By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has arrested one Okon-Abasi Etim, a native of Mbiakpan Ikot Edim village in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area over the alleged murder of his wife, Margaret Okon-Abasi Etim. This is contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State has convicted and sentenced one Saheed Isola, 40, to one-year imprisonment for stealing block mould. Isola was arraigned on Wednesday on a count bordering on stealing. Fagboyinbo alleged that the convict unlawfully entered into the shop of one Moshood Ishola and stole a […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A 46-year-old man, Aremu Olayinka, was on Tuesday arraigned before a Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State for allegedly stealing property worth N1 million. Police prosecutor, Abdullahi Musa told the court that the defendant committed the offence between the month of February 2019 and March 2020 at Maskon International […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti Tragedy struck in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, as a dump truck crushed a commuter to death along Ado-Ijan-Ikare road. Two other persons in Toyota Camry Car also suffered a high degree of fracture on their legs. The accident which occurred in front of the Ekiti State government college located between […]

The Police Command in Osun on Monday arraigned a dismissed police officer, Olayiwola Felix, 24, before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court over alleged stealing of a bag belonging to an applicant during police recruitment exercise. Police Prosecutor, ASP John Idoko John, told the court that the defendant on Aug. 24, at Osogbo police headquarters, stole the […]

By Perez Brisibe – Ughelli Leaders of Ughelli kingdom particularly the autonomous communities within and around Ughelli metropolis in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State have been charged with the task of producing the missing AK47 rifle belonging to a policeman killed during the height of the EndSARS protest in the town. The […]

By Samuel Oyadongha – Yenogoa Indigenes of flood-ravaged Adagbabiri community in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have called on the State and Federal Governments to provide them relief materials. According to community sources, the rising water level has exceeded that witnessed in 2018 and may reach that of 2012. Most houses in the […]

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has approved the redeployment of eight Permanent Secretaries and the appointment of four new ones in the state civil service. Abba Anwar, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, gave this indication in a statement issued on Sunday in Kano. According to him, the redeployed permanent secretaries are as […]

By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin It was a gory sight Sunday afternoon at Taiwo area of Ilorin Kwara state capital when a moving articulated Truck crushed the skull of a Motorcyclist passenger, killing him instantly, while the two legs of the rider were also completely crushed. Remains of the passenger had been taken to the […]

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan Three people have been allegedly killed during a violent attack on the palace of Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade, by some angry youths on Sunday. The attack was said to have been carried out on the palace of the king by the youths as a result of the […]