The State Emergency Agency (SEMA), Jigawa state chapter, on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, said six people died in a rainstorm that hit Kafin-Hausa local government area of the state. The head of the state’s emergency agency (SEMA), Yusuf Sani, while confirming the incident, said 65 people sustained injuries in the storm that occurred on Tuesday, July 12. Sani noted that the state and federal disaster management officials are assessing the damage done by the rainstorm. He added that the number of houses and properties destroyed by the rainstorm are yet-to-be ascertained, according to Premium Times. The head of the state’s emergency agency…
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A member of a robbery gang who specialises in robbing unsuspecting victims with motorcycles has been set ablaze by an angry mob at Afor Nkpor market in the Idemili North local government area of Anambra state. The armed robber was said to have, on arrival at the market, pointed a gun at some people in the market, and ordered them to surrender all they had to him immediately. It was gathered that in the process of handing over the said items to him, one of the victims raised an alarm that they were being robbed, which attracted the attention of other passers-by.…
Sixteen family members on Saturday, 9 July, perished on the eve of the Eid-el-Kabir festival while sailing in a boat from Mile 2 to Ibeshe, Ojo in Lagos State. The officials of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Lagos Area Office, led by the area manager, Engr. Sarat Buraimah paid a condolence visit to Ibeshe town on Wednesday. The Ovori of Ibeshe, Oba Alani Gausu, said the victims, who were from the Sumola Aniajogun family of Ibeshe, were traveling for Sallah when they perished in a boat mishap on Friday. According to Leadership report, NIWA also revealed that the jetty where the ill-fated boat departed…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command, on Friday, 15 July, rescued twenty eight fishermen kidnapped by a five-man gang in Akwakpa, in the Uruan Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi disclosed this at the command headquarters, Ikot Akpanabia Uyo, the state capital. According to Punch, the Commissioner said the fishermen were rescued with the aid of intelligence and added that as soon as he got the report he drafted the marine officers who were able to rescue the victims at the creeks, where they were held hostage for over eight hours. He explained that the pirates…
One of the United States of America’s most wanted drug lords, Rafael Caro Quintero, has been arrested by the Mexican Navy in the western Sinaloa state. Mr. Quintero, who is accused of kidnapping, torturing, and murdering a US drug enforcement agent in 1985, was held in the town of Choix. The Navy said Mr. Quintero, believed to be 69, was found in bushes by a specially-trained dog called Max. US Attorney General Merrick Garland said it would seek Mr. Quintero’s immediate extradition. “There is no hiding place for anyone who kidnaps, tortures, and murders American law enforcement. “We are deeply grateful to…
A 22-year-old female student of the Delta state polytechnic, Ozoro region of the state, Gift Oloku, has been hacked to death by her boyfriend for breaking his iPhone during a misunderstanding. The incident happened at Etevie quarters in Ozoro, Isoko North local government area of the state on Saturday, July 16, 2022. It was gathered that the boyfriend identified as Godspower Adegheji, hacked the deceased to death with a machete. Spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Bright Edafe, while confirming the incident in a statement on Sunday, July 17, said the Adegheji has been arrested. According to Edafe, Adegheji killed the…
On Monday, September 2, the Federal Government brought 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters before a federal high court in Abuja. These individuals had been arrested across various cities including Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, and Gombe and face treasonable felony charges, which carry the death penalty. They are accused of conspiring to destabilize Nigeria. The defendants, who were brought to court under heavy security, pleaded not guilty to the six charges read to them by Justice Emeka Nwite. The accused are Michael Tobiloba Adaramoye (also known as Lenin), Adeyemi Abiodun Abayomi (also known as Yomi), Suleiman Yakubu, Comrade Opaluwa Eleojo Simeon, Angel Innocent, Buhari…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 27-year-old drug queen, Opoola Mujidat, for planting drugs concealed in fetish bowls containing scary native black soap and sponge on two Oman-bound male passengers. According to Punch, the passengers, Raji Kazeem and Akinbobola Omoniyi were reportedly traveling together to Oman on an Ethiopian Airline flight on Monday,11 July, when they were intercepted by NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The spokesman for the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said, “A search of their luggage revealed wraps of cannabis Sativa hidden in bowls…
Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (YOSEMA) has confirmed that flood killed at least four persons, including a police officer, with scores of others sustaining injuries in Gulani local government area of the state. Mohammed Goje, the executive secretary, Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (YOSEMA), while disclosing this on Sunday, July 17, 2022, noted that the incident occurred after a heavy downpour, which washed away more than 11 communities in Gulani, as well as one community in Gujba, in the last 24 hours. “In the last 24 hours, the Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (YOSEMA) received with shock, the devastating incident…
A newly married woman has killed her husband by setting him ablaze for cheating on her. The woman, identified as Ife, suspected her husband Bolu of cheating on her so she left an angry note on her WhatsApp stories, saying that her man has “pushed her to the edge, and promised that people will weep over both of them before daybreak.” The husband, Bolu, who lives in Cairo, but was visiting Nigeria, was set ablaze in his home, burning him and destroying his properties. It was gathered that Bolu was rushed to the hospital, while Ife was nowhere to be found after…