August 29, 2022

Blasphemy: We Are Yet To Find Deborah’s Killers – Police

August 29, 2022 3:51 am

The Sokoto State Police Command has disclosed that, three months after, its men are still searching for the suspected killers of a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that in May, 202, Samuel was stoned to death by some students who were said to be her classmates over allegations of blasphemy.

The spokesman for the command, DSP Sanusi Abubakar, while speaking with reporters on Monday over silence on the case, said those arrested by the police were not the prime suspects. Abubakar said they were only among those who …

Tension As Gunmen Kill Hotel Owner, 3 Guests In Ebonyi

August 29, 2022 3:46 am

Some-yet-to-be-identified Gunmen yesterday reportedly killed a hotel owner, identified as Chief Ogbonnaya Nwadibia, as well as three guests who were lodged in the hotel, at Isu community in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

According a reliable source who spoke to reporters on Monday, the assailants had invaded late Mr Nwadibia’s Galaxy Hotel in motor bikes and unleashed the mayhem.

A resident in the area, Mr Igwe Nwaokorie, who spoke to reporters on Sunday, in Abakaliki said that the incident actually happened on Friday night.

Nwaokorie confirmed that among the three persons killed was the owner of the …

Why We Banned Masquerades In Akwa Ibom, Police Explains

August 29, 2022 3:41 am

The Police command in Uyo, Akwa Ibom on Sunday warned that the ban on masquerades parades is still in force in Akwa Ibom explaining why the decision was arrived at.

In a statement issued by the Police spokesman in the state, SP Odiko Macdon, he reiterated that the ban was till in place and there was no plan to lift it anytime soon.

He went on to explain that the ban became necessary following violent and lawless actions of masquerades leading to murders, threats to lives, assaults and other breaches to fundamental rights.

‘A case in point is the `EKONG’ …

Angola Conducts State Funeral For Ex-Strongman Dos Santos

August 29, 2022 3:35 am

Angolans and a quite a number of African leaders gathered yesterday for the state funeral of former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four-decade rule of the oil-rich nation was inundated with allegations of plunder and nepotism.

The ceremony took place in the capital Luanda on a day that would have been dos Santos’s 80th birthday, and comes days after his party, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), saw its worst results at the polls in the most hotly contested elections since independence.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Dos Santos will be buried …