One suspect has been arrested and others currently on the run after men of the Ogun state police command engaged them in a gunbattle in the Ipamesan area of Sango Ota on Saturday, May 15. A statement released by the spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, states that the Sango Ota divisional headquarters received a distress call…
President Recep Erdogan of Turkey has told the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), that he expects Nigeria to show solidarity with Palestinians following the latest attacks by Israel on Jerusalem and Gaza. Erdogan made the call when he spoke with Buhari on the telephone on Thursday evening. The Punch reports that the Turkish Presidency…
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has called on Nigerian youths to go beyond “Twitter revolution” and take up political roles if they want to effect change. Fayemi stated that the youths must participate in “retail politics” in their respective wards, just like he had decided to do. He made this call at the national security…
A tactical team of the Nigerian Police has stormed the hideout of some of the fleeing wounded gunmen in Oyigbo Local Government Area, Rivers State, killing four of them and a female nurse. The slain gunmen were reportedly being treated by the nurse identified simply as Chichi in a hidden area of Oyigbo when the…
Three persons have been left seriously injured after a truck rammed into a commercial bus at Total Filling Station, Agege Motor Road, Mushin in Lagos State in the early hours of Saturday, May 15. According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, the truck with an identification number, ICT 7B-046, rammed into the commercial bus…
Two tornadoes that struck central and eastern China killed at least 10 people and injured more than 300, authorities said Saturday. Violent winds of more than 100 kilometers per hour (60 miles per hour) blasted the central city of Wuhan on Friday night. Six people died and more than 200 were injured, authorities said, adding…
Bauchi Police Command has arrested a suspect, Lamido Gunduma who conspired with his friend Ishaq Abdullahi to dump the body of a decomposing lady, Jamila Saidu and her child inside sewage in Unguwar Yari-Mari, Jamaare local government area of Bauchi state. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Bauchi Command, SP Ahmed Wakil,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Republic of Chad that Nigeria will support the country’s democratic transition. Buhari made this known on Friday when he hosted Mahamat Déby, president of Chad’s transitional military council, at the presidential villa, Abuja. Déby emerged as the president after his father was killed by rebel forces in April. Speaking…
Five notorious suspects involved in banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, and illegal possession of firearms have been arrested by the police in Zamfara. The suspects were paraded on Friday, May 14 at the Police Headquarters in Gusau, the state capital. The state police spokesperson, Shehu Mohammed said the suspects were arrested as a result of…
The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has hinted at the possibility of the board postponing the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Prof.Oloyede gave the hint during a virtual meeting with relevant stakeholders ahead of the examination today May 14. Prof Oloyede blamed the development on the difficulties…