CRIME
NDLEA Finds ₦4.4 Billion Worth Of Narcotics Hidden In Ethiopian Airlines’ Airplane Restrooms
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents have found... N4.4 billion worth of drug shipments hidden in an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft's restrooms. The drugs, according to a statement on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, were discovered during the post-landing cleaning of flight ET900 from Addis Ababa to Lagos on October 29, 2024. Babafemi stated that the drugs were wrapped in...
Anambra Police Officer Kills Driver Over Alleged N100 Bribe
An unidentified male commercial bus driver was killed by a police officer from Otuocha Area Command in the Anambra East LGA of Anambra State. It was gathered that the officer shot the deceased during an altercation over the payment of a N100 bribe to the security operatives at a checkpoint in the area. A source, a commercial driver near the scene...
Phone Dealer Commits Suicide In Kogi Amid Fire Outbreak
Two months after the well-known GSM village in Lokoja, Kogi State, was destroyed by fire, Friday Ajeka, a trader who lost everything, killed himself. DAILY POST had earlier reported that properties worth millions of naira were destroyed following a fire outbreak at the GSM village around Kpata market in Lokoja on September 12, 2024. The deceased, a 32-year-old indigene of Ofu...
Man, 25, Discovered Dead In Kano Well
The dead body of an unidentified man who fell into a well on Saturday was recovered by the Kano State Fire Service. Confirming the tragic incident, the spokesman for the Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, said in a press statement: “Today, Saturday, 2nd November 2024, at approximately 16:15 hours, the central control room of the department received a call for emergency...
Fire Raze Down Three Radio Stations In Abia (Photos)
A popular radio station in Abia, Enyimba 94.3fm, and its sister stations, Legend 98.3fm, and Rose 101.9fm Aba have shut down operations following attack by arsonists on Saturday, ABN TV reports. The management in a statement on Sunday said the stations were targeted for fire attacks. It said the staff members were unhurt arising from the incident which happened...
75-Year-Old Man Shots Amateur Footballer To Death For Playing Near His Premises In Abia (Photos, Video)
A 75-year-old man Identified as Chief Stephen Irobunda of Umuodum Ohokobe Ndume Umuahia in Abia State has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing one Bright Odizuru Martins, 45 of the same address, ABN TV reports. The victim along with other youths of the community were said to have been playing football near the resident of the suspect...
Gunmen Kills Farmer, Two Boys In Ebonyi
In Amaeze, Ishiagu, in the Ivo LGA of Ebonyi State, a man and his two sons were allegedly murdered by suspected gunmen on a farm. A source told Vanguard that the dead bodies were found at the farm in the early hours of yesterday following an intensive search when they did not return after the day. The farmer and his two...
Alleged Cultists Kill Three Brothers In Awka
A man known as Nonso was killed by suspected cultists in the capital of Anambra State, Awka, on Friday afternoon. Nonso the third son in a family of three sons is said to have lost two of his brothers earlier in similar incidences attributed to cultism. A source said Nonso was killed in broad daylight on Friday afternoon near Chukwuemeka Odumegwu...
Community Offers ₦10m For Information On Killings In Anambra
The Ezinano Community of Anambra has offered a ₦10M reward to anyone who can provide intel leading to those responsible for the murders in Nibo. No fewer than 13 lives were lost in the incident that occurred in Nibo, also in Awka South LGA, during the community’s ‘Onwa Asaa festival’, when yet-to-be-identified gunmen invaded the venue of the festival and...
FG Improves Road Security With New Advanced Surveillance
A modern surveillance room has been set up by the federal government to keep an eye on the Third Mainland Bridge and its environs. The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, disclosed this on Thursday in Lagos, while leading members of the National Assembly on an on-site assessment of ongoing infrastructure projects in the southwest region, including the Third Mainland...
