A section of Ilepo Market at Oke Odo, Lagos State, has been set on fire as hoodlums clashed with traders in the market over bet money. Some witnesses told our correspondent that the crisis started yesterday evening and escalated today, reports Daily Trust. The police are on the ground trying to restore normalcy. “One of […]
•Hoodlums There is tension in an Ekiti state border community, Eda Oniyo, the headquarters of the Ilejemeje Council area of Ekiti following the attack on the council secretariat and some residents, by armed hoodlums suspected to have come from a neighbouring town in Kwara. The traditional ruler of Eda Oniyo, the Eleda of Eda Oniyo, […]...
Hoodlums have reportedly set ablaze the residence of a former Governor of Benúe State, Late Aper Aku, in Gboko area of the state. The incident was said to have happened yesterday after the occupants were safely evacuated from the building, reports Daily Trust. A daughter of the late governor, Deborah Aku, told journalists in Makurdi […]...
A BUA truck conveying cartons of spaghetti has been attacked by hoodlums at Dogarawa axis of Zaria-Kano expressway. Dogarawa is a settlement located on the outskirt of Zaria along the expressway, reports Daily Trust. This is coming barely one week after hoodlums hijacked trailers loaded with foodstuffs in the Suleja area of Niger State, steali...
•Trucks Soldiers opened fire today when suspected hoodlums hijacked trailers loaded with foodstuff in the Suleja Area of Niger State. Alhassan Abdullahi, a witness, told our correspondent that many trailers coming from Abuja and heading for Kaduna were blocked by the hoodlums who burnt tyres on the road, reports Daily Trust. He said many bags ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that some hoodlums disrupted the re-run election in the Enugu South 1 State Constituency. The commission said this in a tweet posted on its X (formerly Twitter) handle today, Wednesday, February 14. The tweet reads: “A report from our Enugu State office indicates that hoodlums ...
•Police There is an atmosphere of fear in Akwa Ibom State as hoodlums last night beheaded a police inspector identified simply as Osang. Our correspondent gathered that the victim was attacked by over 10 assailants at his private residence around Enen Afaha and Afaha Ube, a suburb within Uyo metropolis. An eyewitness said that there […]...
Suspected hoodlums broke into the secretariat of the National Union of Journalists in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, today. The hoodlums stormed in with cars and motorcycles, reports Saturday PUNCH. The secretariat is not far from the Crowther College, which houses a considerable number of polling units. The hoodlums were seen haggling over m...
•Lagos PPRO, SP Benjamin Hundeyin Motorists have accused some policemen of conspiring with hoodlums to extort them at the Berger and Oshodi areas in Lagos State. During a visit to Oshodi and Berger yesterday, our correspondent observed that hoodlums asked commercial drivers for N300 to be provided to the police, reports The PUNCH. Speaking in ...