Benue Killings: 2Baba calls for urgent action, says ‘we can’t pretend anymore’
Nigerian music icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has condemned the continued killings in Benue State, describing the attacks on communities in Otukpo Local Government Area as unacceptable. The Benue-born singer spoke on Wednesday during a visit to Otukpo-Nobi, one of the communities recently attacked by suspected armed herders. The visit came weeks after […]
`Police not involved in Lagos community’s land dispute’
Lagos Police Command has said that men of Area J were not involved in the alleged attack on some persons in Igbogun community in Ibeju-Lekki area of the state.
Senate President sponsors wedding of 100 spinsters in Yobe, 200 more in line
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, on Saturday, in Gashua, Bade Local Government Area, sponsored the wedding of 100 less-privileged spinsters, while 200 more are in line to benefit.
Traditional ruler suspends chief, removes another over illegal land acquisition, disobedience
A prominent traditional ruler in the Oke-Ogun region of Oyo State, the Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba (Dr). Abd-Ganiy Adekunle Salau, Ajinese 1, has suspended the Basorun of Iseyin, Chief Raheem Adelodun for allegations ranging from gross Insubordination, flagrant disrespect to the stool and authority of the Aseyin of Iseyin.
Oyo: Pandemonium as Customs officer shoots motorist in Iseyin
By Adeola Badru THE people of Iseyin were in the panicky mood when an officer of the Nigerian Customs was reported to have shot an executive member of the proscribed National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lateef Aboki at Iseyin-Moniya park in Iseyin. The said officer, name withheld, among three others in mufti and […]
Crisis looms in lkoga-Zebbe Badagry community over new monarch
Crisis looms in lkoga-Zebbe, a community in Badagry Local Government Area, following the installation of Prince Fabiyi Jimoh Athanhode as Aholu of Ikoga-Zebbe while a case on the stool was still in court.
Two drown in Kano
No fewer than two persons identified as Mustapha Sulaiman (11-year-old) and Abubakar Salisu (27-year-old) have drowned in rivers in Kano State.
UPDATED: Tanker accident kills one in Lagos
By Bose Adelaja A female adult has reportedly died, in Mile 2 area of Lagos, Friday, following a lone accident involving a tanker. The incident occurred at about 5.30am, inward the Nigerian Army Signal Barracks. The tanker with number plate KSF 260 XY, was laden with 55,000 litres of premium motor spirit as at […]
Anambra CP summons DPOs, others over rise in cultism
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr. John Abang, has summoned all the Divisional Police Officers, DPOs, and Tactical Commanders to an emergency meeting, following an increase in cultism in the state.
We create street fights to rob ― Teen gangster
By Evelyn Usman A 19-year-old boy, Opeyemo Ayoola, has revealed that most street fights in Lagos were staged by gangsters to rob unsuspecting residents . Ayoola was arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS Lagos state Command, alongside four other suspected gangsters in connection with some pockets of crisis between gangsters in Ijesha […]
One dead, others injured as NSCDC, armed robbers clash in Imo
By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri One suspected armed robber was confirmed dead after a gun battle between the operatives of Imo state Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, and robbers at the Ojukwu centre new Owerri. Confirming the gun duel, the state Public Relations Officer, PRO, Chimesiri Lowell, said that the suspect died at […]
