Akwa Ibom State High Court, sitting in Essien Udim Local Government Area, LGA, has sentenced two brothers to death for killing a 45-year-old farmer, Iboro Joe, over a parcel of land. The convicts are Uduak Udo Umoren (48), a pastor and motorcyclist, and his 34-year-old brother, Emmanuel Udo Umoren, a farmer and panel beater, who hail from Adiasim Ikot Ekon …

Three people on Friday died in a well at a construction site in the Owode area of Ede, Osun State. The deceased – a cleric, Adebayo Oluwasina, 46; Lateef Adediran, 22; and Waliu Adediran, 31 – died while attempting to recover a bucket that fell into a well. A resident of Alaro Onigbin community in Owode Ede said Waliu and …