There are indications that, after a week of the occupation of the Belegete borderline community next to Cameroon by separatist rebels called Ambazonia fighters, Nigerian troops cannot access the difficult topography of Belegete to save Nigerians who were being raped, wounded, killed and abducted. The soldiers are said to have rather stopped at the nearby Obudu Mountain Resort, where they have camped for the past two days. The authorities are said to be thinking about using helicopters to drop the soldiers with the aid of parachutes, according to sources close to the army. Meanwhile, a House of Representatives member representing…
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Three people who murdered Shakira Spencer in the most savage and inhumane manner were on Monday convicted at the Old Bailey Court, United Kingdom. The three convicts Ashana Studholme, 38 of Greenhill Road, Harrow; Shaun Pendlebury, 26 of Tewkesbury Road, Ealing; and Lisa Richardson, 44 of Broomcroft Avenue, Ealing, were found guilty of the murder and of preventing the lawful burial of Shakira Spencer at the Old Bailey, following a trial lasting 12 weeks. According to the Metropolitan Police, the trio were convicted after detectives pieced together a wealth of evidence to prove that they tormented, tortured, starved, burnt and…
President Bola Tinubu has again invited the Ondo State deputy governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt Hon Olamide Oladiji, and other stakeholders to another meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to Vanguard, it was gathered that the meeting was scheduled to take place today (Monday). The latest invitation may not be unconnected with the festering political crisis in the state. A reliable source told Vanguard in Akure that the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Princess Oladunni Odu, and the state Chairman of the party, Ade Adetimehin, were equally invited by the President.…
The Anambra State Police Command has officially confirmed the brutal killing of local vigilante operatives at the Porsche nightclub in Oba, Idemili North Local Government Area. The incident unfolded on Sunday night, sending shockwaves through the community. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesperson for the state police command, revealed to journalists in Awka on Monday that the police were alerted to the situation, responding promptly. However, the assailants had already fled the scene by the time law enforcement arrived. Ikenga stated, “Yes, the incident happened. Our men were alerted, and they quickly moved to the scene of the incident, but the…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says plans are underway to close Utako Market, one of the largest markets in Utako District, Abuja, over poor sanitation. The director of development control, FCTA, Mukhtar Galadima, raised the alarm in Abuja on Monday over what he described as “safety concerns and poor sanitation” to avert the advent of an epidemic. Mr Galadima said the deteriorating sanitation in the market, managed by the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), was disturbing. According to him, the market has become a time bomb for disaster waiting to happen, stressing the urgent need to clean up the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Aisha Salihu Malkohi (a.k.a Ummitah, Arab Money) and her husband, Abubakar Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud( at large) on five-count charges bordering on misappropriation of funds to the tune of N410,518,000 (Four Hundred and Ten Million, Five Hundred and Eighteen Thousand Naira only). They were arraigned on Friday, December 8, 2023, before Justice Aisha Mahmud of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano One of the charges reads “that you Aisha Salihu Malkohi and Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud (now at large) on or about 2022 in Kano, Kano state within the jurisdiction of…
Ailing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has been receiving chemotherapy for the treatment of leukaemia (blood cancer), which knocks him out for 10 hours after every medication, SaharaReporters reports. Akeredolu is reportedly suffering from leukaemia. Leukaemia is a blood cancer caused by a rise in the number of white blood cells in the body. The 67-year-old politician returned to Nigeria in September after a three-month medical leave in Germany but has been holed up in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Akeredolu has been under intense pressure from opposition parties to resign or hand over power to his deputy in line with the…
Terrible things happen in Nigeria. We have lost the present and we want to lose the future. I just left Transcorp Hotel Abuja after my news analysis at Arise News TV. As I stepped to the lobby of the hotel, I saw a bevy of pretty young girls in their early 20s crowded in a corner. There were all skimpily dressed as if there were commercial sex workers. The time was 10.30pm. One of them rushed to greet me. “Good evening sir”. She was one of my students. I recognized her clearly because she had a slight disability and I…
There is heightened tension within the Kubwa Extension 2 Relocation Estate in Abuja. This follows an incident on Sunday night where suspected bandits, armed with dangerous weapons, infiltrated the Zone 5 section. A woman, along with her three children, including a six-month-old infant, was abducted during the attack. The assailants conducted their activities between 8 pm and 9 pm, discharging firearms indiscriminately and prompting residents to hastily seek refuge.
The Lagos State Government has taken a decisive step in maintaining urban planning standards by serving contravention notices to property owners within the Shoreline Estate, Onikoyi Estate, Park View, and Banana Island corridors, whose properties encroach upon channel setbacks. Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, delivered the announcement over the weekend after an inspection of key areas in Ikoyi, including the State House and Dodan Barracks. The government highlighted that numerous structures in these areas failed to adhere to the legally mandated three-meter setback required for secondary collector drains. Wahab revealed, “Investigations uncovered that the initial property along…