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No policeman was killed in botched Owerri robbery incident’
Taiwo Frederick Lakanu, The Imo State Commissioner of Police (CP) Taiwo Lakanu, has said that no policeman or innocent civilian was killed during the shootout that followed the attempted robbery...
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Fears in Benin over beheading, strange deaths
There was palpable fear yesterday in Benin City, the Edo State capital and its environs as suspected cult members allegedly beheaded a yet-to-be identified young man, whose headless body was found...
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Ifelodun residents hail police over arrest of suspected criminal
Ifelodun Landlords’ and Residents’ Association in Iju/Ishaga, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Council of Lagos State have commended the police in Lagos over their quick intervention by arresting a suspected...
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Man sentenced to death for bathing wife with acid
An Ikeja High Court yesterday sentenced a businessman, Suleiman Olalekan, to death by hanging for killing his 22-year-old wife, Chika Egbo, by bathing her with acid. Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo...
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Robber, shot no policeman killed in Owerri robbery incident, says CP
Nigerian Police Imo State Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, has said that none of his men or innocent civilian was killed during a shoot-out following an attempted robbery at a new generation bank...
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Danger looms as Coconut Bridge weakens
The fire disaster, which has afftected the bridge Barely a week after about 29 vehicles were razed in an inferno in Apapa, Lagos State, the Coconut link bridge has turned to death trap for commuters....
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Pregnant woman dies of Lassa fever in Calabar; doctors, nurses isolated
Lassa fever yesterday claimed the life of a pregnant woman, and her unborn baby at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). The Guardian learnt that the 22-year old woman from Benue State...
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Two dredgers abducted in Lekki
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni • Police, soldiers escort Epe farmers to wet crops, feed livestock Suspected kidnappers have abducted two sand dredgers at Eleko Village in Ibeju Lekki...
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CVL begins N480 million youths’ empowerment training in Delta State
Professor Pat Utomi. PHOTO: Youtube The Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL), a non-profit organisation founded to complement government’s efforts in youths’ empowerment, has begun the second edition...
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Alleged facebook fraudster, impersonator arrested
Internet An alleged imposter who claimed to be Ernest Erowo with a facebook account opened in the name of Prophet Ernest Erowo Untouchable of City of Faith Ministries Int’l Inc., also known as The...
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DPR attributes scarcity of petrol in Akwa Ibom to strike by tanker drivers
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket Field office, Akwa Ibom has attributed the scarcity of petrol in the state to the strike by tanker drivers. Mr Bassey Nkanga, the Controller of DPR in...
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Investigating past leaders baseless, cleric tells Oluwarotimi Akeredolu
Rotimi Akeredolu The Archbishop of Ondo Province of the Anglican Diocese, George Latunji Lasebikan, yesterday urged Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to discharge his duties conscientiously and avoid...
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Emir of Argungu urges farmers to repay loan
The Emir of Argungu, Smaila Muhammadu Mera, has urged rice and wheat farmers who received loans in the state to repay them to enable others to benefit from the scheme. Mera made the appeal in his...
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Police arraign suspected fake doctor over alleged defamation
Okpeh The police have charged Mr. Martins Ugwu Okpeh before the Federal Capital Territory Magistrate’s Court for alleged defamation of character and injurious falsehood. It would be recalled that...
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Controversy as PDP wins Gombe local council’s poll
PDP The Chairman of Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission (GOSIEC), Mr. Caleb Maina, yesterday declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the local council’s poll held on Saturday....
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College former bursar murdered during evening walk in Benue
• Workers receive threat massages to pay ransom in advance or be kidnapped All is not well with the College of Education, Katsina-Ala, in Benue State, as another senior worker of the institution and...
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Groups warn Imo Assembly against passage of anti-media bill
A coalition of civil society organisations at the weekend vehemently rejected a bill seeking to gag the media in the Imo House State of Assembly. They demanded that the sponsors, Ugonna Ozuruigbo and...
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PDP wins re-run legislative elections in Rivers State
INEC INEC promises ‘conclusive’ polls in 2019 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr. Jerome Eke, as the winner of the...
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Shiites, Falana petition Osinbajo on release of El-Zakzaky, wife
The leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria otherwise known as Shi''te, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Shiites, have written a petition to the Vice President, Yemi...
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Benue State spends N1.4 billion on water projects
PHOTO: google.com/search Permanent Secretary of the Benue State Ministry of Water Resources and Environment, Mr. Agbogbo Ode, said the state spent over N1.4 billion on water projects in the last two...
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