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Sokoto Teenager’s Death: Family demands justice, prosecution of suspects

Sokoto Teenager’s Death: Family demands justice, prosecution of suspects

By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO — The family of 15-year-old Fadimatu Abubakar Gizo, who allegedly died after being sexually assaulted in Yarume Mai Hako village, Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State, has appealed to the authorities to ensure justice for the deceased. The family also called for a thorough investigation and prosecution of the […]
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Anxiety over deadline for NIN/SIM linkage

Anxiety over deadline for NIN/SIM linkage

The deadline set by the Federal Government for mobile subscribers to link their National Identification Numbers, NIN, with their mobile phone’s Subscriber Identity Module, SIM, cards, is tomorrow.

Kidnapping: Ayade demolishes 4 houses, brothel in Calabar

Kidnapping: Ayade demolishes 4 houses, brothel in Calabar

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade on Monday came hard on criminals, as he began another phase of demolition of properties belonging to suspected kidnappers within the Calabar Metropolis. The exercise was part of the governor’s warning last year during the launch of a crack security outfit code-named Operation […]

Faulty cooking gas cylinder cause of Surulere fire — LASEMA

Faulty cooking gas cylinder cause of Surulere fire — LASEMA

A building on Market Street, off Ijesha, in Surulere, Lagos, housing nine apartments and 12 shops, was on Saturday evening, gutted by fire, caused by a faulty cooking gas valve that exploded, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA). In a post-disaster evaluation, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency’s Director General, disclosed on Sunday […]

Cemetery guards in Ondo arrested for being in possession of human heads

Cemetery guards in Ondo arrested for being in possession of human heads

…Gunmen shot clergyman, driver By Dayo Johnson – Akure Two cemetery security guards in Ondo State have been arrested for allegedly being in possession of heads of the dead bodies buried in a religious body’s cemetery in Ondo town. Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred at the Surulere area of Ondo town on Sunday. The […]