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Police Rescue Two Abducted Daughters Of Zamfara Lawmaker After 17 Months
Announcing the rescue of the victims in Abuja, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, stated that the rescue was made possible through the collaborative efforts of various security agencies, coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser.According to the police, the children were initially abducted with their mother and other siblings, but the […]
ISWAP Kills Police DPO In Borno
It was gathered that the DPO, a Superintendent of Police, was killed on Monday night while defending the police station at the resettled community from the terrorists who sneaked into the community on foot in the middle of the night.Confirming the death on Wednesday, the spokesman for the Borno State Police Command, Nahun Kenneth, said […]
Several Trapped As Building Collapses In Niger State
Emergency officials who raced to the scene succeeded in rescuing seven persons who are receiving treatment at the Minna General Hospital.The building is located at the popular New Market Area in Minna, the capital of the North-Central State. The manual evacuation of the debris has commenced, and the authorities said machines would be mobilised quickly so […]
Truck rams into BRT on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
It was gathered that the accident occurred around some minutes to 6am on Saturday.Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps and Police on response call at the accident scene insisted that only their Public Relations Officers were authorised to speak.However, unconfirmed reports from onlookers noted that several people on the BRT bus were injured. Onlookers […]
Many crushed to death at police checkpoint in Abia
It was gathered that the accident occurred at a police checkpoint around the Lokpanta area of Abia State in the wee hours of Thursday.It was also learned that an 18-seater commercial bus was at the checkpoint awaiting police clearance when a truck driver lost control and rammed into them killing the driver and all the […]
Scores Injured As Explosion Rocks Kano Mosque, Suspect Arrested
The incident occurred around 5:20am during the Subhi ,early morning, prayer.A spokesman for the Kano State Police Command, Abdullahi Kiyawa, said preliminary forensic analysis showed that the explosion was suspected to be caused by petrol.The injured, including 20 adult males and four male children, were transported to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital for treatment. The principal […]
LAUTECH student stabbed to death in Ogbomoso
Olamilekan, a 200-level student of the Department of Information Science, was said to be running a business outfit known as Dcrown Unisex Salon at Under G before he was murdered by his assailants during an argument.He was reportedly stabbed by yet-to-be-identified colleagues and later rushed to a nearby hospital, where he gave up the ghost.One […]
Seven dead, Hundreds Injured In Taiwan’s Strongest Quake In 25 years.
Wednesday’s powerful earthquake in Taiwan caused at least seven deaths and over 700 injuries, damaging numerous buildings and leading to tsunami warnings in Japan and the Philippines, which were later lifted. Authorities stated that the earthquake was the most powerful to hit the island in decades and cautioned about potential aftershocks in the coming days. […]
Hunter Detained For Alleged Murder Of Osun Man
In the early hours of Tuesday, a resident of Iwo in Osun State was allegedly shot and killed by a hunter, the identity of whom has not been revealed. Iwo locals stated that the event happened at around 3:00am in the morning in the Latico area of Iwo. They further stated that when a local […]