A US court has found a Nigerian US-based man, Oluwole Adegboruwa, and his accomplice, Enrique Isong, guilty of masterminding a multi-million dollar dark web drug trafficking operation, and has sentenced them to a combined 40 years in jail term. This was revealed in a statement obtained on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office, […]
The incident occurred at Basorun Islamic High School during a children’s carnival today. The state government has swiftly responded, mobilizing a rapid response team and transporting victims to various hospitals within the Ibadan metropolis for medical attention. Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, appreciated the Commissioner for Health, Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, for activating response teams […]
The crash, which occurred earlier in the day, involved a trailer carrying containers that fell, narrowing the lanes and creating significant traffic gridlock. The FRSC Lagos Sector Commander, Kehinde Hamzat, in a statement urged motorists to remain calm and avoid actions that could aggravate the situation. Read Also: One dead, 10 injured in Lagos-Ibadan expressway […]
A fully loaded petrol tanker burst into flame at Ijabe, a community in Odo-Otin local government area of Osun State, creating panic among residents of the area. The tanker with 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, was said to have caught fire right on the highway linking Osun with Kwara State. According […]
A yet-to-be-identified man, set himself and his wife ablaze at the Ijoka area of Akure, Ondo State. The husband died in the inferno while his wife survived the incident. It was gathered that the couple, who had been married for 10 years with two children, had been separated as a result of an undisclosed marital […]
A devastating fire engulfed a parish of the Christ Apostolic Church in Ibadan, Oyo State, last night, reportedly trapping several worshippers inside. Sources confirmed the incident occurred at about 9:30 pm at Wisdom Estate, Road 1G, Olohunda Road, in the Lagelu Local Government Area. Read Also: Fire razes Alaba Rago Market in Lagos Eyewitness accounts […]
It was gathered that the woman was ambushed and kidnapped by some men along Otukpo Road, Makurdi, last Saturday. The suspected kidnappers were said to have collected the sum of N1.3 million found in her car beat her to a coma and abandoned her on a bush path. The state command spokesperson, Catherine Anene, who […]
There was pandemonium in the early hours of the day when fire engulfed the ever-busy Alaba Rago, Ram Market in the Ojo area of Lagos State.
A fire outbreak has killed an 18-year-old boy in Sayi area of Alore in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
An Assistant Editor-in-Chief with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Owerri Office, Gregory Maduakolam who was abducted on Thursday, has been released. Maduakolam was said to have announced his release through phone calls to some of his colleagues at about 11:51 pm on Saturday. He explained that he was released after his family had paid […]