A Trooper identified as Azunna Maduabuchi has been sentenced to death by firing squad for killing the adjutant of his unit, one Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi. The soldier who sat before a court-martial in Maiduguri, Borno State capital was arraigned for shooting Lieutenant Ngorgi in July 2020 at close range in Bama Local Government of Borno State…
Two persons suspected to be husband and wife were on Tuesday crushed to death in an accident involving a Toyota Camry car, Sino truck, and a motorcycle around Odogbara, few meters from NNPC on the Sagamu-Ogijo road. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps in the state, confirmed the incident to the News…
Gunmen have shot dead a councillorship candidate in the forthcoming local government elections, in Delta State, Mr. Elliot Offa. The gunmen also abducted two others who were with the deceased at the time of the incident. The incident occurred along the Jesse/Oben road, a boundary between Delta and Edo States. It was learned that the…
GIOTV gathered that the truck which was conveying some cattle was burnt for allegedly killing a young boy in the town on Monday. it was gathered from sources that the incident occurred at Challenge junction in Saki, Monday evening. The victim, identified as Ayuba Raji was allegedly knocked down by the truck. GIOTV gathered that…
The Police in Kano State has arrested 17 suspects for alleged robbery. The spokesman of the Kano Police Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Kano, NAN reports. Haruna said that 12 robbery suspects (name withheld) were arrested at Sabon Gari, Sharada, and Sauna areas of Kano metropolis. He…
Three suspected thieves were burnt to death by an angry mob in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. It was gathered that the suspects were lynched with car tyres at different locations in the city on Sunday night, January 10. According to eyewitnesses, one of the suspects was burnt to death at…
A former Edo State Commissioner for Establishment, Labour and Special Duties, Comrade Didi Adodo, has died. Family sources say he died today Tuesday, January 12 after battling with COVID-19 complications for five days. Until his death, he was the General Secretary of The Iron and Steel Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ISSSAN). Late Adodo served…
A 28-year-old Navy officer, Ifeanyi Eze, is currently on the ran, after he allegedly stabbed his friend, Monday Solomon, 37, to death in Bonny Camp, Lagos State. According to a source, the unfortunate incident happened on Sunday evening, January 10, 2021, after the two got into a heated argument over the suspect disrespecting the deceased’s…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, has secretly divorced his wife, Hajia Fatima Mohammed Adamu, after accusing her of having sexual relationship with one Mohammed Musa, a Superintendent of Police. IG Adamu also allegedly eloped with one Fatima Ahmed Daura, a daughter of a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Sani…
Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has told the newly recruited soldiers who are currently undergoing training that all of them must be ready to go to Sambisa forest to face the insurgents and other border areas in order to defend Nigeria from external aggression. Buratai, who made this remark during the final…