Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has said that the demolition exercise going on the state has brought sanity to the metropolis. Speaking on Saturday in Yenagoa, during his maiden media chat, the governor stated that some the demolished illegal structures were serving as hide-outs for criminals. The governor, in a press release by […]
Youths, who took part in the June 12 protest in Akure, the Ondo State capital, have apprehended a commercial bus alongside its passengers after they found guns and other dangerous weapons inside the vehicle. The vehicle, an 18-seater bus with registration number Gombe DKU 807 XA, was nabbed after it was stuck in traffic […]
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Suspected ritualists have reportedly murdered a young woman, Hassana Mohammed, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. A statement by the spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) body of a young woman has been reportedly dumped along Kanikoko area of Kaiama, Kwara North senatorial district […]
*Says FG’s grazing routes plot won’t succeed Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State Friday bashed President Mohammadu Buhari accusing him of failing in his responsibility to provide security to Nigerians. Besides, he said the Federal Government’s disposition to revitalization of grazing routes in the country will not work especially in Benue State. The governor spoke […]
Francis Ogbuagu, Benin City A family of 15, in Ikpoba community, along Benin Agbor Road, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State Friday escaped being consumed by fire that destroyed a building housing funiture shop worth millions of naira. An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said the inferno started around 1 a.m. and consumed the whole […]
Reports just reaching New Telegraph from from Kaduna are indicating that armed men have invaded Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic in Zaria, Kaduna State and have abducted an unspecified number of students and lecturers. Although details are still hazy, we are being told that scores were also injured during the attack which happened on Thursday night. […]
There was a mild-drama yesterday as security agents locked out protesting pensioners at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The pensioners, under the auspices of Local Government Pensioners Association (LOGPAN), accused Governor Dapo Abiodun of “playing dangerously” with their lives. The pensioners, in execution of their threat to shut down the Governor’s Office, stormed […]
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Abuja branch, yesterday said the officers who brutalised the Makurdi branch Chairman of the association, Mr. Justin Gbagir, and breached the treasurer’s fundamental rights, must be brought to book. The Abuja branch Secretary, Prince Adebiyi Adetosoye, who made the call in a statement, also called for the re-orientation of law enforcement […]
Gunmen numbering about 30 invaded a hotel on Ewu-Ekiti Road in Ayetoro-Ekiti, Ekiti State, raped a lady working in the hotel and also injured other staff. The gunmen later abducted four people who lodged in the hotel located at Ayetoro-Ekiti in Ido-Osi Local Government Area. The attackers, armed with dangerous weapons, invaded the community about […]
Sarkin Fulani of Igangan, Alhaji Salihu Abdulkadir, yesterday denied involvement in the killing and burning of houses in Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State. Abdulkadir told journalists in Ilorin, Kwara State, that neither he nor any member of his family was involved in the killings in Igangan since the crisis started. […]