A gun battle between the Police and armed bandits at Tomatar forest in Imande Ukusuu Mbacher Council ward of Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue state has left three of the gunmen dead. The state police spokesperson, DSP Catherine Anene in a statement made available to newsmen said the incident occurred on Wednesday, April 28. Corpses…
Capro Secondary Mission School located at Gana Ropp in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State was on Thursday, April 29, attacked by gunmen. The gunmen abducted four students of the school which is an arm of Calvary ministries. Three of the students have escaped, while one is still in captivity. Channels Television reported that global…
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 33 internet fraud suspects, also known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Boys’ in Abeokuta,Ogun State. A statement by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said the suspects were apprehended at Adigbe, Oloke, Ibara Housing Estate Extension, and Idi…
A 17-year-old girl, on Thursday, reportedly drowned in Asa river at Harmony Holdings Estate, Kulende area of Ilorin, the Kwara capital. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), some personnel of the State Fire Service discovered the drowned girl and removed her dead body from the river. Head of Media and Publicity of the…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Anambra Command, on Thursday, confirmed the death of a middle-aged man who died in an accident at Aguata. Anambra State. The man died after a suspected drunk driver lost control and rammed into another vehicle. Mr. Andrew Kumapayi, FRSC Sector Commander, who confirmed the incident, said the crash involved…
Abubakar Shekau, factional head of Boko Haram has appointed Abu Muhammad as the new Amirul Jaysh (Commander of War). Shekau announced the replacement after killing the former Commander, Abu Fatimah. According to PRNigeria, Shekau personally shot and killed Abu Fatimah last week for allegedly betraying the sect. An informant said that two other senior commanders…
The Ogun State Police Command has paraded the suspected kidnappers of students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ayetoro campus, and a community leader, Chief Tajudeen Omotayo, The two female students of OOU were abducted on March 14, 2021, at their hostel while Chief Omotayo was kidnapped on his way from a meeting in Ijebu-Ode on March…
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed hope that Nigeria would overcome its security and other challenges. Obasanjo said he is an incurable optimist who believes in Nigeria and that the country will overcome its many challenges. He spoke on Wednesday at the 108th annual convention of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) in Ogun State…
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has said that Pantami is definitely part of President Buhari’s plan to Islamise Nigeria. MASSOB claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Dr. Isa Pantami as the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, as a continuation of the “Fulanistic agenda of islamizing the country…
Suspected assassins have shot dead a hotelier in the Atan-Ota area of Ogun State, Kehinde Ibidunni and his wife, Elizabeth. They were said to have been gunned down by the armed men, who broke into their home on Tuesday. It was gathered that the gun-wielding men forced their way into the residence located at 15…