The love affair between Mr. Desmond Omijie and his Gladys has gone sour, with both spitting fire and fighting over the ownership of a Toyota Corolla car, 2009 model. Caught in the middle of the lovers’ war are members of the Nigeria Police Force from Edo State Police Command and Zone 5 Police Headquarters, who […]
Thirteen suspended traditional rulers of Anambra State have said their suspension by Governor Willy Obiano is abuse of power and high handedness. The royal fathers, who were suspended for one year and their certificates withdrawn by the state government for visiting President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, said they were in the country’s seat of power […]
There was pandemonium in Saki Town in the Oke Ogun area of Oyo State Thursday when men of the Customs Services allegedly chased an alleged rice smuggler into the town and shot him dead. A Customs officer was also said to have been killed by the mob in retaliation just as a Customs’ van was […]
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested arrested a two man robbery gang who specialised in drugging their victims before dispossessing them of their motorcycles. The spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed that the gang was smashed on Monday. The two male suspects, Chidi Umeh, 40, and Obinna Onyebuchi, 28, were arrested […]
A lecturer with the Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu-Ijebu, Oladeji Adebolujo, of Fine Arts Department, School of Vocational and Technical Education, has reportedly slumped and died at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, the State capital. According to available information, the lecturer, who was said to have last received his salary in May 2020, […]
The Kano State Council of Jummaat Mosques’ Imams have advised Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to, as a matter of urgency, sign Yahya Aminu’s death warrant, which will be before him after an Upper Sharia Court passed the judgement on the singer. A Kano Upper Sharia Court had sentenced Aminu to death by hanging for blasphemy […]
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has moved to appoint traditional monarchs, and heads of security agencies in the state to kick-start community policing in his domain. This was made known in a statement, signed and made available to journalists on Thursday in Abakaliki by the State Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Barr. […]
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has held an online meeting with young people drawn from across the state, urging them to embrace technology to cope with the new economy and explaining the various youths-centric initiatives of his administration. In a zoom meeting attended by dozens of Kwarans to commemorate the International Youth Day, AbdulRazaq said […]
The Niger State Police Command has said 14 persons have been killed by gunmen at Ukuru Village in Mariga Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Minna. Abiodun said on August 12 at about 3:30pm, the command was informed […]
A notorious kidnapper, Nse Nse Otu Bassey (30), aka ‘Lion’, has been arrested in Calabar along with five of his gang members. Bassey, who was nabbed by operatives of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) attached to Federal Intelligence Bureau (FIB) deployed to the state to assist the Commissioner of Police, was arrested with two locally made […]