Benue APC delegation to rally involved in accident
By Peter Duru, Makurdi Several members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Benue State sustained serious injuries on Saturday morning when a bus conveying them to the party’s rally in Lafia, Nasarawa State, was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle. It was gathered that the accident occurred in Lafia, a few kilometres […]
Attempt to kidnap lawmaker fails as gunmen kill two, injure others in Akwa Ibom
Gunmen killed two persons at a traditional marriage ceremony at Uquo community in Esit Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom last Thursday. Mr Usoro Akpanusoh, (PDP-Esit Eket/Ibeno) at the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Esit Eket on Tuesday. He said that the gunmen surfaced […]
Bandits abduct 18 LG staff in Zaria
-CNG alleges Government failure -Threatens to shut down Zaria By Ibrahim Hassan The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, Kaduna State Students Wing has reacted to Monday’s abduction of 18 Zaria Local Government staff, saying most of them are parents of their fellow students in higher institutions. In a statement signed by the Kaduna State Coordinator, […]
Police place N5m bounty on fleeing Ekiti kidnap suspects
The Ekiti State Police Command has placed N5 million as reward for genuine information on the whereabouts of four suspects over alleged kidnapping in the state. ASP Sunday Abutu, the command’s spokesperson in a statement on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, gave the names of the fleeing suspects as Banji Akeem, Samuel Ebira, Dele Jimoh and Dayo […]
Neighbour drags ‘Good Samaritan’ to court
A 37-year-old woman, Mary Ubah, was on Monday arraigned before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly assaulting her neighbour. The defendant, who appeared before Magistrate Ademola Adesanya, is charged on two counts bordering on causing a breach of peace and assault. She, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Asp. Simeon Uche, told the […]
‘Yahoo Boy’ crushes 2 to death in Ondo, vehicle set ablaze
Two persons have been crushed to death by a suspected ‘Yahoo boy’ at Ademulegun road in Ondo town, Ondo state.
