Steve Uzoechi, Owerri Gunmen on Thursday afternoon stormed Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Council Area of Imo State and killed the presiding Magistrate, Nnaemeka Ugboma. The gunmen, who swept into the court premises on motorcycles, moved straight into the courtroom, dragged out the Magistrate and shot him at point blank range. The […]
Metro & Crime
How hotelier shot guest, friend, staff over N4,500 bill
…suspect detained Anger Detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 53-year-old hotelier, Kingsley Enageghe, for allegedly shooting a guest that lodged in his Queens Victory Guest House, off Ijesha bus stop, on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. Trouble was said to have started between the hotel owner and the guest, one Kelvin Nwabunor, over […]
Ibeto crossed-examined over N4.6bn property dispute
Anambra State-born businessman, Chief Cletus Ibeto, was on Monday crossed-examined in the dock before a Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt, presided over by Justice A. Enebeli, for his level of involvement in a N4.6billion property dispute. Chief Ibeto in Suit No PHC/268/FHR/2022 against Dozzy Oil Ltd and two others in one of the […]
UPDATE-Abuja: 3 dead, 20 rescued from collapsed two-storey building
…many still trapped beneath rubble Three site workers were confirmed dead and 20 rescued while many were said to still be trapped under the rubble of a two-storey commercial complex that collapsed at Gwarinpa District of Abuja. The collapsed complex, under construction, was said to be initially earmarked as a green area, but was allegedly […]
Ortom: I will fight killing in Benue with last pint of my blood
*Says Fulani elites targeting him for elimination Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom Thursday vowed to fight the killing of his people by invading terrorist herdsmen with the last pint of his blood. The governor also raised the alarm that some Fulani elites in the country are targeting to eliminate him. Governor Ortom, who disclosed this […]
OAU Student’s Death: Hilton hotel owner, Adedoyin closes case
Ayobami Agboola, Osogbo The owner of Hilton Hotel where Timothy Adegoke, a Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, lodged before his alleged murder, Dr. Rahman Adedoyin, has closed his case without calling witnesses in the murder charge against him and six staff of his hotel. When the case came up […]
JUST IN: Two-storey commercial complex collapses in Abuja
…over 50 people trapped, 7 rescued Caleb Onwe, Abuja A two-storey commercial complex under construction in Gwarinpa District of the FCT, collapsed Thursday afternoon, trapping over 50 people. Confirming the incident, Director Development Control, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Muktar Galadima said that rescue operations were ongoing with combined team […]
Gunmen abduct commissioner in C’River
The Commissioner for Women’s Affairs in Cross River State, Mrs. Gertrude Njar has been abducted. According to an eye witness, who refused to give her name for security reasons, said she was kidnapped along Mayne Avenue Road in Calabar South. Although the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Eric Anderson confirmed the abduction of Gertrude, he told […]
Alleged N4.6bn Fraud: ‘After 21 days in EFCC custody, I was cleared of financial crime’ -Obanikoro
Musiliu Obanikoro, the former Minister of State for Defence, Wednesday, told Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, that he was cleared of any financial crime, after spending 21 days in the detention of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Obanikoro, who also made known his experience whilst with the anti-graft […]
One killed, another injured as gunmen attack INEC office, police station in Anambra
Unknown gunmen on Wednesday morning attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ojoto in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The gunmen, who had petrol bombs with them, also attacked a Police Station in Nnobi, in the same local government area, and a residential building inside the station, where they […]