Policemen attached to Adigboluja Police Station have allegedly shot and killed a motorcyclist at Ojodu, Berger area of Ogun State. The policemen also reportedly injured three other motorcycle riders. It was learnt that the motorcyclists were protesting against the hike in ticket fee imposed on them by a newly created body called ‘ROMO’. The body […]
It’s not true, says secret police A top official of the Department of State Service (DSS), Mr. Safiyanu Abba, has allegedly assaulted an official of the Aviation Security (AVSEC) of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The assault allegedly occurredattheNnamdiAzikiwe International Airport, Abuja. He was said to have slapped the FAAN official who was […]
Gunmen yesterday killed a policeman and kidnapped four Chinese at Oban in the Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The policeman, Sergeant Ifere Sampson, was guarding Danatrite Construction Company, where the Chinese work. A source gave the names of the Chinese as Kan Jinxi, Hujinchang, Jiang Jijun and Cheng Qing. The victims were […]
Nigeria’s first female national hockey captain, Deaconess Agnes Ozili Aligbe (nee Ukwadia) is dead. She died on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Edo State, after a brief illness. She was aged 66. Mrs. Aligbe led the Nigerian team to the hockey championship in Germany in 1975 and India […]
A Magistrate Court sitting in Igarra, headquarter of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, has sentenced a 31-year-old man, Mr. Sunday Akpeji, to nine years in the correctional center without an option of fine after being found guilty of raping a seven-year-old girl. He is to serve his term at the Auchi Correctional Centre. […]
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has directed students and workers to remain at home with the continued closure of schools and offices till further notice following the increasing cases of COVID-19 cases. The governor stated this Wednesday in a press briefing after meeting with the state COVID-19 Taskforce led by Secretary to the State […]
…. Umahi suspends capital city board members A three-storey building under construction in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, collapsed on Wednesday morning. This is even as Governor Dave Umahi has suspended indefinitely members of the Abakaliki Capital City Development Board (ACTDB) over the building collapse. The building is located at Nkaliki Road opposite the Abakaliki […]
*AbdulRazaq visits, commiserates with media outfit Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Ilorin Area Office, was gutted by fire late Tuesday night. Cause of the inferno, which affected the Administrative block, Marketing Department, News and Current Affairs Department as well the Programmes’ Department, was yet to be ascertained. Meanwhile, Kwara State Governor […]
*Kill police guard Clement James, Calabar Gunmen have allegedly kidnapped four Chinese at Oban in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State and taken them to an unknown destination while a Policeman guarding Danatrite Construction Company where the Chinese work was allegedly shot dead in the early hours of Wednesday. Our source said […]
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The trial of the suspects of the April 5, 2018 Offa bank robbery could not continue on Wednesday as the doors of the court of the trial judge, Justice Haleema Saleeman, were under lock and key. Though prison officials arrived the court premises at 9.05 am with all the five […]