The incident occurred at UBE Secondary School, Oju Centre. The student, identified as 16-year-old Friday Ogamude, was said to have confronted his teacher, Oyibe Oyibe, 35, demanding the return of a cap confiscated in May 2025. Eyewitnesses reported that the confrontation turned violent when the student allegedly attacked the teacher during a heated exchange. Oyibe […]
The attack, which began around 8 am, saw the gunmen shoot indiscriminately while mounting positions on a newly constructed bridge connecting the two neighbouring towns. Eyewitnesses added that the attackers ambushed a joint patrol team comprising police, soldiers, and local vigilantes, leading to chaos as residents and commuters fled for safety. A video circulating social […]
The police also rescued a kidnapped driver and recovered a truck loaded with custard powder worth N9.5 million and arrested three suspects involved in the criminal act. This was disclosed in a statement released by the command spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga. Ikenga added that joint security teams attached to various police divisions, including vigilante operatives, carried […]
This was contained in a statement released by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, in Ibadan, the state capital. Recall that the movement celebrates its yearly founder’s day every July 7. This year’s celebration is billed for tomorrow, Monday, July 7, 2025. Osifeso said, “Our intelligence-led policing and community partnership efforts have yielded […]
The fatal crash, confirmed by the General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, involved a Mazda bus with registration number KJA 811 YF and a DAF truck bearing the plate number T1 4636 LA. According to Bakare-Oki, all eight victims, including the driver and conductor of the bus, died instantly. […]
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has rescued a yet-to-be-identified man who was trapped in a crushed vehicle after a container-laden truck lost control and fell on a Toyota Sienna minivan at Idi-Iroko, inbound Maryland, along the Ikorodu Road corridor of Lagos in the early hours of Saturday. It was gathered that the incident, which occurred […]
According to Zagazola Makama, the arrest was executed on July 3 at approximately 5:45 p.m. in Mangar, Daffo District, subsequent to receiving credible intelligence. According to the security expert, the suspect has been identified as 37-year-old Zubairu Ahmed. He was apprehended by the troops and found in possession of an AK-47 rifle, a loaded magazine […]
He appeared before the court on July 2 ,2025, on a one- count charge bordering on fraudulent conversion by the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the EFCC. According to the EFCC, Usman Zakari was entrusted with the auctioning of property subject of judgment enforcement in suit No. GM/329M/2023 which was auctioned in the sum of N14,000,000.00 […]
The incident, which occurred in the early hours of the day, triggered a swift emergency response from officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, the Nigerian Police, and other rescue agencies. According to updates from LASTMA’s verified social media page, victims trapped under the debris were successfully rescued and rushed to nearby hospitals […]
The incident occurred beside the Akin-Alamu building, Papa area in Alakia Isebo, Ibadan. It was reported that the inferno affected five shops in the complex. Chairman of Oyo State Fire Service Maroof Akinwande confirmed the incident to newmen that no life was lost in the incident. “The Firemen led by Adesina Olusoji promptly deployed to […]