The Delta State Police Command has reportedly killed ten suspected kidnappers and armed robbers during a raid on a criminal hideout in Kwale area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, May 22, said the operation was carried out by a combined team comprising…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested an outdoor advertisement executive over a political advertisement about the 2023 elections. The advert on two billboards in Enugu State had the name and logo of the commission. The messages on the boards sited at Otigba and Zik Avenue junctions threatened some politicians over the general polls….
Kano State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has intercepted a vehicle loaded with deadly explosive devices and sophisticated weapons in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa revealed this in a statement released on Saturday. DSP Kigawa said the Mercedes Benz was intercepted following an intelligence report….
The lawmaker representing Aguata II Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Hon Okechukwu Okoye, has been beheaded by suspected gunmen. The lawmaker was kidnapped last week, alongside one other person in his Toyota Sienna car by unknown persons. On Saturday, May 21, his head was found at Nnobi, in Idemili South Local Government Area of…
Ayobami Oluwatobiloba Runsewe, 25, was arrested by police in Ogun State for allegedly raping his 13-year-old student (name withheld). The suspect, a nursery and primary school teacher in Ago Iwoye, Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state, was apprehended on Thursday, May 19. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), told…
On Saturday, a building at 4, Alayaki Lane, Lagos Island, collapsed during heavy rain in Lagos, killing at least one person. An unconfirmed number of people were still trapped beneath the rubble, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency. “The Agency responded to the above incident which was already in violation of building safety…
The three-wheeler, popularly known as Keke Marwa, has provided a means of subsistence for millions of Nigerians. Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd, Nnewi, Anambra State, is set to reduce the price of Keke to N300,000, similar to how they reduced the price of motorcycles from N300,000 to N80,000. The 5-seater (4-passenger, one driver) joins the…
The Abductors had demanded a huge ransom, according to Comrade Benjamin Fie, President of the Students Union in the school. “The abductors are already demanding a huge ransom for their release. We want to use this medium to urge the college community and all the students to commit themselves, the school, and their parents to…
On Friday, Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, convicted and sentenced George Turnah, a godson of former President Goodluck Jonathan, to four years in prison. Turnah was previously a Special Assistant to Mr. Dan Abia, the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Turnah, who…
A pastor has allegedly been injured and many houses have been burned by irate youths who went on the rampage over alleged blasphemy in the Katangan area of Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Details of the incident, according to The PUNCH, were still sketchy at the time of filing this report. It was…