According to SaharaReporters, no fewer than three people “were killed in another attack by unidentified gunmen” on Monday evening in Southern Kaduna. A source in Kafanchan told SaharaReporters that the gunmen struck around 6pm local time in an area called Zangan, in Kaura local government area of the state. The assailants [reportedly] burnt down houses…
Some unknown gunmen, on Saturday night, shot dead a radical Islamic scholar in the ancient city of Zaria in Kaduna State. Sheikh Muhamman Awwal ‘Albani Zaria’ was assassinated on his way home from an event he attended in Zaria. One of his wives, who was with him at the time of the incident, was also…
Not less than 5000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State joined the All Progressives Congress, APC. The PDP members were welcomed into their new party at an event held for Senator Osita Izunaso by the Orlu senatorial zone at the Orlu Township Stadium in Orlu local government area of the state.…
No fewer than four persons were feared dead on Saturday morning when the convoy of the deputy governor of Ondo State, Ali Olanusi, was involved in a fatal car crash. The deputy governor was said to have been on his way to a social function in Akure when the unfortunate incident happened along the Aponmu-Owena…
Some unknown gunmen suspected to be cattle castle rustlers attacked a police station in Bauchi State on Thursday. The attackers took police officers at the Giade Divisional Police Station in Bauchi unawares. They reportedly used some explosives to raid the police station. They also broke into the police cell to free a suspect identified as…
Two men accused of vandalising petroleum pipelines in Plateau State have been jailed for 25 years. They were sentenced by a Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the state capital. The two suspects were brought before Justice Ambrose Allagoa by the Plateau State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, on a…
Gunmen on Monday night stormed Amodu Street, off Akala Street, Mushin, Lagos State, killing an eight-month pregnant woman, Musili Bello, and her 12-year-old daughter, Suliat Olowu. Punch Metro learnt that a commercial motorcycle rider, identified simply as Baba Monday, was also shot to death in the operation which was said to have lasted for about…
Report reaching us indicates that some members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, presently serving in Kogi State have found themselves in a big trouble. It was learnt that the Corpers, serving at Victory Model College, Efodo, Okpo in Olamaboro local government area of Kogi State, are being threatened by some aggrieved students of…
Reprieve may have come the way of some former office holders in Local Government/Local Council Development Areas (LGA/LCDAs) of the state, as the Lagos House of Assembly has directed that their backlog of salary arrears, tenure allowances and severance package be paid. The former officer holders are chairmen and councilors that had served in…
A bill to protect consumers’ rights in Lagos was last week passed into law by the state House of Assembly at plenary. The bill was passed into law after members took the third reading of the bill. It is to be sent to Governor Babatunde Fashola for assent. The bill which is a private member…