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  There was apprehension in Owode-Ede, Ede North Local Council Development Area of Osun State on Tuesday as Hausa pepper sellers and Yoruba youths clashed in the early hours of the day. It was learnt that the clash occurred at the popular Owode weekly market. The crisis started when a Hausa pepper seller, said to have allegedly blocked the entrance of a house located in the market, was instructed to vacate the place. It was gathered that by blocking the entrance of the building, the Hausa pepper sellers prevented the occupants of the house from gaining access into the house. The house owner in return removed the wares being sold by the Hausa man to create an access road to his house. In reaction. The trader allegedly broke the landlord’s car mirror, it was gathered.   A resident of the area alleged that Hausa traders are fond of displaying their wares in unauthorised places.  ” Some displayed their wares in front of somebody’s stalls, while others had just spread the...

   The 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, who was arrested last Wednesday, over the murder of Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in a service apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State, says she was able to kill him because he was weak. Ojukwu also lamented that she has been seeing her victim's face in her dream since she took his life. She made the revelations about the murder of the 50-year-old. Th 21-year-old lady said she wished she would wake up to realise the whole saga was only a dream. " I have never had peace since the day I was arrested. Never in my wildest imagination did I envisage I would kill a human being. I see his face in my dream every night. At times I would be scared to sleep. I have been begging God for forgiveness. This is not what I wanted for myself. I don’t know what fate holds for me. I am also begging his family to forgive me, especially his children. Ah! God, what have I done?” she exclaimed, buryin...

  The founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as Prophet TB Joshua's funeral details have been released.  The arrangement is said to start from July 5th with candle light procession, while tribute service and service of songs/all night praise is scheduled to hold from 6th to 7th of July.  However, Lying-In-State is slated for July 8th, Laying-To-Rest service and interment will be on the 9th of July. The organiser said 11th of July will be for the Thanksgiving service, noting that some of the programmes of the burial will be private while some will be made open to the public.  It was reported that the traditional ruler of Arigidi Akoko, Oba Yisa Olanipekun, pleaded that the cleric should be buried in his hometown, Arigidi Akoko, in Ondo State. The monarch explained that other clerics including Prophet Moses Orimolade were buried in his Ikare hometown. He stressed that Prophet TB Joshua is treasured in his hometo...

    The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace Most Reverend Ignatius Kaigama, has asked the President Muhammadu administration to wake up to its statutory responsibility of protecting the lives and property of Nigerians across the country. The wake-up call, according to him, became imperative following an alarm raised by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State that an unprecedented food shortage looms as a result of the persistent bandit attacks on farming communities. Kaigama stated this in a sermon at Sacred Heart Parish, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday. The religious leader condemned the challenges posed by insecurity which has left several people poor in the country. He cautioned political leaders against the arrogant display of wealth and the paraphernalia of power. The Catholic prelate also called on the government to make conscious efforts to alleviate the people’s suffering. He said, “ Today that farmers cannot go to the farm for fear of bandits an...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the threats by the Niger Delta Avengers to attack oil installations. The militant group had in a statement threatened to “ bring down” oil installations in the South-South, after accusing the Nigerian government of marginalizing the region. NDA, which started operations in 2016, attacked oil-producing facilities that led to a huge decline in Nigeria’s oil production. They also announced the launch of ‘ Operation Humble' , a new mission to resume the attacks. Reacting in a statement on Sunday, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, noted that the issues raised by the group had been responded to when the president met with the leadership of the Niger Delta and Ijaw National Congress (INC), at the Presidential Villa. The statement read, “ The media was Sunday awash with threats and demands by a group, Niger Delta Avengers, to embark on economic sabotage through bombing of critical oil and gas installations unless certain demands, including deve...

  A man simply identified as Christopher said to be 45 years has reportedly beaten his wife, 39 years old Isoken and mother of three to death over her refusal to give him a N2,000 loan. The incident happened on Saturday night at No 1, Agbontaen Street, beside Ebvareke Secondary School, off Agboniro street, Uselu, Benin City. The couple’s 13-years old boy Augustine Christopher explained that his father who is a menial worker with a waste manager in Benin, always beat his mother at the slightest provocation. According to him, the event that led to his mother’s death started with a phone call from his father to his mother where he requested for N2,000 the “ my father came home at about 9pm and started beating her and accused her of always embarrassing him each time he requested for money. After the beating, I was trying to give my mother paracetamol and water she asked for when my father took the water and drug from me and threw it away. It was after that she went out to pour water on...

  Two yet-to-be identified men have been burnt by some angry youths around Ekwusigo, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. They were allegedly caught while they were attempting to steal a tricycle, popularly known as Keke Napep, from its owner. This caught the attention of some people who mobbed and started beating them. The two were beaten to a pulp before they were later burnt to death.  Details of the incident were still sketchy as at the time of filing the report.