Quranic School Student In Kano Drowns In Pond
Yusuf Magaji, a 13-year-old Qur'anic school student, drowned in a pond at Makugara village in Kano State's Karaye Local Government Area on Thursday. Saminu Abdullahi, spokesman for the Kano State Fire Service, confirmed the disaster in a statement made in Kano on Friday. "We received an emergency call, and we sent our rescue team to the scene but Yusuf was brought...
Police Arrest Teenage Suspect, Recover Pistol, Cult beret
During a regular surveillance sweep, police operatives from Agbarho Police Station apprehended an eighteen-year-old suspected cultist, Difference Sunday, in Ekrerhawe, a community in Delta State's Ughelli North Local Government Area. The suspect, who lived in Isiokolo, Ethiope-East Local Government Area, was found with a locally produced, cut-to-size gun. DSP Bright Edafe, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the report...
Thunderstorm Kills Five-year-old Boy In Katsina
Abdulmalik Junaidu, a five-year-old boy, was killed by a thunderstorm on Monday at about 7 p.m. in Nasarawa Yanlemu community, Bakori LGA, Katsina State. "When I closed from work at the motor park after Maghrib prayers, it was raining," stated the victim's father, Malam Junaidu Gide. "As the rain subsided, I went home and asked for the children. The mother told...
Gunmen Kill Five In Rivers Community Over Failure To Provide N1m
Five individuals were killed in an attack on the Odiereke Ubie community in Rivers State's Ahoada West Local Government Area after the community allegedly failed to provide N1 million for their sustenance. A member of the community who confirmed the occurrence stated that the crooks arrived on motorcycles equipped with AK-47 weapons. The victims were killed on their way back from...
NAPTIP Sacks Five Officials For Receiving Bribes, Leaking Official Information, Others
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has dismissed a deputy director and four other officers for various offences. The spokesperson for the agency, Vincent Adekoye, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday. Adekoye explained that the offences range from corruption to demanding and receiving bribes from suspects and relatives. According to him, other offences...
Terrorists Abduct Two Kaduna APC Women
Bandits kidnapped two women leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State, Hajiya Lami Awarware and Hajiya Haulatu Aliyu. The women were allegedly kidnapped at the Manini hotspot in Kaduna State's unstable Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area. The incident occurred after the women leaders attended the inauguration of the state governor, Senator Uba Sani, in Kaduna on Monday, according to the...
Kidnappers Kill Two, Abduct Others In Ogun Farm Raid
On Wednesday, gunmen suspected of kidnapping killed a security guard and one other person while abducting two people at a farm in Awo village, Orile-Imo in Ogun State's Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area. The kidnappers allegedly killed a So-Safe Corps area commander, Saheed Ogunrinde, a native of the village. The kidnappers were alleged to be clothed in military fatigues. They were reportedly pursued...
Fuel Price Hike: Sowore Mocks Tinubu’s Supporters Over Inability To Go To Work
The candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has faulted President Bola Tinubu over his announcement on the removal of fuel subsidy. Sowore stated this in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. The AAC presidential candidate, who opposes the fuel subsidy removal, said Tinubu failed to announce an increase in the minimum wage from N30,000 to...
FG Was Right On No-Work, No-Pay Policy Against ASUU — Industrial Court
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ruled in favour of the federal government in the implementation of a no-work, no-pay policy against body of public university lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The government had approached the court, seeking the enforcement of the policy against ASUU, a union it says should not...
Rampaging Youths Set Lagos Police Station Ablaze
In the early hours of Monday, angry teenagers stormed a police station on Olayiwola Close in the Oregun area of Ikeja, Lagos State, set it on fire, and injured a police officer on duty. The motive for the attack could not be determined at the time of reporting this report, but our correspondent learned that the policeman, who suffered a...
