The men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, have intercepted a truck that conveyed about 151 persons who were suspected to invaders. It was gathered that the corps made the arrest while acting on intelligence on the incursion of terrorists into the South- West of Nigeria. The suspects included five women, hidden behind beans and rice bags inside the trailers. They were intercepted around the Sango area of Akure-Ado…

Some gunmen on Thursday evening kidnapped a traditional chief in Ikare Akoko, Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State, High Chief Mukaila Bello. It was gathered that Bello, who was said to be the head of Iku Quarters in the ancient community, was abducted with three other persons The other victims are Mr Adeniran Adeyemo, Mr Bashiru Adekile and Chief Gbafinro. According to a source, the victims were kidnapped along Ago Panu area…

Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has assured 2022 Batch ‘B’ Stream 11 corps members in Sokoto State that Shari’a Law is not binding on non-Muslims in the state. He, however, assured them that their safety was guaranteed despite some security challenges facing the country. Sultan gave the assurance on Thursday in his palace when the NYSC management team in the state led by the state coordinator and some selected corps members paid him…

The Gombe State government on Tuesday declared an outbreak of the Monkeypox virus in the state after three suspected cases returned positive. The Commissioner of Health, Dr Habu Dahiru, who disclosed this to newsmen, said out of 19 suspected cases reported to the state’s Ministry of Health, three samples were found to be positive. “The three cases presented to us were having fever which lasted for more than a week despite treatment for common causes…

The police have arrested a man for allegedly murdering a mum-of-four who went missing 10 years ago. 32-year-old Claire Holland who has not been seen since she went to the Seamus O’Donnell’s pub in Bristol town centre on June 6, 2012, was captured on CCTV going into the pub and then seen leaving around 11.15pm. Claire She never went back to her home in Lawrence Weston, in north-west Bristol. Though there were several appeal campaigns…

A 41-year-old man identified as Abdulfatai Olagunju has been arraigned before an Isolo magistrates’ court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing his neighbour’s goat. Olagunju was accused of carrying out the theft in darkness after feeding the goat with a substance that prevented it from crying out. The prosecutor, Inspector M. Solomon said the owner of the goat, Murphy Chinedu, noticed that his goat was missing and therefore raised the alarm which led to the arrest of…

The police have arrested six students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for allegedly gang-r*ping a female student. It was gathered that one Patrick Ofosu, a 19-year-old Business Administration student said to be the boyfriend of the victim (name withheld), orchestrated the crime. Police investigations reveal that the boyfriend sent a text message to the girlfriend asking her to have s3x with him and his male friends. After she refused, he…

President Muhammadu Buhari has been ordered to immediately sack the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) called for the immediate sack of Adamu over his role in the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. ASUU had on Monday, extended its industrial action embarked upon on February 14 by another four weeks as the Federal Government is yet to meet the demands. NANS President,…

Academic activities have resumed at the Kaduna State University (KASU). This comes after the Management of the school announced the resumption of second semester of the 2020/2021 academic session for its undergraduate and post-graduate students. The school has reportedly began its second semester examination which was suspended due to the strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which commenced in February this year. Acting Vice Chancellor of Kaduna state University, Professor Abdullahi…