gunmen have kidnapped some students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara State. It was gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Friday. A resident of Kawaye village identified as Sadi Kawaye said that his daughters, Mansura and Sakina […]
For the second time in less than a month, two sex tapes involving students and a lecturer of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, have surfaced online. In early February a video of a young girl having sex with about three LAUTECH students surfaced online. The girl bragged […]
A 79-year-old man, named, Charles Okoye on Wednesday was remanded in Ilesha Corrections by Magistrate Ishola Omishade of Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for impersonating as Assistant Commissioner of Police in a police station in the state. The police prosecutor, Kayode Adeoye, said on February 20 at about 8:30 […]
Australia’s parliament passed a law on Thursday to make Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc pay media companies for content on their platforms. Countries such as Britain and Canada are said to be studying the law to replicate it. After robust negotiations in which Facebook blocked all news content in […]
One person reportedly died on Wednesday afternoon after warring family members clashed on a farmland in Ile-Ife. It was learnt that members of the family had been at loggerhead for over two years over who inherits the farmland. It was gathered that one of the aggrieved family members invited other members […]