A 38-year-old artisan, Salihu Kadir, on Thursday appeared in a Zuba Upper Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing a welding machine worth N95,000. The police charged Kadir, who lives in Yimi Angwa Councilor, Abuja, with theft. He pleaded not guilty. The Prosecution Counsel, Chinedu Ogada, told the court that Mr Jackson Peter of Duste Police […]

The Police Command in Benue on Thursday rescued Dr Godwin Kwanga of Geography Department, Benue State University, who was kidnapped on Tuesday in Makurdi. This is contained in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Sewuese Anene, and made available to newsmen in Makurdi. According to the statement, Kwanga was kidnapped at about […]

A 26-year-old man, Saheed Agbaje, who allegedly stole two iPhone 11, valued at N900, 000, was on Thursday brought before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Agbaje, whose residential address was not provided, is standing trial on a count charge of stealing. He pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him by the police. Earlier, […]

A commercial boat collided with a boat on Topo waterways in Badagry area of Lagos State on Thursday and injured a fisherman. Mr Sunday Ayedogbon, Chairman, Association of Badagry Fishermen, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that the fisherman was fishing when the boat capsized his canoe. Ayedogbon said the fisherman, who […]

By Dennis Agbo The excavation activities of Reynolds Construction Company, RCC, at Akama- Ngwo, from where the company sources sand for construction of roads in Enugu State, has damaged the Iva Waterworks, the oldest water supply source to Enugu metropolis. It was built by the colonial government in 1924. The destruction has subsequently cut off […]