Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested two suspects for allegedly conspiring to kill a 13-year-old girl.The state police spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday said the girl was found dead and her corpse burnt.Wakil said her the girl’s father, Danladi Mohammed of Mai’ari Arewa village, reported her disappearance to the Divisional Police Headquarters Alkaleri on August 4. The PPRO further stated that the complainant also mentioned two people suspected might have a hand in the girl’s disappearance. He said the suspects were arrested and allegedly confessed to the crime.According to the…
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Rights activist and Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaigner, Aisha Yesufu, has taken a swipe on prominent supporter of Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambition, Hamma Hayatu, for urging northerners not to relinquish presidency in 2023.According to Yesufu, Hayatu had taken to Twitter on Friday, telling Northerners in Hausa Language not to allow power shift to the South. The Edo-born activist in a short video on YouTube, with the link shared on her verified Twitter handle on Saturday, losely translated Hayatu’s tweet as, “Arise Arewa! We don’t have anything in the North except the rulership/leadership we have because of the number God…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Saturday visited Owerri, Imo state capital to commission a campaign house donated by a member of the party. He was received amidst cheers from waiting crowd.In Calabar, Cross River state capital, many Nigerians in their unprecedented numbers marched round the city and created awareness on the labour movement.
I woke up that fateful morning buzzing with excitement. It was my birthday and I had a perfect day planned. Unlike all my other birthdays, this one made me very happy. I chose to spend the day by myself. First, I would get a professional makeup artist to work on my face, and then I would head to the beach for a photoshoot. After which I would go to a nice restaurant and eat something exotic and expensive. So I got out of bed tingling with expectation for my very pregnant day. After receiving a few phone calls from family…
A Nigerian military officer has gotten people talking after he refused to recite the National Anthem.A video making the rounds online shows the soldier sitting down while guests stood up when Nigeria’s National Anthem was being sang at an event.The man who was in full uniform just sat and bent his head and refused to stand up until the recital was over. Someone who attended the same event captured the moment on tape and it generated mixed reactions online. Some netizens took his side and said he is probably tired of the happenings in the country and he does not…
Nothing Must Happen To Akintola, MURIC Tells Alaroye MagazineThe chairman of the Oyo State Chapter of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Dr. Nurudeen Oloso, has raised the alarm over an article published in a weekly Yoruba magazine popularly known as ‘Alaroye’.Dr. Nurudeen Oloso said the article incited the Yoruba public against the director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, as well as the organisation. Dr. Oloso therefore warned that nothing must happen to either Akintola, his family, the organisation’s office, its staff and any of its officials. Dr. Nurudeen Oloso raised the alarm in a statement signed by him on Saturday,…
I know a lot of people would want to curse me or call me various terrible names because of what I am about to share but please, I beg you to be calm and understand my situation before you jump into conclusion. I am a 36 year old mother of five children, my husband is 40 and earns a meagre income as a cashier in a company. His salary is not even enough to provide three square meals not to talk of paying school fees and rent. I used to have a job that enables me to support whatever he…
I am in a deep mess as I write to you. I need suggestions on how to get out of this please. I am a mother to five children. I know that the third child is not my husband’s child and I feel bad for letting him raise a child that is not his. However, the child is for his younger brother so it’s not as if it’s entirely for a stranger. I used to have a secret relationship with my brother-in-law and it led to a pregnancy. I was scared to my bones but there was nothing I could…
FROM WHERE I STAND, I DARE TO PROCLAIM THAT NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY MUST SURVIVE! – MR. PETER OBIThose Who Say Peter Obi’s Twitter President Are Now Saying He’s President of Only Christians – AwuzieThey once called him President of the South East before Dunamis happened. They realised that Dunamis is not Pastored by a South Eastern Pastor then they said Dr. Paul Enenche played politics in Church.Then last night, on the invitation of the grand father of Pentecostalism in Nigeria, Pa Enoch Adeboye, Peter Obi stormed The Redemption Camp. The celebration at the mention of his name scared the moderator and…
A 82-year-old Village Head of Efen Ibom, Ika Local Government Area of the State, Chief Essien Matthew Odiong has been sentenced to death by hanging for murder.The judgment was passed on Odiong by an Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo.The convict, who is married to 12 wives with 60 children, was standing trial on a four count charge of conspiracy, directing unlawful trial by ordeal, stealing of the motorcycle and murder of the owner, a member of his community, Udoma Akpan Udo Ubom. In a judgment, the Court presided over by Justice Edem Akpan, found the accused guilty…