CRIME
Gunmen Kill 1, Burn Anambra Council Secretariat
Gunmen have killed one person and burnt the Secretariat of Nnewi South Local Government Area in Ukpor, Anambra State. The incident took place on Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses said the deceased was one of the security men in the Council Secretariat. Tension enveloped the Council with residents fearing for their lives. Ukpor in Nnewi South is the local government area of some notable...
Gunmen Raid Abuja Palace, Kidnap Popular Monarch
The traditional ruler of Bukpe community in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Hassan Shamidozhi, has been kidnapped. It was learned that the incident happened on Wednesday night. The monarch, who was seated in front of his palace taking fresh air, was whisked away at gunpoint. The kidnappers had shot to scare away people. As of the time...
Again, Fire Razes Abuja Popular Market
An early morning fire has razed a popular market in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Karimo. Findings revealed that the actual cause of the inferno is yet to be known. A trader, who preferred to be called Sunday, told our correspondent that the inferno started from a shop before spreading to others. This is the fourth time Karimo market will be engulfed...
Abba Kyari Rejects Prison Food, Inmates Excited By Ex-IRT Boss Presence
The embattled former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has rejected food offered him by the Nigerian Correctional Service after being remanded in prison custody on Monday. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, it was learnt, opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members. Kyari, who is under prosecution for drug trafficking alongside four other policemen, was...
Get Prepared For Ransom Abductors Of Kaduna Trian Victims Tells Families
Attackers of an Abuja-Kaduna train carrying 362 passengers, are now calling their victim’s relatives to get prepared for ransom. Bandits had attacked the Kaduna bound train, killed eight, injured 26, and kidnapped scores on Monday evening. Some kidnapped victims’ families members, who spoke on Thursday, said they received phone calls on Wednesday evening, telling them not to panic over the disappearance...
Kaduna Train Attack: It’s Another Mindless Terrorist Attack, I’m Saddened, Says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that he is saddened by the terrorist attack on a train conveying hundreds of travellers at Dutse forest in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna. Osinbajo during his visit to Kaduna state on Tuesday described the incident as “another mindless terrorist attack on citizens.” He said this during his visit to the 44 Nigerian Army...
NSCDC Arraigns Father Over Child Abuse In Osogbo
The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arraigned a thirty-five-year-old man before a Family Court, sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, over alleged child abuse. The State’s Commandant, CC Emmanuel Ocheja made this known Wednesday in a statement e-signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Corps II (ASC II) Atanda...
Kaduna Train Attack: We’re In Distress — Northern Governors
Northern governors, the Senate and House of Representatives yesterday expressed shock over the attack by terrorists on a Kaduna-bound train. While the Senate called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a full-scale war on terrorists, the House summoned Minister of Defence Bashir Magashi; Chief of Defence Staff Lucky Irabor; the National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno and the Service Chiefs. In a...
Man, 44 Arrested In Lagos For Impregnating Teenage Daughter
A 44-year-old artisan, Mustapha Abiodun, is currently cooling off inside one of the cells at the State Police Command, Ikeja for impregnating his teenage daughter in Alagbado area of Lagos. The victim (names withheld) whose parents are divorced started living with her father two years ago when she was 14 years, but her father started abusing her sexually last June. It...
Abuja-Kaduna Train Bombing: 9 Killed, Dozens Missing, Survivors Recount Ordeal
Nigeria is in mourning following the Monday night bombing of the Kaduna-bound train by hundreds of terrorists. The train was forced to a halt after the terrorists planted bombs on the tracks. Witnesses said the attackers later surrounded most of the coaches and opened fire before they forcefully gained access, fired at random, which led to the death of some...
