…local divers in frantic search for those missing By Wole Mosadomi Tragedy has struck in Niger State again as a boat mishap has claimed the lives of 15 villagers while several others are still missing. Seventeen of the victims are, however, said to have been rescued just as local divers are in frantic search to […]

Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos has said that West Africa generated 16 per cent of road fatalities and crashes in the world. Ogungbemide made the disclosure at the commemoration of the 2021 West African Road Safety Organisation (WARSO) Day in Lagos on Saturday. The theme of 2021 WARSO […]

  By Shina Abubakar An eight-man gang of suspected serial kidnappers comprising four male and four female were on Friday arrested in Osun State. The suspects who were specialised in kidnapping unsuspecting victims in Benue state were said to have relocated to Omoh Ijesa, Osun State with a view to safely negotiate the ransom of […]

The security outfit set up by South East Governors, “Ebubeagu”, Ebonyi State branch, has arrested eight armed robbery suspects in the state. Mr Stanley Okoro-Emegha, the Commissioner for Internal Security, Border, Peace, and Conflict Resolution, said in Abakaliki on Friday that the suspects were arrested in different locations in the state. Okoro-Emegha reiterated that the […]

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Friday, paraded a 50-year old man arrested over impersonation in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME registration. The suspect identified as Sesan Obasa, was paraded alongside his accomplice, whose name was given as Salvation Terhembe, at JAMB’s headquarters, Abuja. The board explained […]