A 23-year-old Nigerian graduate living in the United States, Oluwalayomi “Layo” Fadero, has lost her life after a driver fleeing from police collided with her vehicle in Nashville, Tennessee. Local media reports indicated that the tragic incident occurred last Friday when the suspect, identified as Ray Eugene Padgett, allegedly drove against traffic while attempting to escape arrest. Fadero, who recently graduated from Fisk University, was said to be heading towards her residence along Murfreesboro Pike when the suspect’s vehicle rammed into the driver’s side of her car. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The Metro Nashville Police Department disclosed…
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Gunmen have reportedly shot dead a Point-of-Sale operator, identified simply as Daniel, during a robbery attack in the World Bank area of Owerri, the Imo State capital. The incident was said to have occurred on Sunday evening near Everyday Supermarket, where the victim operated his business. Daniel, a native of Ndegwu in Orogwe community, Owerri West Local Government Area, was reportedly attacked at his duty post by the assailants. A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that the victim had earlier suffered a robbery incident and was still struggling to recover from the financial setback before the latest…
Former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, appeared at the Federal High Court in Kaduna on Tuesday under heavy security for his scheduled arraignment over alleged corruption-related offences. El-Rufai arrived at the court premises, located within the old Nigerian Defence Academy, around 9:00 a.m. in a Hilux vehicle. He waited for over 30 minutes before being escorted into the courtroom at about 9:34 a.m., dressed in a light green babanriga with a matching cap, flanked by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Department of State Services (DSS). Journalists who had gathered from…
The Ogun State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the alleged indecent assault of an eight-month-old baby at a private school in the state. Findings indicated that the incident occurred on Wednesday, March 18, within the school premises where the child’s mother, Gloria Umukoro, works. Umukoro explained that the school had closed early for revision week, but she remained behind to prepare examination materials. She said the baby, clad in a diaper, was initially with the school principal before being returned about 30 minutes later by the school director, identified as Korede Afuye. Recounting the sequence of events, the…
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have rescued a 27-year-old woman abducted along the Ibusa/Ogwashi-Uku forest axis, even as they arrested a suspected armed robber in a separate operation. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Warri. Edafe said the victim, whose identity was not disclosed, is a resident of Ibusa in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state. He explained that the police acted on credible intelligence indicating that the woman had been kidnapped and held at a building site near the Obosi River along the…
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has said that the recent meeting of governors with President Bola Tinubu in Lagos centred on security challenges and preparations for the forthcoming All Progressives Congress convention. Sule disclosed this on Monday while speaking on the sidelines of his investiture as Patron of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations in Abuja. The governor explained that the gathering, which followed a dinner with the President, involved extensive deliberations on security issues affecting the country, as well as strategy sessions ahead of the APC convention. According to him, the discussions with the President were followed by…
Security operatives in Ondo State have stepped up operations to curb criminal activities, conducting an extensive bush-combing exercise across high-risk areas in Akure North Local Government Area. The joint operation, carried out on Monday, involved personnel from the Amotekun Corps, the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the Nigerian Army. It was gathered that operatives traversed dense forest paths on foot, motorcycles, and vehicles, covering zones from the back of HOB Estate through Ilado, Ilu-Abo, and Ala-Dada. During the several-hour exercise, security agents reportedly dismantled and set ablaze suspected hideouts used by kidnappers and…
Several persons are feared dead following a suspected bomb explosion that struck Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State on Monday. The incident, believed to have involved an improvised explosive device, threw the community into panic, with residents linking the attack to suspected terrorists, although no group has officially claimed responsibility. The latest development comes weeks after a similar wave of violence in the area. Residents recalled that no fewer than 75 people were killed and several homes razed when suspected terrorists launched coordinated attacks on Woro and neighbouring Nuku communities. In response to the earlier assault,…
A 43-year-old staff member of the National Youth Service Corps, Abbas Olalekan, was on Monday arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, over alleged conspiracy and attempt to procure abortion. Olalekan, said to reside in the Mosafueto area of Oke-Ata, Abeokuta, is facing a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and unlawful attempt to procure abortion through the supply of drugs. The prosecution counsel, Inspector Lawrence Olu-Balogun, told the court that the alleged offences were committed between January and March in the Ikereku area of Laderin, Abeokuta. He alleged that the defendant conspired with persons still at large…
A magistrates’ court on Monday sentenced two security guards, Naphtali Nansak, 34, and Gabriel Kenshio, 36, to one year in prison each for acts of negligence. The sentence was handed down by Magistrate Irene Pati after the men pleaded guilty to the charges. Each convict was also fined N40,000. The prosecution, led by Daniel Damulak, told the court that the matter was reported by the complainant, Onyekwere Churchill, at the Anglo-Jos Police Station on February 10. Damulak added that the convicts’ conduct violated provisions of the Plateau Penal Code Law.