Adewale Momoh, Akure A middle-aged man was on Monday nabbed with two human heads in Ondo State. The suspect, identified as Hassan Saka, was nabbed by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), during a stop and search exercise in the state. The culprit, who is a commercial driver, was arrested […]
A hunter, Chidube Onyema has shot his girlfriend, Chinwendu, to death for allegedly cheating on him. The incident occurred Sunday evening at Umuokirie village in Okuku Community, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. A community source told our correspondent that the victim had visited the suspect from her village, Ohabele in Obosima community […]
Justice Chuka Obiozor of a Federal High Court in Lagos Monday upheld the election of Adetokunbo Abiru as the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District. This was sequel to the dismissal of a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to void Abiru’s candidacy. The judge, in a five-hour judgement on […]
Pauline Onyibe, Yenagoa The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) on Monday raised the alarm over attempts by fraudsters to dupe unsuspecting members of the public capitalising on the delay in payment of stipends to ex-agitators. The Interim Administrator, PAP, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), in a statement said unscrupulous elements were circulating messages claiming to […]
…says negotiations ongoing Zamfara State government yesterday said abducted students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, were yet to be released. The state Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Sulaiman Tunau Anka, who disclosed this, said negotiations for their release were still ongoing. Anja said the government chose to use it’s Peace Accord […]
Armed men have hijacked a commercial bus conveying passengers from a burial in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to Ughelli in Delta State. This came 48 hours after the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ari Mohammed Ali, read the riot acts to Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), over the rising cases of kidnapping, […]
…abduct three in Niger Again, daredevil bandits have struck in two local government areas of Kaduna State and killed at least seven people. Also, bandits invaded Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State yesterday and abducted three people. In Kaduna State, the first attacks occurred in two communities in Igabi Local Government Area […]
A corporal was shot in the leg during a gun battle with armed robbers at Sagamu Interchange area of Ogun State on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The police, however, arrested some of the suspects during the shootout on Saturday. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, yesterday disclosed this to journalists in […]
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Sokoto State have arrested a 36-year-old man, Nkem Timothy, described as a transborder drug trafficker. Timothy aka Auwalu Audu was arrested while trying to cross to Algeria through the Niger Republic with 62 wraps of a substance suspected to be cocaine, weighing 1.550kg, which […]
At least three people lost their lives yesterday in a motor accident on Iworoko Road in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The crash involved a commercial bus and a Toyota car. Witnesses explained that passengers, who were seriously injured, were rushed to the Emergency Unit of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH). The accident, according […]