Two armed robbery suspects apprehended by Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives in Lagos have confessed to selling stolen ATM cards to fraudsters who use a code to empty the owners’ bank accounts. Korede Saheed, 29, and Yahaya Faisal, 22, were arrested in separate incidents between Magodo Estate and Otedola Bridge in Lagos State. While Korede…
The state government has temporarily relocated National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp from Tsafe local government to Gusau, the state capital, over rising insecurity. The Deputy Governor, Senator Hassan Muhammad Gusau, disclosed this while receiving the Director-General of the NYSC Brigadier General M K Fadah. The Deputy Governor gave a brief account of the…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed former Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission, Alhaji Zakari Kigbu, and kidnapped two of his daughters in Nasarawa State. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday, May 29, at Azuba, a suburb of Lafia, the state capital. Kigbu is said to be a kinsman of the Nasarawa…
No fewer than thirty-one persons have been confirmed dead in a stampede at a church event in Port Harcourt, Rivers state today, May 28. Members of the public were invited by the Kings Assembly, a church in Port Harcourt to come and get gift items including food. Some of the beneficiaries arrived yesterday while others…
JUST IN: Bandits Shot Groom, Bandits have killed a newlywed groom and abducted his pregnant wife in Jere town, Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits also abducted four members of the family of a former commissioner of Poverty Alleviation in Kaduna State, Abdulrahman Ibrahim Jere. It was gathered that over 50 bandits…
Two vehicles – a Hilux and a mini commercial bus – coming in opposite directions collided at Akabo market, along Owerri- Okigwe Road in Imo state. Sadly, the drivers and passengers of both cars died. There were no survivors.
A date has been reportedly fixed for the funeral ceremony of late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, by her family. Osinachi’s family reportedly fixed June 25, 2022 for the burial of the “Ekwueme” crooner. The deceased family insisted that Osinachi would be buried in her father’s compound at Isuochi, Abia State, instead of her husband’s house….
The Kaduna Police Command, on Friday, confirmed its operatives killed one bandit, arrested six, and recovered 130 cattle and 80 sheep. According to a statement on Friday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige. The statement said the command acted on information that cattle rustlers were in Unguwan Haske Village of Kauru LGA,…
Three staff of Dangote cement company was reportedly killed in a ghastly motor accident in Kogi State. The incident occurred on Thursday at about 5:45 pm around Zariagi Obajana road in Kogi State. The victims according to a source from the company are Victoria, Beatrice, and Aliyu. It was further learned that it was multiple…
A man identified as Sunday Ogunleye has been killed by gunmen in Okene town, Kogi State. The deceased was said to be one of the three people shot dead along the Federal College of Education road in Otite, Okene on Wednesday night, May 25. One Anthony Owudah claimed the deceased was killed by hired assassins. “Sunday Ogunleye (…