Nine killed in Oyo kidnap victims’ rescue operation — DSS DG
IBADAN — Nine people, comprising four civilians and five security personnel, were killed during an operation to rescue victims abducted by suspected members of an international terrorist organisation in Oyo State, Director-General of the Department of State Services, Tosin Ajayi, has disclosed. Ajayi made the disclosure in an interview published by Premium Times, explaining that […]
Commercial activities paralysed in Ogun as Yoruba Nation agitators protest
Commercial activities were on Saturday grounded in Abeokuta and other major towns in Ogun State, as residents stayed indoors following a threat by the Yoruba Nation agitators to stage a protest to celebrate June 12 Democracy Day. Vanguard correspondent who went round Abeokuta, the state capital, to monitor situation of things reported that major markets, […]
6 soldiers, unknown gunmen feared dead in Abia
Six soldiers and a yet undisclosed number of gunmen are feared dead in Ohafia, Ohafia council area of Abia state in the early hours of Saturday as the military battled gunmen in the area. Vanguard gathered that on Thursday, at about 5pm, unknown gunmen had stormed the Ebem motor park, shot sporadically in the air […]
Photos: Failed roads cut off Satellite Town
By Victor Arjiromanus Satellite Town, a residential area in Oriade Local Council Development Area, LCDA, has been cut off from Lagos/Badagry Expressway following the collapsed state of all the access roads in the community. The situation has been made worse by rains, making residents to abandon their cars while commercial motorcycles also avoided the roads. […]
Suspected herdsmen kill 6, injure 4 in Nasarawa
Gunmen men suspected to be herdsmen, Friday night killed four women and two men at Tse-Jimin village, Aloshi Kingdom of Keana local government area of Nasarawa state. The incident which happened at about 9:45 pm left four other persons with various degrees of injuries, according to an eye witness account. Eye witnessed accounts named those killed as Blessing […]
June 12: Police fire tear gas at protesters in Abuja
Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force (FCT Command) on Saturday at the Gudu district in Abuja, dispersed a June 12 protest group when they fired tear gas canisters at the protesters. The protest was said to have taken off at about 08:30 am and was progressing with the protesters, mostly youths, expressing dissatisfaction with the […]
