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Lagos Police Disclose Identity Of Officer Who Fired AK-47 Shots At Ladipo Market Reopening

NewsDeskNgOct 18, 2023October 18, 20230

The Lagos State Police Command said it has identified the man filmed firing shots to celebrate the reopening of the Ladipo market, Lagos State. A viral video posted on X (formerly Twitter) showed a man discharging rounds into the air while onlookers cheered him on. The spokesperson for the Nigeria...

Abducted lawmaker regains freedom

NewsDeskNgOct 17, 2023October 17, 20230

Mustapha Ali Shehu, the councillor representing Assakio Ward in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, and his brother were released by their abductors on Monday. Shehu, who was elected as councillor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2021, was kidnapped along with his brother on...

EFCC arrests Nigerian musician who defrauded Briton, American

NewsDeskNgOct 17, 2023October 17, 20230

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested singer Aniji Shedrack Chidubem, aka Sanij-D, on Monday for allegedly defrauding a Briton, Susan Mclean, of the sum of £9,300. The Lagos-based artiste was alleged to have also defrauded an American, Diana Rosado Gonzalax, of $2,000. Sanij-D was arrested in the Kuje...

3 killed, several others injured as farmers, herdsmen clash in Oyo

NewsDeskNgOct 17, 2023October 17, 20230

No fewer than three people have died as a result of a clash that occurred in Iwajowa Local Government Area in Oyo State. Newsmen learnt that the clash between herders and farmers occurred at Inayin-Apakolo Agbaruru village in Iwere-Ile on Friday and did not abate until Sunday. Sources who spoke...

Osinachi: Court dismisses no case submission filed by late singer’s husband

NewsDeskNgOct 17, 2023October 17, 20230

The no-case submission application filed by Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, has been dismissed by a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2. Nwachukwu had filed the application to challenge the homicide and domestic violence suit instituted against him by the Office of...

Again, Keke NAPEP riders storm Abia Govt House over online ticket hitches

NewsDeskNgOct 17, 2023October 17, 20230

Tricycle operators, popularly known as Keke NAPEP, again staged a peaceful protest in front of the Abia State Government House, Umuahia. The transporters, numbering about 75, said they were at the seat of power over persistent problems with accessing the online ticket payment system recently introduced by the state government....

VIDEO – Many injured as BRT buses collide in Lagos

NewsDeskNgOct 17, 2023October 17, 20230

Two Bus Rapid Transport, known as BRT, were involved in a head-on collision on Tuesday in the Dopemu area of Lagos. Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, disclosed this in an online video on its official X handle, confirming several persons were injured. According to the agency, the incident had...

Man lands in Police net for stealing two female horses in Niger

NewsDeskNgOct 12, 2023October 12, 20230

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly stealing two cows at Chekungi village in Bida Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in Minna, said the suspect was arrested based on a report received by...

Rivers State Woman Pours Hot Groundnut Oil On Her Husband Over Argument

NewsDeskNgOct 12, 2023October 12, 20230

Hope Nwala from Obite1 community attacks her husband; Ekelediri Nwankwo in Okehi community in Etche Local government area with hot groundnut oil and hammer. “I have told my wife’s younger sister to leave my house because of the way she has started dressing, and the way she occupy my matrimonial...

Kogi: Boy Buries Alive by Elder Brother for Stealing N1,000 Rescued

NewsDeskNgOct 12, 2023October 12, 20230

A little boy was rescued in Apamisede area of Lokoja on Tuesday after he was buried alive by his elder brother. The elder brother, who was caught by neighbours, said he buried the boy alive after their mother directed him to punish the boy for stealing N1,000. The case has...