Timothy Ngwu, second from right and two of the concubines|Photo credits: dailypost.ngThe Police in Enugu State have arrested one Timothy Ngwu, the General Overseer of Vineyard Ministry of the Holy Trinity, located at Ihe/Owerre, Nsukka in Enugu State.Before his arrest on Friday, the self acclaimed Pastor, who said he was obeying God’s command, has put…
By TONY JOHN, PORT HARCOURT The Ibaa community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, has vowed to tackle suspected kidnappers and armed robbers over their criminal activities in the area.Consequently, the community has alerted security operatives about the spate of crimes in the area and urged them to assist in curbing the social vices.In…
the collapsed lecture hall at IMSULess than four months after the multi-million naira Princess Hotel, Okigwe, being constructed by the State Government, collapsed, Dozens of students of the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri escaped death by whiskers when a storey building lecture hall and office complex being constructed in the university campus collapsed.According to findings,…
By Ahmed Mahamud Usman, Dutse The amalgamation of professionals, academicians and civil societiesorganizations known as Jigawa Forum has condemned the arrest of 486northern indigenes in Abia state …describing the action as ill andunconstitutionally motivated. This was contained in a press release distributed to news men by theofficials of the forum which was dully signed by…
The Nigerian Army, yesterday, indicated that it was not in a hurry to free the 486 travellers currently being held for screening in Abia State over the suspicion that they were members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Director of Army Public Relations, DAPR, Brig-Gen. Olajide Laleye, who disclosed this to Saturday Mirror in Abuja,…
Cameroun which shares border with Nigeria is beginning to feel the pang of the Boko Haram insurgents who are storming its villages to recruit young boys, reports Sky News The Nigerian-born Islamic militant group Boko Haram is terrorising communities inside neighbouring Cameroon and snatching young boys from across the border and forcing them to join…
THE arrest of 486 suspected members of the Boko Haram group and the discovery of explosives inside a Winners’ Chapel in Owerri, Imo State, have continued to generate tension and fears across the southeast, as residents continue to express divergent opinions over a possible attack by the insurgents. Different groups and notable Igbo leaders have…
The Defence headquarters Friday disclosed that a wanted notorious gang leader of the Boko Haram who has led many attacks against the military and the police including the killing of two soldiers along Lokoja Kaduna road in 2013 has been killed. In its blog of Friday, June 20th, DHQ said, “A notorious terrorist who has…
The Chairman of Presidential Fact Finding Committee on the abduction of Chibok Girls, Brigadier General Ibrahim Sabo, rtd, yesterday said that 219 girls out of the total 276 who were abducted are still missing, two months after. The missing girls were abducted from their dormitories at the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok in Borno…
AFTER months of rancour-filled, mud-slinging and largely issue-lacking governorship election campaigns, the Ekiti electorate will storm the polling booths today to elect a governor from a motley crowd of 18.Among the leading candidates are incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Opeyemi…