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Six soldiers and a yet undisclosed number of gunmen are feared dead in Ohafia, Ohafia council area of Abia state in the early hours of Saturday as the military battled gunmen in the area. Vanguard gathered that on Thursday, at about 5pm, unknown gunmen had stormed the Ebem motor park, …

A bus conveying some northerners from Gombe State to Lagos has been intercepted in Akure, the Ondo State capital, by the June 12 protesters. Locally made guns were found in the bus. The protesters handed the suspects to the operatives of the security outfit, Amotekun. The suspects are being interrogated.

Anthony Adeyinka, an aide of Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said Police in Ojota fired tear gas to disperse hoodlums, not June 12 activists. Adeyinka, who is an SSA on sports, explained that the hoodlums were on course to hijack the protest at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in the Ojota area of Lagos …

A BBC reporter, identified as Micheal, was on Saturday attacked by a police officer during #June12Protest at Mokola in Ibadan, Oyo State. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dXVeXm8T2k The reporter, who works with BBC Pidgin, was slapped while trying to record the harassment of protesters by security operatives. He was attacked by a police officer …

Several markets in Lagos, including the popular Computer Village were shut on Saturday following threats of protest and violence in the state. Sunday Igboho, acclaimed Yoruba activist, had declared June 12 a day of protest and told people in the Southwest to stockpile food in readiness for the day. Despite …

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has emphasised the need to continue to fight poverty in the country, lamenting that some people have been recruited into the Boko Haram group with just N5,000. He said this while delivering an address to mark 2021 democracy day and second-year anniversary of his government. …

Motorists and commuters plying Eko Bridge, Lagos State, have lamented increasing attacks by armed robbers on them. NEwsextra24 gathered that while robbers broke into cars and commercial vehicles in broad daylight and dispossessed people of their valuables, police were nowhere to be found. Our correspondents, who spoke to victims and eyewitnesses, …

  NDLEA intercepts 100,000 bottles of codeine syrup at Onne Port . 146.95kg illicit drug seized at Abuja airport No fewer than 100,000 bottles of codeine syrup with a total weight of 15,325kilograms have been intercepted and seized by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Onne seaport, …

The Osun Police Command has arrested one Kabiru Oyedun, a suspected ritualist, for being in possession of body parts of a yet-to-be-identified lady, killed for money rituals. Oyeduntan, 39, who was paraded on Friday revealed that he assisted his friend, identified as Akin (alias O’clumsy) to butcher his girlfriend. The …

  Following threats posed by the nationwide Democracy Day protests, fear of possible attacks and other related events have kept most residents of Benin City, the capital of Edo State, indoors. Newsextra24 observed that at Akpakpava Street, Ikpoba Slope, Third East Circular Road and other major areas, some shop owners …