EFCC’s Enugu Command Office Gutted By Fire (Photos, Video)
A fire incident occurred today, May 5, at the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which affected one of the buildings of the Command. ABN TV reports that the incident which occurred at about 12.30 am Friday, was triggered by a surge in public power supply, but the ensuing inferno was later put out through...
Why I Punched My Wife To Coma Over TV Remote, Ex-Boxer Breaks Silence
A 56-year-old ex-Lagos State boxer, Moses Olapade, has given reasons he punched his wife, Atinuke, who later collapsed and went into coma. The incident occurred at 9, Odamo Street, Oke-Aro, in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Moses, who was arrested and detained by police detectives in the state, said his wife was too stubborn. He told the police detectives that he punched...
PDP South West Zonal Vice Chairman, Adagunodo Dead
The former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun state and Vice Chairman Southwest zone, Soji Adagunodo is dead. The Southwest Youth leader of the party, Seyi Bamidele, while confirming the incident said the party chieftain passed on in the United States of America. According to the youth leader, Adagunodo passed on after brief illness in USA. “It is true...
Court Judgement Barring NBC From Imposing Fines On Broadcast Stations Can’t Stand — Information Ministry
The Director, Legal Department, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Mr. Nelson Orji, has said that the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which stopped the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation from imposing fines on erring broadcast stations “is ill-conceived and dead on arrival because of legal encumbrances”. He told the News Agency of Nigeria that a Federal High Court also...
Two-Day Old Baby Abandoned In Edo State IDP Camp
A baby believed to be about two days old was dumped within the premises of the Internally Displaced Persons camp in Uhogua, near Benin, in Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State. The camp proprietor, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, said an unknown person dumped the baby in the woods surrounding the entrance of the facility at about 11am on Friday,...
Rivers: Gunmen Kill Police Officer At Checkpoint
A police officer was allegedly shot dead at a checkpoint along the Emohua axis of the East-West road by hoodlums terrorizing the region. The victim was one of the unidentified officers who were reported to have been assigned to Rivers State's Emohua Local Government Area. Obisike further stated that a civilian in a private vehicle was hit by stray shots during...
Veteran Actor, Saint Obi, Dies At 57
Nollywood actor, film producer, and director, Obinna Nwafor, popularly known as Saint Obi is dead. The actor was said to have died on Sunday, last week, May 7th in the home of one of his siblings. According to reports, the disagreement between his siblings is the reason why his death took almost a week to be made official. Saint Obi was aged...
Assault On Policeman: Seun Kuti Hires Senior Advocate Femi Falana
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said he will provide legal services to Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, who sought his intervention following the singer’s alleged assault on a police officer. The SAN, who confirmed the development to our correspondent on Sunday, said the singer had enough evidence to defend himself. This was as the Police...
Rivers: Man Slays Mother For Refusing Him Money To Buy Hard Drug
POLICE in Rivers State have arrested one Owate Bode for allegedly hacking his mother to death in Eleme, Eleme Local Government Area, Rivers State, for allegedly refusing him money to purchase hard drugs. The suspect has been transferred from Eleme Police Division to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), according to Grace Iringe-Koko, Police Spokesperson, Rivers Command. As the...
Mother Killed While Separating Sons’ Fight In Abuja
A mom named Zainab Ibrahim died while attempting to break up a fight between her two kids, Inusa and Usman. Although the exact cause of the fight was unknown, Inusa was alleged to have accidentally macheted her mother on the left hand. The event occurred on Saturday in the Asokoro Kpaduma II sector of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. According to...
