The Commander of the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, has disclosed the roles played by Lt.- Col. S.O. Bello and Brig.-Gen. F.O. Omata during the shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos State. Following the End SARS protest, soldiers had reportedly shot and killed peaceful protesters at Lekki toll…
Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Nasarawa chapter, Mr. Philip Schekwo, who was kidnapped last night, has been killed. His lifeless body was found a meter away from his house a few minutes ago. Schekwo hailed from Toto local government area of Nasarawa. He was Commissioner for Commerce and Industries during the first…
The Oviorie Community Vigilante in the Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State, on Sunday morning, gunned down four suspected armed robbery suspects. The suspects had terrorized Oviorie Community and its environs before they met their waterloo. Found in the possession of the deceased suspects were cut-to-size guns and other sophisticated weapons. The suspects were…
Armed bandits have killed five worshippers in Zamafara State. They kidnapped an Imam, Mallam Yahaya, and other 40 worshippers, Daily Nigerian reports. The incident occurred on Friday during Juma’at prayers at a mosque in Kanoma. The assailants stormed the religious center with scores of motorcycles. Their gunshots caused a stampede and the cleric stopped his…
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) state chairman, Philip Shekwo. The incident occurred on Saturday. Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, spoke to newsmen on Sunday in Lafia, the state capital. He disclosed that the politician was seized from his residence in Bukan-Sidi, Lafia around 11…
Four persons were on Saturday crushed to death in an accident involving a DAF truck and a commercial bus on the Ijebu Ode/Oru Road in Ogun State. The accident occurred at about 1:15 pm and was caused by excessive speeding and loss of control on the part of the DAF truck driver, according to the…
Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has visited the family of Ifeanyi Okereke, the newspaper vendor who was shot dead by one of his security aides in Abuja last Thursday, November 18. Gbajabiamila condoled with the wife and family of the late vendor at Kwata village, Madalla-Suleja, Niger State, and pledged to…
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested suspects allegedly linked with the roasting and eating of the flesh of police officers burnt in Ibadan during the End SARS protest. Police Spokesman at the Oyo State Command, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, said the suspects, a 34-year-old expectant mother, Oluwakemi Ashabi Adeyemo, and a 43-year-old man, Saheed Olalekan…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and other political heavyweights, on Saturday, attended the wedding Fatiha of Kaduna State Governor’s son, Bashir Nasir El-Rufai and Halima Ibrahim Kazaure, which held in Abuja. Bashir and his bride, Halima tied the knot in an exquisite wedding which was attended by so many dignitaries. Also in attendance was…
The special task force deployed to restore law and order in Plateau, Bauchi, and Southern Kaduna on Saturday paraded 27 suspected cultists and their associates, including six females in Jos the Plateau State capital. This was disclosed by the Commander OPSH, Major Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, who paraded the suspects at the headquarters of the command…