No fewer than three persons have been confirmed dead following a collapsed building at number 13 Wilson Mba Street, Arowojobe Estate Maryland, Lagos State. It was gathered that the unfortunate incident occurred at the whee hours of the day. Sources say officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, are currently on rescue operation […]
The charge read that the defendant sometime in January, 2020, at Moferere in Ado Ekiti within the jurisdiction of the honourable court did rape a six-year-old girl. According to the charge, the offence is contrary to section 31(2) of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria, 2012. In her statement to […]
Confirming the arrest, Spokesperson of the Command, Yemisi Opalola said investigation was being carried out by the police. She revealed that the suspect, Shakiru, was arrested by a team of policemen from Oke-Baale Police Division in Osogbo after the family members of the 18-year-old girl reported the matter. Opalola added that the medical doctor had […]
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Sadiq at a briefing held at the command headquarters, said the informants’ action led to several attacks on villages and unsuspecting members of the public including cattle rustling and kidnapping among others in the state. It was gathered that based on credible intelligence on their activities, the trio […]
The lone accident involved a commercial bus carrying ten passengers and going out of campus. A statement by the institution’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, in Ilorin said as soon as it occurred, the University Management immediately commenced rescue operations, and all the victims were moved to the University Health Centre. They were attended […]
Reports had it earlier today that the incident occurred at the shopping mall in the southwestern Chinese city of Zigong. It has not been determined by press time what caused the fire or how many people were in the building when the fire broke out in the building which houses a department store, offices, restaurants […]
The court presided over by Justice Onome Umukoro sentenced the two over the murder of the seven-year-old boys. The prosecution conducted by a Deputy Director in the Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Paula Akpoguma, in proof of the case called five witnesses. The sixth witness, 15-year-old Iweka Ajie, a younger brother to one of the defendants […]
The incident occurred on Friday, July 12, in Kadiri, Keana Local Government Area, leaving residents in a state of outrage and fear. Narrating her ordeal, Margaret said she was with her husband on the farm when the armed gang, suspected to be militia, appeared.Both tried to flee, but due to her condition, she was unable […]
Police said the two victims had previously been in a relationship but still lived together in west London, adding that the suspect had been staying with them. Evidence in the investigation so far had not pointed to a homophobic motive but it had been classified as a hate crime. Police named the victims as Albert […]
In a statement by the command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, she disclosed that during rescue operations mounted by security agencies, it was discovered that only two persons were trapped under the rubble of the one-storey building. It was reported that a one-storey building collapsed on Sunday morning, July 14, 2024, around the Sabo area of Osogbo. […]