‘Something fell from the plane’ – Eyewitnesses narrate Enugu Air accident
"It appears the engine failed and the plane came down again. The rain was falling. It was something that fell from the plane"
Three killed as Kenyan police fire on protesters
Kenyan police killed three people on Thursday when they fired on a crowd of motorcycle taxi drivers protesting the arrest of a colleague for flouting coronavirus restrictions. Police shot at the crowd in the western city of Lessos after clashes, a police statement said. “I have ordered the arrest of the officers involved in the […]
Man, 25, defiles 6-year-old girl in Ekiti
…As Court remands teenager for raping 4year old girl By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti A 25-year-old man, Segun Ige, has been remanded at the Correctional Centre by an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl. According to the police prosecutor, Mr Caleb Leramo, the defendant committed the offence on June 13 in […]
Bandits kill cop, two pregnant women in Katsina communities
By Shehu Danjuma and Andy Asemota Over 100 bandits struck in two Katsina communities leaving a cop, five residents dead while five others including two pregnant women escaped death with severe injuries The police public relations officer in Katsina State command, Gambo Isah, who confirmed this to newsmen in Katsina, said three victims each lost […]
Armed robber kills colleague during operation in Ondo
By Dayo Johnson – Akure A suspected armed robber was reportedly shot dead by his colleague during a failed operation in Okitipupa council area of Ondo state. Vanguard was informed that the hoodlums had robbed a lady of N60,000 at a Point of Sale (POS) centre in the town. But while the robbers were trying […]
COVID-19: Police rescue 600 workers “imprisoned” for 3 months in rice factory
Operatives of Kano State Police Command have rescued over 600 workers forced to spend three months in a factory called ‘popular farm rice’, in Challawa industrial area. The workers said that they were threatened with their jobs if they opted to go home to see their families. It was gathered that the operatives stormed the […]
Father of five rescued from committing suicide in Ogun
By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta A 36-year-old man, Fatai Oyedele, on Tuesday, attempted suicide by jumping into Ogun river in Abeokuta, the Ogun State. Oyedele, a father of five, was rescued by officials of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE). The Public Relations Officer of TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed this in a statement he […]
Court remands suspected cultist over allege murder, theft of two bottles of Hennessy
A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state has remanded one Biodun Agbebunmi, 25, in Ilesha correctional center over alleged murder, armed robbery, and cultism.
Again, another woman hacked to death in Ibadan
Ola Ajayi – Ibadan THE killing spree in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State is yet to abate as another victim was hacked down by yet-to-be-identified bloodthirsty hoodlums Wednesday. The latest victim, which brings the casualty figure of victims to five in the last three weeks, is also a woman. The 42-year-old woman, Olusayo Fagbemi […]
Court remands two cousins over alleged rape, murder of Maersk MD’s wife
By Onozure Dania – Lagos A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, has remanded, two cousins Olamilekan (Goke) Oke, 33, and Akande Adeyinka, 27, at the Ikoyi correctional centre, over alleged rape and murder of one Bernadette Tohouo-Tohouo, 44, the Hungarian wife of a Cameroonian, Gildas Tohouo-Tohouo, the managing director of Maersk Nigeria Limited. The […]
Teenage boy swept away by flood buried near Surulere canal
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), says the remains of the 19-year-old teenager who was swept away by flood on June 22, near Surulere Low-Cost Housing Estate has been recovered and buried beside the Canal at Onilegogoro. LASEMA Director-General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
