Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Cross River State have arrested a fake soldier in Calabar. The suspect identified as Ogbonnia Paul Chukwudi, 28, from Ebonyi State, was arrested at Igoli, Ogoja, and handed over to the 130 Battalion who after preliminary investigation handed the fake officer to the 13…
Armed men suspected to be Fulani militias ambushed three men in Kum village, Riyon Local Government Area of Plateau State killing one while the others escaped with injuries. The attack occurred along Riyom-Kum road at about 9:00 pm on March 7, 2021, when the men were returning home from Riyom. The 36-year-old father of four, Bitrus…
Aggrieved drivers of petroleum tankers and other articulated heavy vehicles have blocked the Benin-Ore highway, at Ofosu, a community between Edo and Ondo states, over the killing of two drivers by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday night, March 9. GIOTV reports that the suspected herdsmen carted away an undisclosed amount of money from their victims…
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 56-year-old man, Christopher Chiabata, who killed his wife during a fight over money at Onuebum community in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that that the suspect struck his 41-year-old wife with a pestle during a fight. After she died in the hospital…
Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has charged all staff to be dedicated to duty. In his first address, Bawa expressed delight at the goodwill exhibited over his appointment, but warned against lateness to work, indecent or improper dressing. The chairman said though many were happy to have a chairman…
No fewer than seven persons were on Tuesday confirmed killed in a renewed communal war between Ezza- Effium and Effium in Ebonyi State. Recall that there has been a lingering communal crisis between Ezza-Effium and Effium people since January this year, which resulted in the killing of hundreds of persons and the destruction of property…
Governor Bello Matawalle has given bandits in Zamfara state two more months to repent and surrender. Matawalle urged the bandits to embrace his government’s peace initiative in a statewide broadcast on Tuesday, March 9. He also disclosed that President Buhari has ordered the deployment of 6,000 additional troops to the state. He said; “As a…
Samuel Saleh Umoru, chief accounting officer of the Makurdi Zonal Office of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB and Mrs Philomina Chieshe, a clerical officer in the same office, conspired to stop the board’s auditor, Mallam Ibrahim Oba, from carrying out a financial audit of the zonal office with a bribe of N50,000. This…
Four ”loyalists” of suspected kidnap kingpin Iskilu Wakili, were reportedly killed on Monday, March 8 following a renewed violence in Idiyan, Ibarapa area of Oyo State. Reports says the victims were allegedly hacked to death around 2 am in their homes and it was also learned that two of them are members of a local…
A woman was crushed to death inside her shop after a truck drove off its lane on the Lagos Abeokuta expressway and rammed into her shop. According to reports, the accident involved an Iveco truck with registration number KSF 209 XY, which occurred at the Obada Oko corridor of the Lagos Abeokuta-expressway Monday, March 8. Eyewitnesses say two…