The family of Kogi journalist, Mohammed Bashir, and nine others kidnapped two weeks ago in a Kaduna suburb have regained their freedom. The journalist confirmed this in a statement giving no details on how the victims were released and whether any ransom was paid to secure their freedom. Recall that Bashir’s wife, Aminat Shana, his […]
The Ogun State Police Command informed Newsmen earlier in the day that the incident took place around 9:00 a.m. on Friday. This incident occurred just days after a 32-year-old man, Olúwaṣeun Shorinola, died by suicide in the Kémta area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on August 28, 2024. The command’s spokesperson, Odutola Omolola, told […]
Bandits last night invaded a community known as ‘Zone A, back of Primary School’, in Ushafa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, killing a man identified as Felix Chuks and abducting his entire family. The gunmen reportedly stormed the community around midnight on Thursday, with heavy gunfire, a development which reportedly overwhelmed […]
According to reports, the incident happened in the wee hours of today, precisely, around 2.20 am and one of the two-bedrooms in Flat 5, of Block 21, a two-winged, three-story building of 16 two-bedroom flats, was burnt. A preliminary investigation conducted by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, revealed that the fire originated from […]
The security agency said the child was laid under a tree, while the mother picked firewood nearby, but by the time she returned to the spot where the child was laid to breastfeed it, she could not find her. The command while expressing concerns over the rising cases of missing children in the state, said […]
The command demanded a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident and ensure that those responsible were brought to book. In a statement issued to newsmen, the command’s spokesperson, Yazid Abubakar, said the command was deeply disturbed by the senseless killing of Liman, who was until his death, the DPO in charge of Wasagu […]
No fewer than 16 people were burnt to death while three sustained injuries in a fatal road accident which occurred on the Ondo-Ore Expressway at Ajure community in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the crash involved an 18-passenger Totota Hiace bus and a truck. The two vehicles were said […]
Officials said at least two people were killed in an attack on a hotel in the central city of Kryvyi Rih and two more died in a wave of drone strikes on the Zaporizhzhia region in the south east. Ukrainian monitors had earlier detected Russian aircraft launching hypersonic missiles and the air force said it […]
The agency confirmed safety advisor Ryan Evans was one of six Reuters employees staying at the Hotel Sapphire in the city of Kramatorsk – which is under Ukrainian control but near the front line – when it was hit. Ukrainian authorities said the hotel was struck by a Russian missile but Russia has not commented. […]
The incident was confirmed in a statement from the state Police Public Relations Officer, Lawan Shiisu.. According to Shiisu, the woman, a resident of Garin Mallam village, doused herself in petrol and ignited it. Shiisu said they received the distressing news about this incident from Guri on Thursday at approximately 7:40 a.m. The woman, who […]