Workers handling the registration of national identity numbers in Delta State are allegedly said to have resorted to extorting prospective registrants as they charged between N3,000 and N5,000 for the enrolment form which is supposed to be free. SaharaReporters revealed information from a source that hundreds of applicants who besieged the National Identity Management…
A little boy was knocked down and killed by an unidentified driver of a Toyota Sienna Space wagon car with registration number LSR 748 GN. The fatal accident occurred when the child was crossing the road along Ihiala road opposite Starch mill Uli Ihiala at about 2.00pm on Tuesday, December 29. The child was taken…
Faceless assailants have killed a middle aged woman identified as Mrs Funmi Folorunso in Akure, the Ondo state capital. The mother of one was shot dead inside her car as she approached her residence at Oda Road, in the Kajola area of Akure around 10:pm on Monday, December 28. It was gathered that the assailants had…
A 68-year-old grandmother, Mrs Adaeke Odiaka, was allegedly beaten to a pulp by a former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Joan Mrakpor also the wife of the state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General in Ubulu-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State. The report revealed that the trouble began on Saturday, when…
Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old human trafficking kingpin, in the person of Mrs. Comfort Innocent, for the alleged abduction and trafficking of two under-aged girls for prostitution. In a statement by the command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi indicated that the suspect was apprehended last week Dec. 22. According to Oyeyemi, “the arrest of…
Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, has revealed that terrorists from Mali were attempting to cross to the South-West through the Oke Ogun boundary. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, Makinde said this during his visit on Monday. Nigeria shares boundary with Benin Republic at Saki…
A new WhatsApp update will prevent the popular messaging app from working on millions of phones from 1 January 2021. Older Android and iPhone devices will no longer support the latest version of the app, forcing owners to either update their mobile operating system or buy a new smartphone. Any iPhone not running iOS 9…
About 20 African migrants were found dead Thursday after their smuggling boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe, Tunisian authorities said. Five survivors were rescued and the Tunisian navy is searching for up to 20 others still believed missing. Tunisian coast guard boats and local fishermen found and retrieved the bodies…
The spokesman for the United Nations secretary-general says three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others wounded in the Central African Republic in attacks Friday by armed combatants BANGUI, Central African Republic — Three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others wounded in Central African Republic in attacks Friday by armed combatants, the…
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked the Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria Church (Church of the Brethren) at Pemi village in the Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, killing at least five persons, Igbere TV has learnt. According to SR, the ugly incident occurred on Thursday when the attackers also burnt down many houses, cars,…
