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Police nab four terrorists’ informants

20 July 2024

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 […]

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Kwara: Unilorin confirms one dead, nine others injured in accident

19 July 2024

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 […]

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16 die in China shopping complex fire

18 July 2024

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 […]

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Man sentenced to death, accomplice 14 years for killing twins

17 July 2024

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 […]

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Pregnant woman gang-raped in Keana community

16 July 2024

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 […]

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Man charged with murder over bodies found in suitcases

15 July 2024

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 […]

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Collapsed Osun building: Two trapped, rescued – Police

15 July 2024

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. […]

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Lagos policeman defiles teenager, mother alleges cover-up

13 July 2024

It was gathered that the officer had promised to help the teenager retrieve her phone, which had been taken by ‘one chance’ robbers on June 16 while she, her grandmother, and her siblings were returning from Ikeja. The suspect reportedly overheard the teenager recounting her ordeal to her mother at her shop and offered to help […]

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21 persons die ain Plateau building collapses

13 July 2024

According to the  National Emergency Management Agency ,NEMA. the two-story building collapsed in the city of Jos and saw a further 30 people hospitalized.  NEMA said that students were amongst those who died in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, without providing an exact number.   According to Plateau State government around 120 people were trapped when the building collapsed. The governor of Plateau […]

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Again, uncompleted three-storey building collapses in Awka

12 July 2024

Reportssay it is located in the Nnamdi Azikiwe University students’ hostel dominated area. Uchenna Chukwuma, a resident of the area, who shared a video of the collapsed structure, said no life was lost in the incident. Building collapse has been a recurring incident in Anambra lately, with the most recent being the collapse of a two-storey […]

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