An 11-year-old boarding student of St Michael’s Boys College, Ozubulu, Anambra State, Chimdalu Onyekwuluje is dead. His death comes over a month after the death of Sylvester Oromoni, also a boarding student of Dowen College, Lagos. Onyekwuluje, a JSS 2 student of the school, was said to have died as a result of negligence on…
There was a fire outbreak at the Nguru Central Market in Nguru Local Government Area of Yobe State, leading to the loss of goods and property worth millions of naira. The fire outbreak, whose source could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report, broke out in the early hours of Saturday…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Ovye Yakubu, over alleged murder of his wife, Esther Aya Anjugu. The incident happened in the couple’s residence at Sabonpegi-Shabu community of Lafia Lafia North Development Area on Friday, January 7, 2022. It was gathered that the accused allegedly beat his wife to death following an argument…
In a bid to curb the menace of banditry, Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have destroyed an illegal market operated by terrorists in Gallo Malawari village, Borno State. Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu said three insurgents were killed during the operation. One AK-47 rifle, a truck, two motorcycles, four empty magazines…
The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd.), has lost his first wife, Hajiya Zainab Marwa. A statement by the family on Saturday said Zainab Marwa died in the early hours of the day at the age of 66 after a brief illness. The deceased is survived by…
The Yobe State Police Command has said its operatives have apprehended a 35-year-old notorious suspect, Usman Ali, over theft, burglary, and trespassing in Damaturu and its environs. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, in a statement on Saturday, noted that the culprit was on the 7th January 2022, at about 0600hrs,…
A Kaduna-based resident pastor of Mountain of Holiness Living Church, Pastor Donatus Yohanna, has on Saturday, rained curses on those behind the killings of 143 persons in a deadly attack on Zamfara, saying they would surely reap what they have sowed. He described the killing of 143 residents of the Shinkafi Local Government Area of…
The Delta State Police Command’s Crack Squad has arrested five suspected armed robbers in Delta State. The suspects were arrested in different locations in the state. Two of the suspects, Felix Aroh ‘m’(43yrs) and Erumu Ogodo ‘m’ (20yrs) were arrested during a raid of a criminal hideout along Jakpa Road in Effurun near Warri. The…
The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency, (SEMA), has disclosed that more than ninety shops and stalls were affected by the fire outbreak which gutted Nguru market earlier on Saturday morning. The Agency on its official Facebook page said, “on a sad note, today 8th Jan 2022 we received the news of fire outbreak at Nguru…
A police officer has been arrested for selling arms to cultists in Kwara state. The 38-year-old police traffic officer, Haruna Yusuf was arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team ( IRT). Six suspected members of the Aiye Confraternit who were responsible for violent criminal attacks in Omu Aran and neighbouring communities…