Fourteen passengers, including three children, have been burnt to death in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident, which occurred around 10:20 pm on Thursday, May 6, involved a silver Toyota RAV 4 with registration number, LND 13 GS; a silver Toyota Camry marked, GGE 369 GJ, and a Mazda bus with an unidentified number….
There Motorcycle riders has been allegedly shot dead by the police in Ogba Lagos. The incident happened around Mokuolu Street in Ogba around 6 pm on Thursday, May 6. The clash between the commercial motorcyclists and the Task Force was elicited by efforts of security agents to enforce the Okada ban in the area. The security agents…
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two siblings for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects, Queen and Rowland Kalu, were arrested on Wednesday, May 5, at the Amikanle Alagbado area of Lagos State. Their arrest followed credible intelligence received by the Commission about…
An attack by unknown gunmen at Orlu Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo state was repelled by Joint security operatives on Thursday night, May 6. Eight hoodlums were killed in the gun battle that ensued and it was also learned that joint security operatives recovered seven vehicles the attackers came in for the operation. Eyewitnesses said the…
Some of the victims of the recent herdsmen attacks in communities in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State have been buried in a mass grave. It will be recalled that no fewer than 19 persons were killed when suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday, attacked Tse Amgbem, Udam near Aondoana, and Agbanu Seghev/Ukuse, all in…
A Ghanaian woman identified as Florence has been bathed with a substance suspected to be acid by her husband. Details of the incident are still sketchy, however, according to a report posted by Crime Check TV Ghana on Friday, May 7, the woman had moved to her father’s house after her husband threw her out….
The All Progressives Congress has urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari as he works towards tackling the rising insecurity in the nation. This appeal was contained in a statement titled, ‘APC Welcomes Release of 29 Kaduna College Students’, which was signed by the party’s National Secretary, Sen. John Akpanudoeudehe, in Abuja, on Thursday. According…
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has said bandits have agreed that the remaining students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, will not be killed. The bandits had threatened to kill the students in captivity if their parents fail to pay a N100 million and ransom in addition to 10 motorcycles. But speaking on Thursday when parents of the recently…
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has said that the failure of past Nigerian leaders to address the future of young people is responsible for the present insecurity in the country. Governor Umahi said this when he appeared on Channels Television on Thursday, May 6. According to the governor, it is not proper to blame the…
Armed bandits have killed a journalist, Ibrahim Hamisu Dankabo, during a kidnap operation in Jibia Local Government of Katsina State. It was gathered that the armed bandits also abducted many travelers in the area. A community leader in the area, Gide Suleiman, told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr. Dankabo, a cameraman attached to the Information Unit…