A Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan, on Friday, ordered that a 50-year-old driver, Mustafa Bashiru, be remanded in a correction centre for alleged reckless driving and knocking down a pedestrian. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Latunji, gave…
An accident involving a truck along Onitsha-Asaba Bridge Head, Anambra, on Thursday, claimed the life of a woman. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Awka, on Friday. “The crash…
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have confirmed the arrest of Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, for allegedly spraying Naira notes. The Commission, in a statement via X on Thursday, said it…
The Borno State Police Command on Thursday said it arrested one suspect in connection with a hacked body buried in a shallow grave in the Jiddari-Polo area of Maiduguri, the state capital. The command Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahun…
The Borno State Police Command has arrested four suspects over alleged illegal mining in the state. The command’s spokesman, Nahun Daso, said this in a statement on Thursday in Maiduguri. He said the suspects were arrested for being in…
Operatives of the Ezinze Division of the Enugu State Police Command have rescued victims allegedly kidnapped by suspected gunmen along Eke-Ebe Road in Udi Local Government Area. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Enugu Police spokesperson,…
Fire has razed the Gamboru market around the Custom area in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Confirming the incident, the state Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Alhaji Usman Tar, said the fire broke out at the Layin Yan…
Tragedy struck at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, AE-FUNAI, Ebonyi, following the death of a 200-level student, Ogboji David Chukwuebuka, who slumped on campus. NEWSMEN gathered that there was a football competition in the school organized by…
The Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency, KADSEMA, Usman Mazadu, says at least 289,375 residents have been displaced by bandits across 12 LGAs in Kaduna. Mazadu announced the figures on Wednesday during the flag-off of the…
A wind storm has killed one person, injured several others and destroyed over 100 houses in Agbashi community in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The Vice-Chairman of the Doma council area, John Bako-Ari while confirming the incident…
