BY GODWIN OBI Two siblings based in Lagos have been rescued following their abduction allegedly by a nanny simply identified by Precious. Precious was said to have absconded with the minors – a four-year-old boy and two-year-old girl – on Monday and brought them to Benin City to a coupleContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi The Committee on Prison Reforms and Decongestion have freed Rahma Hussein, a young woman accused of killing her husband seven years ago, to protest her forced marriage. Hussein allegedly committed the offence in 2014 when she stabbed her newly wed husband, Tijjani Basiru, to death, at DarmanawaContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi Nigerians from various works of life have continued to condoled with the family, friends and associates of legendary musician and multi-talented artiste, Sir Victor Uwaifo, who passed away on Saturday, 28th August 2021. Sir Victor Uwaifo who became popular with great tunes like Joromi, Guitar Boy diedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Taraba State Chapter of Miyyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has been commended for apprehending and handing over eleven suspected criminals to the Nigerian Police at Maraban kunini. The State Chairman of MACBAN, Sahabi Tukur, who confirmed this said the gesture was in line with theirContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi At least one person is reportedly in a critical condition after a yet-to-be-identified helicopter shot at a passenger boat along the Port Harcourt – Bonny waterway in Rivers State on Thursday night. An eyewitness told our reporter that the wooden boat was ferrying traders and their goodsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A former Deputy Director, Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has identified politics as a factor hindering security agencies from effectively performing their jobs. Nigeria currently faces myriads of security challenges with banditry activities in the northwest, terrorism in the North-East, militancy in the South-South, IPOB activitiesContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Police in Katsina State, has confirmed an early morning fresh attack by bandits, on the Dan-Kumeji Village in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Friday. The spokesman of the command, Superintendent of Police Gambo Isah, in a telephone conversation with ait.live said thatContinue Reading
By Godwin ObiAll roads leading to the country- home of the National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Chief Iju Tony Nwabunike, was on Friday 27th August kept wide open, as eminent politicians, customs agents and freight forwarders drawn from the various associations in the shippingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed August 30 for the commencement of the continuous voters’ registration. The electoral body disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday by its Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen have freed around 100 pupils kidnapped from an Islamic seminary in Niger State nearly three months ago, the school’s head teacher said on Thursday. The head teacher, Abubakar Alhassan, did not, however, say if any ransom was paid. He did not give any details about howContinue Reading