CRIME
75 Year-Old Woman Pours Pepper Into Her Maid’s Private Part & Eyes In Ebonyi
The police in Ebonyi State have arrested a 75-year-old grandmother for allegedly flogging and pouring pepper into the eyes and private parts of her 11-year-old home help. The woman, who gave her name as Mrs Comfort Obi, was arrested by the personnel of the Ekumenyi Police Station in Abakaliki on Tuesday. The septuagenarian’s action was reported at the police station by a...
BREAKING: Fire Guts Muda Lawal Market In Bauchi [Photos, Video]
Fire has gutted a part of Muda Lawal Market, one of the three major markets in Bauchi metropolis. Though the cause of the fire was not yet known as at the time of filing this report, efforts are on by men of the State Fire Service, ATBU, Federal Polytechnic and ATAP fire services to put the fire under control. It is...
Nigerian Govt Seals Popular Lagos Plastic Surgery Clinic Over Alleged Failed Surgery (Photos)
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, on Wednesday sealed a popular plastic surgery clinic in Lagos. The clinic, operating in a two-story building, located at Number 11A, Ladi Alakija Street Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State, is called Med Contour/Body Contour Specialists. FCCPC said sealing off the place became necessary following several complaints from different people that the activities of...
Lockdown: Anger As Civil Defence Officer Kills Commercial Driver In Abia [Graphic Photo]
Hundreds of road users were on Wednesday held to a stand still at the Umuikaa, Isiala Ngwa South LGA Abia state axis of Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway as youths took to the street in protest over the killing of a commercial driver by an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Isiala Ngwa Division whose identity could...
Fire Guts Shops At Dugbe Market In Ibadan [Photos, Video]
Fire on Wednesday razed a building and some shops in the Lebanon area of Dugbe, Ibadan, Oyo State. The fire reportedly started at about 1.20 p.m. Men of the fire service from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the state fire service were seen at the scene of the fire emptying three water tankers and frantically battling the fire. See photos...
Fire Guts Corporate Affairs Commission Headquarters In Abuja [VIDEO]
Headquarters of Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Maitama, Abuja, was this morning gutted by fire. This is coming exactly one week after Treasury House, headquarters of Accountant General of the Federation (OAFF) was similarly consumed by fire. The fire, according to some eyewitnesses, occurred on Wednesday morning and was, however, put under control by men of the Federal Fire Service were...
COVID-19: Councillor Disappears With 30 Bags Of Rice, Beans, Millet To Be Shared As Palliative For His Constituents
A Councillor in Katcha Local government Area of Niger State (name withheld) is on the run after allegedly disappearing with of 30 bags of grains meant to be distributed as a palliative to members of his constituency. The Secretary to the Niger State Government (SSG), Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, who is the Chairman Niger State Taskforce on COVID-19, confirmed the...
IGP Deploys Intervention Squads To Lagos And Ogun Over Lockdown Robberies
In the wake of recent activities of hoodlums and street urchins in the border communities between Lagos and Ogun States, the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni, has ordered the immediate deployment of additional intelligence and operational assets of the Force, comprising Police Mobile Force (PMF) Units, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT)...
Governor Dapo Abiodun Promises To Deal Ruthlessly With Criminals
With the arrest of 150 suspects by the Ogun State Police Command in connection with the series of harassment, robberies, burglaries and cult clashes that occurred within the Agbado Ijaiye, Sango, Ijoko and Ifo axis of the State, Governor Dapo Abiodun has vowed to deal ruthlessly with criminals. In a statement on Sunday, April 12, the governor said: “It has become...
Residents Turn Vigilantes As Robbers Terrorize Ogun, Lagos Communities
Lagos and Ogun State communities were laid prostrate yesterday, as residents of various communities in response to the incessant raiding of robbers and cult boys took to the streets and formed vigilante bands to protect their homes against the marauders. Communities such as Agege, Ikeja, Ogba, Pen Cinema, Abule Egba, Elliot, Ajuwon, Iju, Ishaga, Akute, and environs were like a...
