Twins who are sons of a late retired soldier and two of their accomplices whose fathers are also ex-army personnel have been arrested by the police for allegedly carrying out robberies in different parts of Lagos State. The suspects, Taiwo and Kehinde Ojomo, Emmanuel Bamidele and Peter Samuel, reportedly specialised in carjacking and robbing unsuspecting […]
Beneficiaries of the N-Power scheme in Imo State have staged a sensitisation really in support of the Federal Government’s effort in fighting insecurity in the country. Clutching placards in support of the Federal Government’s programme, the beneficiaries who marched round Owerri, the state capital, said but for the N-Power programme, crimes would have increased in […]
SOME Nigerians in the United Kingdom on Friday stormed the Abuja House, 2 Campden Hill, Kensington, London, demanding that President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently on medical leave, immediately return home. According to Sahara Reporters, a broadcaster and former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, in a video tweeted on his verified Twitter handle, said the protesters […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the new Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Albert Bagbin, have agreed to strengthen parliamentary relations in a bid to find lasting solution to challenges such as the trade disputes between some Nigerian traders in Ghana and the country’s authorities. The two speakers met virtually via […]
Hamzat Bashar, a resident of Sokoto, has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for defrauding several persons of a total of N29,865,000. Bashar, who was sentenced in Sokoto on Thursday, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for defrauding victims while promoting an investment scheme. According to a statement by the […]
A suspected rapist, Mr Onuoha Odih, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping a 25-year-old lady, Blessing (pseudonym). The victim told City Round that the suspect was her father’s friend and colleague when they both worked as security guards at a popular church based in the Ijesa area of Lagos […]
ZAMFARA State governor, Bello Matawalle, has disclosed that there are at least 100 camps and 30,000 bandits spread across six states in the North. The governor made the disclosure on Friday during a press conference in Kaduna, Kaduna State. Matawalle, who spoke through his Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, listed the affected states as […]
Shoprite workers at Lugbe, Abuja, on Friday, embarked on another round of protest, shutting down the company over a row with the management. Cherish Ogenyi, the unit chairman and coordinator of the northern region of the National Union of Shop and Distributive Employees (NUSDE), an affiliate of the Nigerian Labour Congress, who spoke with PREMIUM […]
YORUBA leaders have condemned a purported plan to arrest Yoruba activist, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, through an invitation letter dispatched to him from Abuja by the Inspector General of Police. Adeyemo had said he neither accepted the letter, which was sent to him on Thursday via a courier service and a […]
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have launched a fresh attack on Igangan in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. Our correspondent gathered that some herdsmen on Friday afternoon attacked a retired school principal, Ojedokun Ogunmodede. The reason why his assailant attacked him was not clear but sources close to the victim said there was […]
