No fewer than four persons were allegedly killed when members of the South-Eastern Security Outfit, Ebubeagu, invaded the Amasiri community, in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Other yet¬-to-be-identified victims, who sustained injuries during the invasion and were rushed to hospital for treatment, were reportedly arrested and taken away. it was gathered that…
The Nigeria Police attached to the Ughelli Area command has arrested the principal of Government Technical College, Ogor, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State over the alleged drowning of an SS3 student. The student, identified as ThankGod Emumirigwe, allegedly drowned in a borrow pit at the school premises. The student, from the Mechanical Department…
The estimated sum of N104bn has been budgeted by the federal government for purchasing generators, fuelling and servicing them for Ministries, Departments and Agencies. This is contained in the 2022 budget proposal which has yet to be approved by the National Assembly. The Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, headed by Zainab Ahmed,…
There was a fire outbreak at a palm kernel factory worth over N10m in Ondo State, leaving one person severely injured. The palm kernel factory situated at the Industrial Park in Onyearugbulem junction, Akure, the state capital was said to have been razed by fire following a spark from the change-over box within the factory….
A civil servant identified as Abiodun Adenuga was shot by masked gunmen at the Sindende Guest House in the Agege area of Lagos state. Punch Metro gathered that the victim lodged at the guesthouse on October 6. Around 1.30am, no fewer than four masked men were said to have invaded the facility, as they robbed…
The convoy of Rasheed Olalekan Afolabi, the member representing Ifelodun/ Boripe/Odo-Otin Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives was attacked by suspected hired assassins, on Monday, October 19. According to a statement credited to his media office, the incident occurred along the Akure-Okenne road in Kogi State. The statement revealed that the lawmaker and his…
The Acting Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isa Jere Idris, on Monday, disguised as an applicant for an international passport at the Lagos State Command, Ikoyi, where he alleged that some officers of the service offered to engage in shady deals with him. Mr Idris, in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES on the…
Ten armed bandits hibernating around some flashpoints in Kaduna State have met their disastrous end. The State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, October 18. “The joint security forces came in contact with the heavily armed bandits in Kwanan Bataru, on the outskirts…
A middle-aged man, Bobby Gabriel, on Sunday night stabbed his cousin identified as Kopapa Neete to death at the Duburo community in the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. The suspect, our reporter gathered, stabbed the victim who was in his early 40’s to death over an argument that has to do with family…
No fewer than 1,000 farmers across five communities in Ekiti State on Monday protested and demanded compensation for their farms acquired by the State government for the ongoing construction of the agro-allied cargo airport. The farmers, mostly the aged and widows who came from Ijan igbogun, Aso, Igbemo, and Orun Bolorunduro communities to the airport…