The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has arrested seven persons for alleged illegal waste dumping during a night enforcement operation around the Pattey axis of Lagos Island. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said today that the arrests underscored the Authority’s resolve to sustain enforcem...
•The protesting nursing students Hundreds of students of the Taraba State College of Nursing Sciences, Jalingo, today staged a peaceful protest following an overnight attack on one of the female hostels located outside the institution’s premises. The hoodlums allegedly raped a female student during the attack and inflicted injuries on her, inc...
Journalists covering the ongoing Osun governorship election were attacked by hoodlums who stormed the polling unit of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, Dr Najeem Salaam, in Ejigbo Local Government Area. The incident occurred at Polling Unit 4, Ward 4, where voting was reportedly disrupted after the hoodlums arrived at the pollin...
•Lagos PPRO, SP Abimbola Adebisi A 32-year-old dispatch rider, Emmanuel Jegede, has lost his life after suspected hoodlums allegedly pushed him off his motorcycle while attempting to extort him along the Ikotun-Idimu Road in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the incident occurred yesterday around 10am after ...
•ATBU main gate Some female students residing in Block B of the female hostel at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, were robbed of their valuables by hoodlums in the early hours of yesterday. Recounting the incident, one of the students, Rejoice Duke, said: “At about 2 a.m. this morning, some guys came into the […]
•Hoodlums Traders at the busy FUTA Junction area of Akure, Ondo State, have accused suspected hoodlums of destroying shops and goods worth millions of naira during a controversial demolition linked to a long-running land dispute. The demolition, which occurred today, left traders counting losses as bulldozers reportedly tore through containers...
•Hoodlums Hoodlums have stolen the Blessed Sacrament at the Adoration Chapel of the St. Mulumba Catholic Parish, Owerri, Imo State. A statement signed by the Archdiocesan Chancellor/Secretary, Rev. Fr. Patrick Mbarah, noted that the criminals broke into the chapel on Wednesday morning and made away with the Blessed Sacrament. The statement urg...
•Railway on fire Suspected miscreants and street urchins yesterday set parts of the Fagba railway corridor in Lagos ablaze in a desperate attempt to evade arrest during a clean up enforcement by the Lagos State Taskforce. The incident occurred during an early morning raid targeted at criminal hideouts along the corridor and adjoining communiti...
•Hoodlums Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs last night reportedly attacked the Edo State secretariat of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), attempting to set the facility ablaze. It was gathered that the attackers shattered windows and damaged other items in the building located on Ogbelaka Street, Benin City, after they were unable ...
Authorities in Rivers State have shut down the popular Obio/Akpor International Market, also known as Amaechi Market, following the killing of a trader identified simply as Ejike, allegedly by a group of meat sellers during a quarrel over N500. The incident occurred around 11am on Sunday, along SARS Road in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area...
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