CRIME
Gunmen Invade Imo Community, Kill 2, Destroy Properties
Gunmen have killed at least two persons when they invaded Etekwuru autonomous community in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State around 4am on Wednesday. The attackers also destroyed properties and left some villagers injured before leaving the area. The reason for the attack had yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report but our correspondent...
Escaped Prison Inmates Increasing Insecurity In Imo, Gov. Uzodimma Weeps
Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, yesterday lamented that the inmates that escaped from the Owerri Correctional Center some months ago as a result of jail break, were on rampage, compounding the security challenges in the state. Consequently, the governor pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to come to the aid of the state by providing funds for him to tackle...
DSS Advises FG On How To Tackle Insecurity In Nigeria
The Department of State Security (DSS) has offered the Federal Government an advice on how to bring about peace, harmony and social order in several localities. The Director-General of the secret police, Yusuf Bichi, who spoke in Abuja at the grand finale of the 2021 Ugwumba Enterprise Challenge, specifically said engaging youths meaningfully and address the issues of discrimination against...
After Truck Rammed Into Pupils, Mob Attacks Policemen, LASTMA Officials In Lagos
Pandemonium broke out along the Ogunusi Road, Grammar School Bus Stop, in Lagos on Tuesday afternoon when the driver of an articulated truck lost control and rammed into over 20 pupils. The pupils were on their way home after school activities and had wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them. A mob immediately chased him to the...
Police Arrest Dowen College Students Over Sylvester Oromoni’s Death
Three students of Dowen College are being grilled by the Lagos state police command in connection to the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. Sources close to the family confirmed the development to TheCable Lifestyle on Tuesday morning. Hakeem Odumosu, the state commissioner of police, also revealed that three out of the five students mentioned by the deceased are already in custody. Before...
How We Thwarted ESN’s Plans To Attack Imo Communities For Disobeying Sit-At-Home, Recovered IEDs — Army
The Nigerian Army on Monday said troops conducting Exercise Golden Dawn Sector 3 in Imo State thwarted an attempt by members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed wing, Eastern Security Network, to unleash mayhem on residents of Mgbidi and Awo Mmamma communities in the Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. Director Army Public Relations,...
Man Who Beat Cigarette Seller To Death Over N50 Arrested In Ogun
The Police Command in Ogun on Monday said it has arrested a 35-year-old man, Biodun Adeniyi, for allegedly beating a cigarette seller to death following an argument over N50 balance. The Spokesman of Police in Ogun, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Ota, Ogun. Oyeyemi explained that the suspect, who resides at No 35,...
Alleged N4.6bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Fani-Kayode Others’ Trial Till January
Justice Daniel Osaigor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, adjourned till January 24, 2022 further hearing in the alleged N4.6bn fraud involving a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and others, ABN TV reports. Fani-Kayode is standing trial alongside a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman, a former Chairman of...
Man Who Swallowed 96 Pellets Of Cocaine Arrested At Abuja Airport
A 44-year-old father of three, Gabriel Anthony Patrick has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for ingesting 96 pellets of cocaine, which he excreted in the custody of the Agency. A native of Nike in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu state, Gabriel was arrested...
How 8 Children Were Discovered Dead In Lagos Parked Vehicle (Disturbing Photos)
Eight children were found dead on Saturday inside a vehicle parked in a community along the Badagry Expressway in Lagos. Residents told journalists the children who were between the ages of four and six years old had entered the Lexus SUV vehicle to play but mistakenly locked themselves inside and suffocated to death. The vehicle was parked in front of the...
