Regent of Akungba Akoko in Ondo State, Princess Oluwatoyin Omosowon, has been rescued from her abductors after spending some days in their den. She regained her freedom on Tuesday after security operatives in Edo State stormed where she was kept by the gunmen. Before her rescue on Tuesday, two of the aides with her when…
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Baby Factory Raided In Enugu
Enugu State Police Command on Saturday discovered a baby factory at 9th Mile area of the state. They also rescued nine pregnant women at the place operated by one Ikechukwu Onoh, of Etiti, Amakwo-Ngwo village, in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. Spokesman of the Police in the state, Ebere Amaraizu, told newsmen that…
Obasa Hails Vanguard Publisher, Sam Amuka At 80
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has congratulated publisher of Vanguard newspapers, Sam Amuka, on his 80th birthday. Obasa, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Musbau Razak, described Amuka as an icon who has brought honour and dignity to journalism profession in the world. “He is a man…
Kogi Teachers Protest Over Unpaid Salaries
A demonstration was held on Thursday, June 11, 2015 in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, by some teachers in the state. The protest was organised due to the inability of the state government to pay them their salaries for some months. The teachers, majorly from primary schools in the state, expressed their displeasure over the…
Ambode Declares Friday Public Holiday
Governor Akinwunmin Ambode of Lagos State has declared Friday, June 12, 2015 as public holiday. This is to commemorate the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election in Nigeria by former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, which was won by late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. The governor announced this on Thursday in a…
Kidnapped Priest: Fayose Lures Informants With N2m
Following the abduction of a Catholic Priest in Ekiti State on Tuesday, the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, has offered to give N2 million to anyone that provides useful information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators. Fayose, in a broadcast, expressed worry over the rise in kidnapping in the state. The governor disclosed that he…
Houses, Shops Razed In Another Lagos Tanker Fire
Barely four days after a tanker fire exploded after it veered off the Iyana Ipaja flyover bridge on the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway in Alimosho local government area of Lagos State, a similar incident has occurred not too far away from the scene of the last one. The latest incident, which took place on Friday night at…
JTF Intercepts Stolen Oil In Bayelsa
An oil vessel carrying about 1,500 metric tons of illegally refined automotive gas oil was seized by men of the Joint Task Force in Bayelsa State. Addressing newsmen in Yenagoa on Friday, spokesperson of the JTF, Lt Col Ado Isa, disclosed that the vessel, registered as MV Europort, was seized at Foropa waterways in Bayelsa.…
Ikpeazu Removes Appellations From Name
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has directed that the appellations; His Excellency and Executive be “dropped in all official and informal communication with him.” The governor said he simply wants to be addressed as Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State. He made this known in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary,…
Truck Kills 10 In Ondo Market
An accident scene Tragedy was let loose on Thursday in Owena, a border town between Osun and Ondo States when an articulated vehicle rammed into a roadside market along the Ilesha-Akure Expressway in the town, leaving not less than 10 persons dead. It was reported that the trailer had a brake failure and in an…