•Benue State governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia One person has reportedly been killed in a crash involving Governor Hyacinth Alia’s convoy at Ihugh town in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State. Locals told our correspondent over the phone that two separate accidents occurred yesterday near Ihugh market in Vandeikya, the hometown of Gover...
•Frank Onyewekelu President of the Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa, Frank Onyewekelu, speaks with our correspondent on the recent killing of his compatriot among other issues facing Nigerian nationals in the country, reports Saturday PUNCH. A Nigerian, Mr Julius Chukwunta, was recently killed in South Africa. Can you explain the ...
A fighter jet targeting terrorists in Lakurawa mistakenly bombed two peaceful communities in Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State today, leaving many feared dead and several others injured. The affected villages, Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa, were hit around 7 am, according to local accounts. The chairman of Silame LGA, Alhaji Abubakar Muham...
•Police Two operatives of the Imo State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit lost their lives in a gun battle while dismantling a notorious IPOB/ESN syndicate allegedly involved in kidnapping and armed robbery in the state. The operatives also killed three of the suspected IPOB/ESN kidnappers, arrested two others, and recovered six AK-47 rifl...
•Tinubu and bandits No fewer than 614, 937 Nigerians were killed and 2,235,954 others kidnapped across the country between May 2023 and April 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed. The NBS disclosed this yesterday in its report titled ‘The Crime Experienced and Security Perception Survey (CESPS) 2024’, and based on the sur...
A lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Anambra State, was reportedly killed last night by suspected hoodlums near the popular Aroma junction in Awka, the state capital. The victim, said to be a native of Nteje in Oyi Local Government Area of the state, was allegedly attacked by a car-snatching syndicate, reports The Nation. Accordin...
•Ifagbenga Taiwo A trainee herbalist, Ifagbenga Taiwo, who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly slaughtering his 41-day-old son in the Keesi area of Adatan, Abeokuta, the state capital, has disclosed that he carried out the act under a spell. It was earlier reported on Wednesday that the incident occurred last Monday [&h...
•Tijani Babangida, wife and late son, Fadil Former Super Eagles winger and Ajax FC star, Tijani Babangida, has opened up on the traumatic ghastly accident that claimed the lives of his one-year-old son, Fadil, and his younger brother, Ibrahim. The accident, which occurred on May 9, 2024, along the Kaduna–Zaria Road, had Babangida’s wife and [&...
•Late Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani The Afghan Minister for Refugees was killed yesterday in a suicide bombing at the ministry’s offices in the capital Kabul, government sources said, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility for the attack. Taliban authorities had already blamed IS for the “cowardly attack”, which a government official ...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun No fewer than 229 personnel of the Nigeria Police Force were killed between January 2023 and October 2024, investigations have revealed. The officers were killed by bandits, hoodlums, gunmen, Boko Haram terrorists, cultists and armed robbers across the country, reports Daily Trust. In 2023 alone, 118 police officers of va...
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