April 25, 2024

April 25, 2024

Naira Notes Crisis: Army Allegedly Kills One Protester In Apata, Ibadan

Personnel of the Nigerian Army have reportedly shot one of the youths in Ibadan protesting the hardship occasioned by the new naira notes and persistent fuel scarcity. Recall that the protesters in their hundreds, on Friday and Saturday blocked the Iwo Road Interchange, frontage of the State Secretariat at Agodi and other major roads in […]

NDLEA Arrests 100 Suspects, Seizes 4,891.715kg Of Illicit Drug In Kaduna

The Kaduna Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it has arrested 100 suspects and seized 4,891.715kg of illicit drugs in the state. The State Commander, Dr Braji Alhaji, who made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Kaduna, said that the arrest and the seizure were […]

Terrorists Ambush Vigilantes in Katsina, Kill 44

Terrorists have killed no fewer than 44 vigilantes in an ambush while on distress call in Gidan Gamji Village, Danmaidaki Ward of Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. Locals had reported at the vigilante office in Bakori that some terrorists attacked the residence of one Muntari and rustled unspecified numbers of domestic animals, a […]

Man Sets Wife Ablaze For Not Cooking For Him

A 46-year-old man identified as Hassan Azeez has been arrested by men of the Ogun state Police Command, for allegedly pouring petrol on his wife and setting her ablaze.   A statement released by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, says the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Ibogun divisional […]

Police Nab Two Suspects For Possessing, Selling Counterfeit N1000 Notes

Police Operatives serving in Igbo-Eze South Division of Enugu State Command, on Thursday, February 2, arrested one Joseph Chinenye aged 39 and Onyeka Kenneth Ezeja aged 29, both male and respectively of Iheakpu-Awka in Igbo-Eze South LGA and Onicha Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North LGA, for allegedly being in possession of suspected counterfeited one hundred and […]

Soldier To Die By Hanging For Killing His Colleague, 5 Others In Borno

A soldier identified as Private Musa Saleh has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Nigerian Army 7 Division General Court Martial for killing his colleague in Mafa Town, Borno state.   Saleh who has been on trial on a four-count charge bordering on murder, assault and attempted murder, pleaded not guilty to the charges. […]

Third Year Student Stabbed To Death By Her Boyfriend

A third-year student of Tshwane University of Technology has died after she was allegedly stabbed by her boyfriend. Ntokozo Mayenzi Xaba, 20, was allegedly stabbed to death by Ngcebo Thusi on February 2, 2023, in her student residence in Ekhaya Junction, Pretoria. Ntokozo’s friends notified security at her student accommodation after not being able to […]