May 12, 2024

May 12, 2024

Just In: Airforce Helicopter Crashes In Niger Village

  A Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter on a casualty evacuation mission crashed near Chubuka village in Niger State. The incident happened today, August 14, at about 1.00 pm, the aircraft departed Zungeru Primary School enroute Kaduna but was later discovered to have crashed near Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. […]

AIG Decorates New ASPs, Charges Them To Increase Allowances To Their Wives

The Assistant Inspector General of Police for zone six Calabar, Jonathan Towuru has charged 39 newly promoted Assistant Superintendents of Police to realise that they have been promoted to higher responsibilities in the force. He advised them to lead the rank and file efficiently, emphasising human rights protection. Importantly, he directed them to increase the […]

Angry Soldiers Brutalise LASTMA Official In Lagos

Yet to be identified soldiers, in the early hours of today, August 14, pounced on one of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, officers, at the Ojota area of the state, beating him to stupor in what appears to be a reprisal attack.   Recall that last week, a video went viral showing an […]

Father Of Three Butchers Younger Brother’s Kids In Ogun, Blames Devil

In a shocking incident, a 37-year-old father of three, Taye Agbaje, has been taken into police custody for the alleged murder of his younger brother’s two children, Promise, aged nine, and seven-year-old Testimony in the Kemta region of Abeokuta, Ogun State. The Spokesperson of the state police, Superintendent of Police Omolola Odutola, confirmed this tragic […]

Suspected Robber Names Police Inspector As Gun Supplier

A 33-year-old suspected armed robber, Akeem Owonikoko, has alleged that a police inspector, identified simply as Ola, supplied him and other gang members with guns, the Ogun State Police Command said on Sunday. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, Owonikoko was arrested along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway during a sting operation […]

Bandits Attack LGA Headquarters, Kill One, Abduct Emir’s Son, Six Others In Zamfara

Armed bandits early on Monday, again, attacked the headquarters of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing one person and abducting 7 others. A resident of Bungudu town, Ishaq Bungudu told Channels Television that the armed bandits stormed the town with deadly weapons, shooting sporadically and killed one person in the process. According to […]

Bandits Storm Kaduna, Kill Two, Kidnap Six Others

Bandits have killed two persons and abducted many others in the Kofar Gayan area of Zaria, Kaduna State.     It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the area on Saturday night, August 12, 2023, shot sporadically, killing the individuals, while they kidnapped others.   The killings come just over 24 hours after the death […]

Ritualists Disguise As Farm Labourers, Hack Pastor To Death In Ondo

Two ritualists who disguised as labourers have allegedly hacked a 45-year-old pastor, Dada Itopa to death at Ebira camp Ipele in Owo local government area of Ondo State.   It was gathered that the ritualists also attacked the 30-year-old Pastor’s wife, Bose Dada with cutlass at the same scene but she was later rescued.   […]

Industrial Machine Cuts Off Worker’s Hand In Ogun

The Ogun state police has launched an investigation after an employee at a factory in Logbara village, Owode Egba where animal feed is being produced had his hand chopped off on August 11.   A statement released by the spokesperson SP Omolola Odutola says a situation report from Owode Egba Division indicated that on the […]