Mother, toddler daughter die in lightning strike
The victims, identified as Kenya Glasgow and her daughter, Kennedy, were reportedly getting out of their vehicle when lightning struck them on Sunday afternoon.
Truck crushes two motorcycle riders to death in Ogun
Two motorcyclists were on Friday night crushed to death in an accident involving two motorcycles and a Leyland truck opposite Forte Oil filling station around Kotopo on the Abeokuta-lbadan road. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abeokuta. […]
Bayelsa community, soldiers clash over alleged stolen crude oil
By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio – Yenagoa Tension heightened Friday in the oil-rich Biseni Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State as youths and women prevented men of the Nigerian Army from freeing five tankers conveying crude oil believed to have been stolen. A community source who spoke anonymously, told Vanguard, “last […]
Driver, 39, in court for alleged N14m car theft
The Police on Friday arraigned a 39-year-old driver, Moses Ogah, in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing a Mitsubishi pickup valued at N14 million from his employer. The defendant, who resides in Shomolu area of Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of alleged conspiracy and stealing from his employer, to which […]
FCT: Police launch clampdown on tinted vehicles, covered number plates
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Joint Security Team has launched an operation to clampdown on the use of unauthorised covered number plates and tinted vehicles. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the territory, ASP Mariam Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Yusuf said the team which is chaired by the […]
Three killed in Delta renewed hostilities over ownership of market
By Festus Ahon & Ochuko Akuopha – Ughelli At least three persons were Thursday, shot dead in a renewed hostilities between Iwhreko and Ekiugbo communities, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State over the ownership of the Ughelli Main Market. The communities have been at loggerheads over the ownership of the land on which the […]
