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A mother of four was murdered over the weekend in Akure, Ondo State capital, by some unknown assailants. The woman identified as Patience was said to have been trailed by her killers from her home before accosting her along Oda road axis of Akure metropolis. The deceased, a hairdresser at …

In an unrelenting onslaught against criminal elements and hoodlums, the Kaduna State Police Command said it has recorded another major breakthrough as its operatives attached to Rigachikun Division on Saturday, January 14, 2023 neutralised one bandit with others escaping with bullet wounds. The Command said at about 0100hours on the …

IN a bid to fortify the media team of the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate of the governing party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appointed Mahmud Jega as special adviser, Public Affairs and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz as special assistant on Media and Publicity. A statement at the weekend by his media …

Traders and farmers in Ogun State lost billions of naira in two separate fire incidents that occurred in the state in the second week of the year. On Tuesday, some farms located at Siun, in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area, were gutted by fire. The cause of the inferno, which …

UNKNOWN gunmen have kidnapped the Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Michael Olubunmi Olofinlade, in Ekiti State. This was contained in a statement signed by the Catholic Diocese Director of Social Communications in the state, Rev. Fr Anthony Ijasan and made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Sunday evening. The statement …

The Niger State Police Command said it had deployed a reinforcement team to track down the suspected killers of a Catholic priest, Very Rev. Fr. Issac Achi, of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, in the Paikoro Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. This is contained in a …

BANDITS in an attack on Kafin Koro Community in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State in the early hours of Sunday have burnt a Reverend Father, Isaac Achi of Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church, to death.  The bandits were said to have invaded the community at about 1 …

A mobile court sitting in Benin City has convicted two drivers in the metropolis for violating the state’s traffic laws. The drivers are among those apprehended by the Edo State Public Works Volunteers for driving against traffic (one-way), in a renewed effort to restore sanity on roads in the Benin …

THE Edo State Police Command said 12 more passengers who were abducted at the Ubeaja train station had been rescued unhurt on Saturday in Ughboa Forest. On Sunday, the state police commissioner, Mohammed Dankwara, said the rescue mission was made possible by the joint forces working tirelessly to ensure the …

THE governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress in Sokoto State, Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, has denied either being arrested or invited for any explanation by the anti-graft agency, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission. Sokoto while addressing supporters of the party at the Mabera area of the state metropolis …