Commuters stranded as floods cut off Agbarho/Ughelli road
THE three days heavy downpour has caused severe flooding of parts of the Agbarho/Ughelli Road in Ughelli North Area Area of Delta State, cutting off parts of the road, particularly around the Agbarho Police Station, making the route difficult and the section nearly impossible to pass.
Insurgency: 10% of our people unaccounted for, says Zulum
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno says the state government is yet to account for the whereabouts of 10 per cent of its population following the 12-year old insurgency in the North-East. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that available statistics indicated that Borno State had a population of 5.6 million people as at 2016 […]
Tenant stones landlord to death in Delta
By Ochuko Akuopha A landlord, simply identified as Mr. Monday, has been stoned to death by his tenant at Ozoro, headquarters of Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State. The incident, it was gathered, occurred on Monday at a street in the Hospital Road area of the community. “The landlord, by name Monday, went to […]
NDLEA nabs 96-year-old ex-soldier, trans-border drug traffickers in Niger, Adamawa
By Kingsley Omonobi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 96-year-old retired soldier, Pa Joseph Owherhi in Suleja area of Niger state for dealing in illicit drugs. The Nonagenarian was arrested in his house at Rafin Sanyi area of Suleja on Saturday, 21st August, 2021 with three kilograms of skunk […]
Labourer gets 12 strokes for stealing electrical materials
A Zuba Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered that a 21-year-old labourer, Marvellous Faruna be given 12 strokes of the cane for stealing electrical materials. The Judge, Gambo Garba, also sentenced Faruna who pleaded guilty to housebreaking and theft and begged the court for leniency to six months imprisonment. Garba, however, gave the convict […]
Police arraign man over alleged motorcycle theft
The Police in Osun on Monday, arraigned one Usman Idris, 30, before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for alleged theft of a Bajaj Motorcycle. The Prosecutor, Insp Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on June 5, 2021 at about 10:20 am at No 13, Ayibiowu Str., Ile-Ife. Osanyintuyi alleged that the […]
