Three people have been killed and two others injured after cattle rustlers invaded Mwar community in Chakfem Chiefdom of Mangu Local Government Area, Plateau State. The incident occurred between midnight on Saturday and the early hours of Sunday. Our correspondent learnt that the rustlers—suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, and heavily armed—successfully rustled several cattle and…
Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-born ballerina with American citizenship, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a Russian court for allegedly committing high treason. She was accused of donating $51.80 to Ukraine’s military. According to Russia’s Federal Security Service, Ksenia Karelina transferred funds to support a Ukrainian organisation, which allegedly used the money to…
A teacher stabbed an eight-year-old student to death at an elementary school in South Korea on Monday, local media reported, citing authorities. The teacher, a woman in her 40s, confessed to the crime after police officers found her and the young girl with stab wounds at the elementary school in the central city of Daejeon…
Aisha Yesufu, a human rights activist and supporter of former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised him for condemning the protests against Goodluck Jonathan during his time as President.Travel guides Aisha Yesufu reacted to Peter Obi’s comment regarding the Occupy Nigeria protest of 2012. It would be recalled that Peter Obi criticised the…
The immediate past Chairman of the Nigerian-American Public Affairs Committee, Texas, Mr Ike Chidolue, has urged Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to present credible evidence to support her allegations or resign from the Senate. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, had accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello of…
US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened Apple and other smartphone manufacturers with a 25 per cent tariff unless their devices are built in the United States. Trump initially said the tariff would apply only to Apple — an unusual move to single out a specific company in trade policy. However, he later expanded the…
Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the incumbent governor of Anambra State, is set to be declared re-elected for a second term after winning Saturday’s election in all the 21 local government areas of the state. As of the time of this report, INEC had formally announced the results at its headquarters in Awka, but was still conducting…
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), on Saturday claimed many Nigerians living abroad live in regrets and depression. Mrs Dabiri-Erewa said in a tweet on Saturday that many Nigerians abroad kept bombarding her agency with calls, expressing regrets and depression. Her statement comes as a reaction to a UK-based lawyer, Dele Olawale’s…
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has announced that all 183 worshippers abducted from three churches in Kurmin Wali, Kaduna State, have regained their freedom. The governor said the worshippers were kidnapped during an attack on January 18, adding that 11 of the victims escaped during the incident, while the remaining 172 later returned, with…
Co-founder of #BringBackOurGirls Movement, Aisha Yesufu, in this interview, said the Goodluck Jonathan administration should not be applauded for how he managed Nigeria, even though his successors have made the country worse. Yesufu, who spoke on Prime Time, an Arise TV programme also dismissed claims that the #BringBackOurGirls Movement was funded by the United States…
