The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has shut down the Bayelsa office of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Mbiama-axis of the East-West road for a mother-of-all protest against the refusal of the Federal Government to inaugurate a substantive board of the NDDC. Scores of youths, who flew the flags of…
A policeman has been feared dead following an attack by gunmen on a routine police patrol team in Delta state. The gunmen also burnt down the patrol vehicle and carted away rifles soon after the other officers fled. According to a Facebook page, Wong Box, the Wednesday incident occurred along Otulu Junction,…
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has called on bandits to drop their arms and embrace the apex bank’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). The ABP which is in its fifth year is the CBN intervention programme for farmers aimed at boosting food production in the country. The apex bank…
There was outrage at a neighbourhood in Oleh, headquarters of Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, after a suspected internet fraudster was discovered to have killed his twin brother for alleged ritual purposes. The suspect was reportedly found with a dog and the decomposing body of his twin brother in their apartment…
Many men and women have no knowledge about this plant, I also had no knowledge until someone sent it to me. This fruit is called in English “AIDAN FRUIT “ This fruit is called in Yoruba “ARIDAN This fruit is called in Twi (Ghana) “PREKESE” This fruit is called in IGBO “OSHOSHO” or “OSAKIRISA” …
A 34-year-old man, Okpegboro Avwerosuo, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his roommate, dismembering the body and selling the vital organs to a pastor for ritual purposes in Bayelsa state. It was gathered that the incident happened at Mile 2 Sagbama Town, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State over the weekend….
Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto on Tuesday called on the Federal government to explain to Nigerians how much loots it had recovered and what they were being used for. This call was made by the Sultan of Sokoto at the zonal dialogue with stakeholders on the National Ethics and Integrity…
Imo State Police Command has killed two bandits during a gun duel that lasted for hours in the Ohaji/ Egbema axis of the state. The State Police Command spokesperson, Bala Elkana, who disclosed this in Owerri, said the bandits were suspected to be part of the gang that attacked the Owerri Correctional Centre…
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has called on the federal government to relocate all herdsmen currently in the south “back home”. This call was made on behalf of the coalition by its spokesman, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman. Sulieman said the south is no more safe for the herders. This call came after the…
Adebiyi Adelowo, was the former chairman of the party in the state. Elder Adebiyi Adelowo, has been suspended by Osun state elders’ Caucus of All Progressives Congress (APC) for pioneering a splinter group within the party. It was gathered that the Elders made this known through communiqué signed by the chairman of the caucus, Chief…
