General Overseer Arrested Over Multiple Rape Of Minor Abia State Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the arrest of Peculiar Ginika, the General Overseer and lead pastor of Liberation Word Assembly International in Aba. The church is located at No. 4 Egbuka Avenue by Unity Bank, Echianu Street off 183 Faulks Road, Aba, Aba North local government area of the state. Pastor Ginika cooling off his heels at the detention facility of the command headquarters of the Rapid Response Squad of the Nigeria Police situated at the premises of the Aba North local government council. He was…
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Kidnappings, Banditry Will Not End In Nigeria Except…. – Shettima Blows Hot Vice President Kashim Shettima has said delivering on the priority areas will help in addressing some of the challenges bedeviling the country, particularly the security situation occasioned by terrorism, kidnapping and banditry. The vice president stated this on Monday when he received the Global Managing Director of the Tony Blair Institute, Mr Michael McNair, who was on a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said as soon as the government created jobs and engaged the youths, the challenges of terrorism, kidnappings and banditry would be drastically…
Israeli Forces Disguised As Women And Medical Workers Storms Hospital Assassinate Palestinian Militants Israeli forces disguised as civilian women and medical workers stormed a hospital in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday, killing three Palestinian militants. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces opened fire inside the wards of the Ibn Sina Hospital in the town of Jenin. The ministry condemned the raid and called on the international community to pressure Israel’s military to halt such operations in hospitals. A hospital spokesperson said there was no exchange of fire, indicating that it was a targeted killing. The military said the…
Man Rapes Colleague To Death Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Man Rapes Colleague To Death A 35-year-old man, James James Emmanuel has been ordered to be remanded in prison by a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo state capital for allegedly raping a 55-year-old co-labourer, Mrs Deborah Abiodun to death. The defendant was alleged to have committed the alleged offence at a poultry firm located at Oke-Odu area, off Ilere, on Ijare road, Akure. James, who was arraigned on two counts bordering on murder and rape, after allegedly raping her to death, hit her with stone on…
BREAKING: Massive Causalities, Kidnap As Terrorists Ambush School Bus Some children and staff from Apostolic Faith School in Emure, Ekiti State, have been abducted by armed bandits. According to reports, the bandits kidnapped the pupils, their head teacher, and a chauffeur transporting them home after school. The kids were abducted while riding their school bus back to Eporo Ekiti from Emure. The tragedy follows the previous killings of two traditional rulers in the same state, raising concerns about locals’ safety and well-being
Step Aside If Presidency Shoe Is Too Big For You, Atiku Blasts Tinubu The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has asked President Bola Tinubu to step aside if the shoe of leading Nigeria is too big for him. Atiku, who said that Nigeria does not need what he described as another Tourist-in-Chief, berated President Tinubu for embarking on private visits outside the country while Nigerians are being kidnapped and killed on a regular basis. The former Vice President in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday said that President…
Nigerian Man Commits Suicide Over Ex-wife’s Remarriage A 37-year old security guard at Prestige International College, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State, Nuradeen Shehu, has reportedly committed suicide. The State Police Commissioner, Hussaini Gumel, told newsmen on Tuesday that the incident happened inside one of the classrooms of the college. He said on January 28 at about 10:30 am, one Abdullahi Abdulsalam of Rijiyar Zaki, brought a report that Nuradeen Shehu, a security guard at the college, was found motionless after he hanged himself with rope in a classroom. According to him, a team of Policemen from Gwale Division,…
WATCH: Nigerian Government Hosts Mass Wedding For Divorcees, Widows, Single Mums Over 300 divorcees, widows, and indigents have celebrated matrimony in a mass wedding sponsored by the Kebbi State Government. The wedding which took place at the Abdullahi Fodio palace in Gwandu Emirate, Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, was organised by the state government under Hajia Nafisa Nasir Idris, the governor’s wife, through her initiative, the Nafisa Nasir Development Foundation. Governor Nasir Idris, overseeing the ceremony, encouraged the couples to foster friendship and be confidants to one another. The governor, who was represented by the Speaker of the state House of…
Kogi Governor Ododo Of Establishes ‘Office Of Immediate-Past Governor’ Party (PDP) House of Representatives for Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency in the 2023 elections, has stated that Governor Usman Ododo approved the establishment of the “Office of Immediate-Past Governor” in the state. Ododo was inaugurated on January 27, 2024 as the Governor of Kogi State. The alleged approval for the establishment of the Office of Immediate-Past Governor is coming barely two days after inauguration. Okai, who took to his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Monday, to announce the approval of the governor, wrote: “Kogi State Governor approves the establishment of the “Office…
EXPOSED: Yahaya Bello Cancels Trip, Currently Hiding To Escapes EFCC Arrest The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is currently in hiding and on Monday cancelled his trip to Okene town, in order not to “expose” himself to operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who are on the lookout for him, SaharaReporters has learnt. Top government sources said Bello was still at the Government House, Lokoja, where he could enjoy the “protection” of his predecessor and godson, Usman Ododo, while other sources claimed his whereabouts are unknown. It was reported on Monday that the EFCC…