One injured as family members clash over who would inherit wife of their deceased family head

A Fulani man, Babbi Aliyu, was seriously injured on Wednesday July 14 during a fight zsbetween members of a Fulani family in Ikoroku village in the Kaiama Local Government Area…

Nairobi serial child killer, 20, admits murdering 10 children and sucking one victim’s blood

A “vampire” serial child killer has confessed to murdering ten children and sucking his victims’ blood in a five-year spree, Kenyan media say. Masten Milimo Wanjala, 20, was arrested on Wednesday, July 14,…

ALGON Canvasses four years tenure for LG chairmen

The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, has disclosed that top of its submission at the recently concluded national assembly zonal public hearings on the amendment of the 1999…

Anger in Senate as INEC panel moves to clear rejected nominee today

Senators in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly are poised for a showdown this morning as the Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission pushes for the confirmation…

Virginity does not protect from fibroid -IVF expert

Renowned fertility expert, Dr. Abayomi Ajayi, has said that virginity does not protect a woman from being affected with fibroids. Ajayi, who is the Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer…

Akwa Ibom to shut hotels, public places linked to cult, criminal activities

Akwa Ibom State government has threatened to shut down hotels and entertainment centres linked to cultism and other criminal activities in the state. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy,…

BREAKING: Electronic result transmission tears Senate apart

There was uproar on the floor of the Senate on Thursday over the mode of transmission of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission on election day. Trouble started when…

Nigerian Governors fault proposed ownership structure for NNPC

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has faulted the ownership structure of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation proposed in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The NGF which said that it supports the unbundling and…

Gov. Ikpeazu launches Abia social identity scheme

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State on Wednesday officially launched the Abia State Social Identity Number and also enrolled in the scheme. This was disclosed by the Governor’s Chief Press…

Customs impounds N3.3 billion worth of smuggled goods in one month

OPERATIVES of the Zone ‘A’ of the Federal Operations Unit, FOU of the Nigeria Customs Service,  NCS yesterday said it recorded a total of 144 seizures with a Duty Paid…