No fewer than 43 people have been killed in fresh attacks on communities in two Local Government Areas of Benue State. The bloody Sunday evening attacks on communities in Gwer West and Apa Local Government Areas of Benue State mark less than a week after over 40 people, including a police officer, were killed in similar attacks on villages within Gwer West. Traditional ruler of the area, Ter Nagi, Chief Daniel Abomtse, who confirmed the...

Two chiefs of local security outfits, the Chairmen of Pulaku and Hunters groups in Njoboli of Yola South local government area of Adamawa State, Aminu Bigila and Kabiru Kawu, have been suspended following allegations of complicity in vandalizing an electricity transformer that powered the community. The Village Head of Njoboli, Alhaji Lawan Abubakar Bapetel, who announced the suspension of the two local security chiefs while addressing the community on the security situation in the community,...

The abduction of an innocent 13-year-old girl exposed the horrific activities of a native doctor in Umuojor Village in Isiagu community of Ezeagu Local Government Area in Enugu State. The young girl was walking with her father to the farm when Obi Levi Obieze’s cohorts pretending to need the help of the girl’s father, took his cutlass and abducted the young girl. The father then sought the help of the community vigilantes, and the search...

The Nigerian Immigration Service has confirmed the arrest of the notorious native doctor and ritualist, Obi Levi Obieze, by the Lagos State Border Patrol Command at Gbaji checkpoint along Badagry-Seme road while attempting to flee the country on a motorcycle. A press release signed by the Service Public Relations Officer, ACI Akinlabi, states that the identity of the suspect was confirmed through a National Identity Management Commission enrollment slip found in his possession by the...

The Lagos State Police Command has urged members of the public not to pay any money when filing complaints or securing bail at any police station within the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos, following reports of extortion by some officers. Hundeyin described such acts as corrupt practices and encouraged residents to report any...

…Speed Darlington Apologises, Says ‘I Need Controversy to Eat’ Controversial Nigerian artiste, Darlington Okoye, famously known as Speed Darlington, has found himself in the eye of a storm, facing widespread condemnation and a full-blown investigation by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), following a disturbing video where he appeared to confess to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. The musician, notorious for his outlandish antics, sparked nationwide outrage earlier this week...