By Bose Adelaja A truck laden with iron has reportedly fallen sideways trapping the occupants of a car. The incident occurred at Owode inward Mile 12, Lagos State. Eye witnesses’ account said emergency responders are on ground. READ ALSO: #EndSARS: IPMAN fears fuel scarcity as suspected hoodlums burn 10 petroleum trucks Details later… Vanguard

By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo One person has been reportedly killed and a widow identified as Mrs Aniema Etuk maimed by cultists terrorising Inen community in Oruk Anam local government area of Akwa Ibom State since the beginning of this year. However, it was gathered that the Widow was attacked on Monday when she left […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti A former House of Assembly member,  Dayo Akinleye; Afolabi Ariyo, a former aide of Ex-Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, and three others, on Tuesday, appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court for the criminal act of deliberately setting property ablaze during the #EndSars protest in the state Others also arraigned […]

CITIZENS with disabilities, on the platform of Centre for Citizens with Disabilities, CCD, on Monday, demanded inclusion in the panels of inquiry being set up by state governments on the activities of the dissolved Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, F-SARS.

By Adeola Badru The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it has arrested 37 suspected drug peddlers in Oyo State in the 3rd quarter of the year 2020 The agency hinted that it arrested the suspected drug peddlers for various drug offences which include dealing in Cannabis sativa, Tramadol, Diazepam, Rohypnol, Colorado, codeine and […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano The Kano State High Court has on Monday adjourned till November 26th, 2020 for hearing of the appeal challenging the Upper Shariah court judgment which sentenced Sharrif Yahaya (30-year-old) to death by hanging and another, Umar Farouq (17-year-old) sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for blasphemy against the Holy Prophet Muhammad […]

By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki A couple, Mr and Mrs Philip Iboko, were Monday, arrested by operatives of the Ebonyi State Police Command for allegedly torturing an eight-year-old pupil. The maltreatment of the little girl was said to have been seen in a trending video clip where she was kept in the scorching sun with […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Following the legitimacy crisis rocking the Akire of Ikire, in Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Olatunde Falabi, some angry youths on Monday invaded the palace and attempted to chased away the monarch. The stool had been a subject of legal controversy since 1990 and the matter went […]

Seven stowaways suspected to be Nigerians seeking UK asylum have been arrested by British Special Boat Service (SBS) after they tried to hijack a crude-oil tanker. The stowaways according to BBC report “illegally boarded” the Liberian-registered Nave Andromeda in Lagos. British forces were reported to have descended on to the vessel by rope from four […]

By Gabriel Enogholase – Benin No fewer than one person was feared dead following the attack and looting of Edo pharmaceutical company warehouse in Benin City  by suspected  hoodlums. The hoodlums were said to cart away which goods such as cartoons of pastry, LPG gas cylinders, bags of rice, gallons of vegetables oil, vehicle batteries […]