The police command in Ekiti has confirmed the killing of a man in the early hours of Tuesday by two men riding on a motorcycle. The middle-aged man, whose identity had yet to be known, was shot dead in broad daylight by the unidentified gunmen around the popular Okesa roundabout in Ado-Ekiti. He was reportedly shot moments after he asked to know if the gunmen had obtained a ticket for the day. Witnesses who knew the victim before his death said that he was one of the officers engaged in issuing tickets to commercial motorcyclists around the Okesa roundabout. The…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Nasarawa State has said it commenced investigation to unravel those behind the attack on its headquarters in Lafia. The state NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Jerry Victor, said this during an interview on Tuesday in Lafia. An unspecified number of suspected bandits attacked the NSCDC Lafia office in the early hours of June 17 but was repelled by the personnel of the command. Mr Victor said that the state commandant of the corps, Ismaila Abdullahi, had directed the intelligence unit to get to the root of the attack with a view of apprehending the attackers, collaborators and…
Ondo activist and media personality, Ogunmola Oluwaseun Joshua also known as Ogbeni Sugar, shared photos of the final student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Modupe Ayandare, who allegedly committed suicide after attending a church vigil. Modupe, who was in the 500 level of the Department of Agronomy of the institution, was found hanged beside the church which is located off-campus of the institution. It was gathered that the deceased went to a vigil at the white garment church and left in the early hours of Monday, June 18, 2024, to hang herself at an uncompleted building beside the…
The Anambra state Commissioner of Police CP Nnaghe Obono Itam has ordered an immediate manhunt operation on the armed men Operating in a red Highlander jeep, who abducted a Nigerian in Nnewi at 1:30 pm yesterday June 17 and were trailed to Nnobi, where they engaged security operatives in a gun battle During the gun duel, one of the security operatives was fatally hit by the bullet and due to the indiscriminate shootings by the hoodlums in an attempt to escape the scene, the bullet also fatally struck two innocent passersby in the area. The Police Responding Team…
Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Tuesday, directed the heads of Local Government Administration to immediately take charge of their councils. The governor gave the directive following the expiration of the tenure of the 23 local government chairmen on June 17. Mr Fubara gave the directive in a statewide broadcast at Government House in Port Harcourt. He commended the dedicated services of the outgoing elected local government chairmen and councillors whose tenure expired after three years of service. The governor, on behalf of the state, thanked them for their commitment in serving the state. Mr Fubara also congratulated them on…
The Chief Spokesperson, Peter Obi/ Datti Baba-Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council for 2023, Yunusa Tanko, has said reforming the electoral process is more needed now to deepen democracy than the proposed six-year single-tenure and rotational presidency. Mr Tanko, also a former National Chairman of the defunct National Conscience Party, said this during an interview on Tuesday. Mr Tanko said reforming the electoral process would guarantee the emergence of credible leaders across all levels of government. According to him, deepening democracy to guarantee emergence of credible leaders should be one of the key things to consider in the ongoing process to amend the constitution. “These…
The police command in Yobe State said on Monday that it captured 40-year-old Haruna Mohammed, believed to be a leader of a “notorious terrorist gang.” The command’s spokesperson, Dungus Abdulkarim, told journalists in Damaturu that the suspect was apprehended by the State Investigation Department. Mr Abdulkarim said, “He has been terrorising towns, villages and neighbouring states through menacing phone calls, demanding money and valuables from victims. The command has been on the trail of Mohammed for his criminal activities. A victim from Siminti village reported that Mohammed demanded N3 million and threatened to kill him and his family. “In an…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted thunderstorms and cloudiness from Tuesday to Thursday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Monday in Abuja forecast morning thunderstorms on Tuesday over parts of Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe and Gombe states. It foretold thunderstorms over parts of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Kano, Bauchi, Katsina and Taraba states later in the day. It noted, “Partly cloudy conditions are expected over the central regions during the morning hours with prospects of afternoon/evening thunderstorms over parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Plateau, Kogi, Benue, Nasarawa and Kwara states. Cloudy skies are expected over the southern region…
A man identified as Fouad Willoughby has cried out over the sudden disappearance of his three-year-old son, Abdul-Muqseet Willoughby, during the Eid festival on Sunday at his family house in Ajagun Lane, Lagos Island area of Lagos. Willoughby told PUNCH Metro on Monday that his son went missing after they arrived from the Eid prayer ground. He disclosed that he left his son in the compound with his family members and went to assist with the ram slaughtering. He panicked that residents in the neighborhood were not familiar with the missing child, so it might have frustrated the search. “I…
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that the abducted Fouani brothers and two others have been rescued. The spokesperson for the command, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known via a text message to our correspondent on Tuesday. According to him, the brothers identified as Abbas Fouani, Youssef Fouani, and Amtal Fouani, who were abducted on June 14 around 6pm in Lagos were rescued last night in Orugbo Iddo by men of the Marine Police. One of the brothers is the Managing Director of Fouani Nigeria Limited that specialises in electronics and is the sole distributor of LG, Hisense, and Maxi…