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 […]
Traders lament as Lagos govt demolishes 19 buildings at Trade Fair Plaza
No fewer than 19 buildings were, yesterday, demolished at the New Mandela Plaza, within the popular Trade Fair Complex, in Lagos, as the Lagos State government moved in with heavy security to enforce the exercise.
‘We live with the dead’: Gazans shelter in cemetery
“Let them bomb us with a nuclear missile on the entire Gaza Strip so that we can rest”
Video: Pastor’s iPhone snatched on London street during Facebook Live prayer
A pair of thieves were caught on camera stealing Pastor Isaac Anderson’s phone while he conducted a Facebook Live prayer session in London.
Tragedy as middle-aged man stabs grandparents to death over food
Tragedy on Thursday struck residents of Kano State as a 30-year-old man, identified as Mutawakilu Ibrahim, stabbed his grandparents, Muhammad Dansokoto and Hadiza Tasidi, to death following an altercation over a food-related disagreement.
Trade Fair: Demolition or not, I’ll continue to build — Magnus Merchandise CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of Magnus Merchandise, Chief Magnus Ike, whose multi-billion-naira property was among the buildings demolished Thursday at the Trade Fair Complex, has declared that the action will not stop him from expanding his business.
Photos: Tenants, construction workers escape death as 2-storey collapses in Lagos
“Five construction male workers, adult were rescued alive, sustaining varying degrees of injuries”
FBI places ₦14m reward for information leading to arrest of Nigerian man
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced a reward of up to $10,000 (about N14m) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Nigerian national, Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, who has been on the run for more than two decades.
Two-storey building collapses in Lagos, one injured, five rescued
A two-storey building collapsed on Wednesday evening at 4 Modupeola Street, Mangoro Bus Stop, Alimosho area of Lagos State, leaving one person injured while five others were rescued.
Tragedy: JSS 3 student hacks man to death in Cross River
By Emma Una CALABAR—A Junior Secondary School student in Ugboro Secondary School in Bekwara Local Government Area of Cross River State, identified as Ogbeche has hacked a 23-year old man to death. The incident happened in Ugboro at the close of school on Tuesday, when Ogbeche and another student whose name was given as Nicholas […]
Child kidnapper burnt alive in Agbarho
By Jimitota Onoyume An angry mob, yesterday, set ablaze a lady accused in a failed child kidnapping attempt in Agbarho community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. An eyewitness, who spoke to Vanguard at the scene of the incident on Ekwvere Road claimed that the lady hid the seven year old boy she […]
