One Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps personnel and four inmates have been confirmed dead during the attack on the Kuje custodial center. Boko Haram terrorists had attacked the center and freed inmates including 64 of their members held in the custody in the attack that lasted hours on Tuesday night. A statement on Wednesday…
Gunmen on Wednesday invaded the National Youth Service Scheme Corpers’ lodge located along Udo Ekong Ekwere street, off Information Drive in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State and raped women occupants. It was gathered that the gunmen who stormed the area by 1 am that on tricycles carted away valuables including laptops, cell…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday visited the Kuje correctional facility where terrorists attacked on Tuesday. Recall that gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram fighters stormed the facility on Tuesday night, blew up parts of the facility using dynamites, and freed at least 600 inmates. However, the President on Wednesday visited the prison facility to assess…
Two Catholic priests, Rev. Fr. Udo Peter and Rev. Fr. Philemon Oboh, who was abducted in Edo State have regained their freedom. The priests were rescued unhurt by security operatives hours after the Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, ordered security chiefs to rescue them. It would be recalled that Rev. Fr. Peter of St….
Two female passengers have been confirmed dead after a 20-seater boat that departed Ipakodo ferry terminal in Ikorodu capsized in the early hours of Wednesday, July 6. The General Manager of Lagos State Waterways Authority, Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, who made this known in a statement, said the boat capsized almost immediately after take-off. He however added…
Here are photos from Kuje prison after terrorists attacked the correctional facility on Tuesday night, July 5. Over 600 inmates escaped during the attack. See more photos below…
Some Nigerian politicians and high-profile inmates at the Kuje Medium Correctional Centre are still missing after yesterday’s attack. According to TheNation, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, former Plateau Governor Joshua Dariye and his Taraba counterpart Jolly Nyame are no where to be found since the attack. Recall that heavily armed gunmen had invaded the…
The single bridge connecting Eruwa with Lanlate town in Oyo State’s Ibarapa East Local Government Area collapsed, leaving residents stranded. Heavy rains caused the bridge to collapse in the early hours of Tuesday, July 5. Adejumo Ogundele, one of the locals, pleaded with the state administration to repair the bridge immediately. Ogundele said: “It’s true….
The Nigerian government has announced the restructuring of five electricity distribution companies, also known as DISCOs in the country due to the worsening blackouts. Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Sanusi Garba, and Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Alex Okoh, confirmed this in a joint statement. The affected companies…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has brought Adamu Yahaya Jiyaba, a man who pretends to be the director of the American Federal Bureau Investigation, FBI, before Justice N.I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The suspect was charged with a single count of potential cybercrime. The EFCC said in…