A yet to be identified driver was reportedly found dead with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
It was gathered that the 14-seater bus was found along Bank Road on Tuesday morning, April 27.
Details on the incident are still sketchy, however, eyewitnesses claimed that a pig was spotted inside the vehicle.
Though five billion naira was earmarked for each state government to provide palliatives, only two billion have been released so far. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, confirmed yesterday in Abuja where he unveiled his programmes, that the N185 billion package was partly a loan and grant from…
Some gunmen who are yet to be identified during the early hours of Saturday bombed the Umuguma Divisional Police Headquarters situated at the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo state. The attackers also killed two police constabularies who were on duty. It was learnt that on arrival, the gunmen who came with guns and…
A police officer identified as sergeant Anthony Edoka was killed on Sunday, September 13, following a crash involving his car and another vehicle along Lokoja road, Kogi State. According to an eyewitness, Dansofo Muhammed, the victim was driving when he collided with a Mercedes Benz. The officer, with rosary beads around his neck, died instantly.
Unknown gunmen on Thursday struck at the Royal Garden Relaxation Spot, along the Anyigba-Ankpa highway in Egume, Dekina LGA, Kogi State, killing one Anthony Monday and abducting three others. According to an eyewitness, customers at the relaxation spot ran in different directions as the gunmen who were allegedly dressed in Fulani attire stormed the area,…
The Assistant Director of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Mr Christopher Orji, has reportedly committed suicide at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Sources within NABDA disclosed that police homicide detectives in the FCT were still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 59-year-old Orji. GIOTV further learnt that the late NABDA Assistant Director…
Police in Adamawa State yesterday refuted reports by some media outfits that thunderstorm killed 18 kidnappers in Toungo Local Government Area of the state, saying the incident happened in Cameroon. A statement from the state police spokesman, DSP Sulaiman Yahaya Nguroje, urged the public to disregard the report, adding that the border closure had since…