A 30-year-old man has died in Kano State after he reportedly entered a well in an attempt to retrieve a burning gas cylinder. The incident occurred on Sunday at Saulawa Quarters in Gwarzo town, Gwarzo Local Government Area. The Kano State Fire Service confirmed the development in a statement issued on Monday by its Public Relations Officer, Saminu Yusif Abdullahi. According to the statement, the Gwarzo Fire Service received a distress call from a resident, Alhaji Dan Dauda Gwarzo, who reported that a man had gone down a well. The victim, identified as Ashahabu Ubale, was said to have entered…
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A cyclist has been killed in a road accident involving a heavy-duty truck beneath the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital bridge along the Airport Road in Ikeja, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the accident occurred on Monday at the traffic light point under the bridge as the cyclist and a DAF articulated truck approached the roundabout from the Maryland axis. Eyewitnesses said the cyclist allegedly rode too close to the moving truck while attempting to negotiate the bend, lost his balance and was run over by the vehicle, resulting in his instant death. Officials of the Lagos State Traffic…
The seven construction workers abducted from a Kwara State Government road project have regained their freedom after spending weeks in captivity. The workers were kidnapped on December 15, 2025, while working on the Sabaja–Owa-Onire Road in Isin Local Government Area, an incident that triggered anxiety among residents and the victims’ families. Confirming their release in a statement issued on Monday in Ilorin, the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Olajide Abolarin, said the Commissioner for Works and Transport, Abdulquawy Olododo, disclosed that the workers were freed through coordinated efforts by the state government and security agencies. Olododo described the…
Security operatives have uncovered several shallow graves containing the remains of persons allegedly killed during the boundary dispute between Amasiri community and Okporojọ Oso Edda community in Ebonyi State. The discovery was made by a joint security team deployed to the area following renewed violence linked to the protracted communal crisis. Reacting to allegations that troops were deployed to intimidate residents of Amasiri, the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Lt-Colonel Olabisi Olalekan Ayeni, said the presence of security forces was to enforce the curfew declared by the Ebonyi State Government and to protect…
A man identified as Iseleto has fled Osubi community in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State after allegedly stabbing his 23-year-old son, Miracle, to death on Sunday. It was gathered that the incident was linked to a domestic dispute within the family. Sources said the deceased had rented a separate apartment for himself and his father’s wife in a bid to ease tension and restore peace in the household. The move, however, was said to have angered his father, who allegedly lured him into a nearby bush and stabbed him multiple times with a dagger. After the attack, the…
A police officer serving in Borno State, Mohammad Muhammad, has been commended for returning ₦2.6m mistakenly credited to his bank account by a customer of a fintech company.
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has sacked the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Galadima, following a minor reshuffle of the State Executive Council. The decision was announced in a statement issued in the early hours of Monday by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado. According to the statement, the governor approved changes in the composition of his cabinet, leading to Galadima’s removal with immediate effect. “His Excellency, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, the Executive Governor of Bauchi State, has approved a minor change in the composition of his cabinet,” the statement read.…
Ondo State Governor, Dr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has approved the appointment and confirmation of 32 officers as Permanent Secretaries in the state’s civil service. The announcement was made in a statement on Monday by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan. Among those confirmed and appointed are Mrs. Tayo Ogundare, Mrs. Morayo M. Bayo-Philip, Adeyemi Sule, Mrs. Olufunso Tunji-Omoniyi, Olanrewaju Abiodun, Tope Lebile, mni, Stephen R. Aworere, Omotayo Akeju, Olufemi Moyinolorun, Olakunle Ajibade, Mrs. Oluwakemi Akinyemi, Bamidele Daisi, Engr. Akinluyi Omotola, Olumide Kinga, Mrs. Ope Adetoye, Olusiji Olatunji, Mrs. Oluseyi Odusola, Mrs. Funke Adelayi, Dr. Akindele Ige, and Olanrewaju…
The All Progressives Congress has explained why Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is yet to be formally received into the party following his defection. Speaking on a television programme on Sunday, the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, said the delay was deliberate and rooted in strategic considerations, particularly the need to manage regional and religious sensitivities. According to Yilwatda, the party opted to prioritise planned political activities in the northern part of the country ahead of similar engagements in the South. “We are preparing activities in Kano. In politics, we decided to clear the North first because Ramadan is…
No fewer than seven persons lost their lives, while 70 others sustained injuries in a lone road crash that occurred on personsalong the Hadejia Road axis of Kano State. The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the incident, which also left 28 passengers unhurt. In a statement issued in Kano, the Sector Commander, Idris Muhammed-Lawal, said the crash happened at about 8:35 a.m. at Kwanar Danja, involving a commercial DAF trailer conveying both passengers and goods. Muhammed-Lawal, who spoke through the command’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Labaran, said the FRSC received a distress call shortly after the crash and deployed a…