The supreme court says the invasion of Mary Odili’s residence appeared to be a disguised attempt to “kill” whomever the security operatives were after. On Friday, security operatives — made up of soldiers and police officers — stormed the Abuja residence of the supreme court justice over an allegation that illegal activities were going on […]
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command on Monday arrested a housewife, Memunat Salaudeen, for allegedly hiring three men to kidnap her husband. The wife, who accused her husband of being stingy, was reported to have hired the accomplices — Olayinka Lawal, Asungba Nura and Usman Oluwatoyin — to kidnap her husband and take a […]
over Anambra poll, seek Kanu’s release • INEC boss meets Anambra CP, others over security • Christian groups pray for success of election No fewer than 10 governorship candidates for Saturday’s Anambra State governorship election have signed peace agreement to eschew violence, just as they unanimously called for the release of Independent People of Biafra […]
Soldiers of the Nigeria Army on Monday invaded Isingwu, a hamlet in Imama Village, Mgbowo in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State and burnt houses with an undisclosed number of youths killed for yet to be identified reasons, the PUNCH reports. However, some accounts claimed the soldiers were in the community to arrest an […]
Gbolahan Oki, general manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), has disclosed that the owner of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, was given approval to construct only 15 floors. Oki told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that the owner of the property has been arrested and would face the […]
A staff of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company was on Monday electrocuted in Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred along Pipeline Street in the metropolis at about 5 o’clock in the evening as the deceased was busy rectifying fault on the malfunctioning cable supplying power […]
Details have emerged on how Prowess Engineering Limited withdrew its services from the building that collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos state, over poor execution of the project. The 21-storey building situated along Gerard road in Ikoyi collapsed on Monday afternoon while many workers are trapped and some feared dead in the building which is still under […]
Troops of Nigerian Army have gunned down Chukwunonso Iherue, identified as one of the convicts who escaped from the Owerri Correctional Centre in Imo State in April. According to the Nigerian Army, at least two soldiers also lost their lives during a melee between the troops and gunmen terrorising Izombe Community area of Imo State. […]
The Nigerian Army has said that her troops conducting Exercise GOLDEN DAWN Sector 3 have foiled an attempted abduction of Most Reverend Augustine Ukwuoma at the Orlu Diocesan Catholic Secretariat, BSC Road, Orlu Imo State. The Army said her troops responded to distress calls which enabled them to swiftly move to the scene and forced […]
Operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) have allegedly invaded and unleashed terror on residents of Fagbohun village in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The angry operatives allegedly set ablaze some houses, motorcycles, ransacked the palace of their village head and arrested some people. Senate reacts to invasion of Justice Odili’s […]
