Hoodlums hack policeman to death, steal his AK47
• Angry mob lynches three suspected robbers in Benue Barely 24 hours after suspected assassins shot dead a journalist in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State, unidentified hoodlums have killed a...
View ArticleHoodlums attack churches in Delta, cart away offerings, musical equipment
Church No fewer than 16 churches in Delta State metropolis have been attacked by armed robbers who disguised as worshippers to gain access, carting away offerings and musical equipment during service....
View ArticleMighty, Ikorodu cops’ killer, gunned down
Ominisan • Lagos govt sensitises citizens to kidnapping law, urges cooperation The Inspector General Of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has shot dead a notorious member of the militant group...
View ArticleUniversity to begin mass production of speed limiter
The University of Ilorin has said that its two prototype designs of an automobile speed limiting device are attracting corporate investors. Prof. Sulyman Age-AbdulKareem, the Director of the...
View Article13 kidnappers arrested, one killed as police raid Ishawo creeks
Lagos State commissioner of police Fatai Owoseni with officers of the command at Ishawo creek in Ikorodu on Wednesday. PHOTO: FACEBOOK/LASG Security operatives from the Lagos State Police Command...
View ArticleNigerian advocacy group wins ONE Africa award
The Nigeria-based advocacy group, Connected Development (CODE) has walked away with the ninth ONE Africa Award. The award is granted to civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and...
View ArticleOsun panel on Ile-Ife crisis receives 104 memoranda
A picture taken on April 5, 2017 shows vendors hawk their wares as normalcy returns after clashes between Hausa community and ethnic Yoruba people of Ile-Ife in southwest Nigeria. Last month an...
View ArticleMurdered Ibeshe family of three gets mass burial
A cross section of sympathisers and protesters • Residents protest against frequent killings by alleged ritualists Barely a week after a family of three were wiped out by suspected ritualists at the...
View ArticleDisplaced Otodo Gbame residents storm governor's office
The protesters There was a mild drama at the Lagos State House, Alausa, yesterday, as hundreds of displaced residents of Otodo Gbame community forcibly stormed the seat of power in protest against the...
View ArticlePolice demolish criminal hideouts in Ishawo creeks
Owoseni leading other officers to the creeks • Arrest 13 suspected kidnappers Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command yesterday deployed to the riverine area of Ishawo community in Ikorodu to...
View ArticleAPC insists on boycotting LG polls in Ebonyi
INECThe All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday reiterated that the party would not participate in the Ebonyi local government election, slated to hold on Saturday, April 22, in all the 13 local...
View Article5iveMusic holds maiden festival
Aibee Abidoye A distribution company, 5iveMusic will tomorrow hold its first yearly gospel festival tagged “Bethel Rocks” at Jhalobia Recreational Parks and Garden, Muritala Muhammed Airport Road,...
View ArticleChristians urged to use social media positively
Social mediaChristians have been enjoined to defend the faith and the church, especially in the face of attacks against some church leaders. The charge was given by the senior pastor of Harvesters...
View ArticleGunmen kill Civil Defence officer one month after becoming a father
The state police command said Afolabi was killed by suspected cult boys. His body was deposited at the morgue by some policemen, who visited the scene after the killing. NSCDC spokesman, Tolu Afolabi,...
View ArticleLagos community sends SOS to IGP, Ambode over suspected land-grabbers
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi AmbodeResidents of the Millennium City Centre Estate, Kosofe Local Council of Lagos State, under the aegis of the Millennium Citi Centre Residents’ Association, have...
View ArticleFlood hits Lagos after downpour
Flood on Eric Moore Road, Surulere, Lagos• Rainstorm damages Speaker’s, lawmakers’ offices in Kwara Statae There was a heavy downpour in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, yesterday that left many...
View ArticleGaidam tasks new HoS on leadership for Yobe MDAs
Ibrahim Gaidam Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has tasked the new Head of Service (HoS), Saleh Abubakar, Permanent Secretary and two members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and Fiscal...
View ArticleWakili accuses Bauchi Governor of failure to fulfill campaign promises
Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar Senator Ali Wakili representing Bauchi South in the National Assembly has disclosed that his present face off with Bauchi State Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar is...
View ArticleAgain, Bayelsa journalists mourn as New Telegraph correspondent dies
Chris Ejim Barely few days after a journalist was brutally murdered in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) were again thrown into mourning yesterday, following the death of...
View ArticleMan, 20, commits suicide in church premises
The discovery of the remains of a young parishioner, simply identified as Kachi, found hanging in the early hours of yesterday at the Hall of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Port Harcourt, Rivers...
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