Boko Haram has killed seven people and displaced about 5,000 people during an attack on a community in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Agency, Dr. Mohammed Sulaiman, said yesterday that the displacement affected other neighbouring communities. Sulaiman explained that the insurgents came in nine vehicles […]
A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Marcel Izu Onyeocha, has been kidnapped in the Okigwe axis of Imo State. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Orlando Ikeokwu, said in a statement that the incident which occurred on Saturday was reported yesterday. He said: “On April 11, 2021, one Bissong Isa Atugu reported that […]
Armed men on Saturday night abducted a 13-year-old boy, Gbolahan Ajibola, at Obada-Oko in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. The assailants, numbering six, laid an ambush for Ajibola’s family members as they were returning to their house at Destiny Estate in Obada-Oko about 9pm. The latest kidnapping came three days after a […]
Windstorm at the weekend wreaked havoc on Epaegbo community in Otukpa, headquarters of Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. The wind destroyed houses and farm produce said to be worth millions of naira. Reports said the wind was accompanied by a thunderstorm. New Telegraph learnt that several houses and economic trees were […]
Abductors of a Point of Sale (PoS), Abiodun Obafaye, in Ibadan, Oyo State have asked his family to pay a N5 million ransom for his release. Obafaye was kidnapped on Tuesday under the popular Iwo Road Bridge. He was abducted about 4.30pm after leaving a bank where he went to withdraw money for his […]
It was a black Sunday in Ondo State yesterday when armed robbers killed two security men at a popular filling station in Akure. Also, three passengers died while three others sustained injuries in a motor accident on Ondo-Ore Road in Odigbo Local Government Area. A witness said the lone accident occurred about 7am […]
Community Development Associations (CDAs) in Edo State communities and villages seem to have staged a deadly comeback against the backdrop of the position of the Oba of Benin and the state government banning their activities. Several people have lost their plots of land and property to the avarice of the CDA leadership in […]
Governors of the South-East geopolitical zone of the country comprising Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi states have resolved to set up a regional security outfit that will be known as ‘Ebubeagu’. The governors also agreed that open grazing has been banned and should be enforced by security agencies. These were part of the resolution […]
The three quarry workers and a lady that were abducted on Tuesday at Idi Ayunre, along Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Road, in the Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State, have been rescued by the the Oyo State Police. The three quarry workers, identified as Ubong Jacob, Amisu Isaac, Wasiu and the lady, Adeoti Tosin, were said to have regained their freedom on Friday at […]
Police have arrested two women for allegedly killing one Osita Anwuanwu during an argument at Ikotun area of Lagos State. The 64-year-old man, it was learnt was said to had gone to his lady friend one Juliet, who he had not seen for some time now at a bar in the area, where he allegedly engaged […]