Three dead, five injured as festival turns bloody in Delta
Three youths were shot dead on Monday night, and five others severely injured during the annual traditional festival of Eku community
One dead, many rescued as bus plunges into Lagos canal
The corpse of a yet-to-be-identified little baby has been recovered while many passengers were reportedly rescued on Monday after a bus plunged into a canal within the Iyana-Oworo end of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos
Gunmen kidnap monarch, 7 others in Plateau, Zaria, Ekiti
By Marie-Therese Nanlong & Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Gunmen, weekend, abducted eight persons, including a traditional ruler in three locations across the country. While the paramount ruler of Gindri in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau, Mr Charles Mato, the Sum Pyem, was abducted yesterday, heavily armed bandits kidnapped five peasants in Zaria, Katsina State, even as […]
Technician stabs 42-year-old union leader to death
By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta A 32-year-old refrigerator/air condition technician, Toheeb Akanji (aka T.cash) has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police command for stabbing to death a 42-year-old Damilare Oladipupo. Oladipupo is a member of one of the transport unions in Ogun State. The Police Public Relations Officer for Ogun State command, Abimbola […]
Christmas: Hundreds of Muslims attend church service in Kaduna
By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo – Kaduna Hundreds of Muslims weekend joined their Christian counterparts for church service in Kaduna, aimed at promoting peace, love and religious tolerance in the state. The General Overseer of Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry, Sabon Tasha Kaduna, Pastor Yohanna Buru, who spoke on the development, expressed satisfaction over the large […]
Fire razes Abuja’s Next Cash and Carry store as FCT launches probe
By Kingsley Omonobi, Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja One of Abuja’s top-rated departmental stores, the Next Cash and Carry, located in Jahi area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, was yesterday razed by fire, destroying valuables worth billions of naira. Though the cause of the fire could not be immediately ascertained, firefighters from the Federal Fire […]
