A chief magistrates’ court in Lokoja on Tuesday remanded three robbery suspects for allegedly attacking and dispossessing students of their belongings in Kogi. The suspects were arrested and arraigned for terrorising the student communities of Adakolo, Felele, Bassa Village and Crusher suburb areas of Lokoja, the confluence city. On March 23 and 25, students of Federal University Lokoja (FUL) were attacked by hoodlums who dispossessed them of their valuables, such as smartphones, computers and other items. The three suspects—Abbas Salisu, Gimba Ibrahim and Mamud Lawal Kwara—were arraigned by the State Security Service (SSS). The suspects had earlier confessed to having…
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The pioneer leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, known as APC Aborigines, have announced Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa as their preferred candidate ahead of the party’s primary and November governorship election. The endorsement came during a meeting of the group led by Sola Iji, former ambassador to Togo, in Akure, where the group adopted the candidacy of the Governor. Leaders of the party at the event included former Deputy Leader of the Senate, Prof. Ajayi Borrofice, Chief Tokunbo Ajasin, Dr. Taiwo Malumi, Mrs Grace Animola, Alhaji Yinusa Adeola and Hon. Akinsehinde Awodeyi-Apata. Speaking on behalf of the…
The Kano State Fire Service reported on Tuesday that a fire razed the Aliko filling station at Aminu Kano Way in the Dala LGA. The spokesman for the service, Saminu Abdullahi, said the fire occurred at about 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday. Mr Abdullahi said, “We received a distress call at about 12:45 a.m. from patrol and guard, Kwalli police division, that there was a fire outbreak at the filling station. ”On receiving the information, we quickly sent some of our personnel and firefighting vehicles to the scene at about 12:54 a.m. to put off the fire so as not to…
Minister of women affairs Uju-Kennedy Ohanenye says the ministry is working with stakeholders for the establishment of mobile courts to get justice for women incarcerated for years in correctional facilities without trial. The minister said this in an interview on the sidelines of a women’s empowerment conference in Abuja on Tuesday to mark the 2024 International Women’s Day. Ms Ohanenye said many women awaiting trial over minor offences have been abandoned in correctional facilities for years with no hope of getting justice. She added that establishing the mobile court would help such women and aid in decongesting the correctional facilities.…
The Lagos government says it has arrested and prosecuted no fewer than 219 persons for crossing expressways in different parts of the state in March. The spokesperson for Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, Lukman Ajayi, said this on Tuesday. Mr Ajayi said the people were arrested at Oshodi, Dopemu, Ikeja, Ikorodu Road, Ketu, and Ojota. He said the arrest would continue if the people did not obey simple rules that would save lives. The spokesperson wondered why some people, including parents, would take children to cross a 10-lane-expressway where there were pedestrian bridges. Mr Ajayi called on the residents, particularly…
Youths from Kogi State, on Tuesday, declared that they had decided not to fold their arms and allow those they described as desperate politicians continue to drag the name of an otherwise great state in the mud. The youths, from the three senatorial districts of the state, under the aegis of Kogi Independent Youths Association, particularly cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to be wary of politicians who they said meant no good for Kogi State but were out to use the Commission to achieve selfish objectives detrimental to the wellbeing and unity the state had enjoyed in…
The Nigerian Army has said a minor explosion occurred in a farmland near the Mammy Market within the Ikeja Cantonment in Lagos on Monday. This is contained in a statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, in Abuja. Mr Nwachukwu said the explosion was suspected to have been triggered by the burning of refuse and other inflammable debris by a farmer who cultivated the farmland. According to him, no casualty was recorded in the incident. He said, “However, given that the cantonment was recently cleared and certified free of unexploded ordinances, we understand that there could be…
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe said troops on Monday rescued nine kidnap victims abducted by gunmen on March 29 along Ugheli-Patani axis of the East-West road. Commander of the joint military force deployed to Niger Delta, Rear Admiral John Okeke, confirmed the development on Monday. Mr Okeke said that 10 suspected kidnappers were arrested in during the rescue of the victims which included an NYSC member and a navy rating. “In continuation to ensure safety of lives and property in the Niger Delta Region, the gallant troops of the Joint Task Force South-South Operation…
The Police in Lagos State have arrested four persons suspected to be vandalising and stealing armoured cables belonging to the state government. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a post he shared on his X handle @benHundeyin on Monday. He identified the suspects as Oseni Yusuf, Richard Solomon, Emmanuel Ezeobi and Isaac Shedrach. Mr Hundeyin said that a police patrol team arrested the suspects on Monday in the Ikeja area of the state. “Patrol officers from Main Centre Division accosted the suspects along Oba Akran Road at about 12:25 a.m. “They were vandalising armoured…
On Monday, residents near the Cultural Center area along Ondo Road in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, launched an attack on a truck transporting food items. The incident occurred when the truck experienced a breakdown while traveling from Ondo town to the state capital. Eyewitnesses reported that the looted items, including foodstuffs packaged in cartons bearing the image of President Bola Tinubu, were targeted by the attackers. Among the assailants were motorcycle riders and other local residents who seized the opportunity to plunder the truck’s cargo. When journalists got to the scene where the looting occurred, there were empty…