Nigeria
5 Feb
Youths in Kaduna, yesterday, took to the streets to protest the killing of one Mansur Mai Shago during last Saturday’s re-run election in Rigachikun, Igabi Local Council of Kaduna State.
5 Feb
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, yesterday, decried the illegal activities of oil pipeline vandals, which led to the loss of five lives in a fire explosion.
5 Feb
A week after Akari Estate, in the Soka area of Ibadan was engulfed by fire, another tragedy occurred yesterday, when shops in Sango were gutted and goods worth millions of naira were destroyed.
5 Feb
Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), yesterday, said 192 persons died while 929 sustained injuries in 630 auto crashes in 2023.
5 Feb
Lagos State Police Command has arrested 60-year-old Augustine Egemoye and 35-year-old Innocent Eremosele for transporting expired drugs to the Alaba International Market, with a view to changing the dates.
5 Feb
The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Benneth Igweh, has ordered a clampdown on unregistered vehicles, following growing cases of insecurity in the capital city.
5 Feb
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a man with speaking and hearing impairment for dealing in illicit substances.
5 Feb
An eight-month-old baby sold for N800,000, approximately $533, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, is yet to be rescued, and the police are yet to ascertain the location of the buyer.
5 Feb
A Port Harcourt-based firm, Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited, has denied abandoning a contract staff member, David Depreye, after he suffered a workplace accident in December 2020.
5 Feb
The Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma has solicited maximum support and cooperation from the management of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO to tackle the prevalent kidnapping cases and other crimes being perpetrated around the institution.
5 Feb
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State won all four disputed seats in the House of Assembly in Saturday’s rerun in Bauchi, Zungur/Galambi, Ningi and Madara/Chinade state constituencies.
5 Feb
The National chairman of the All progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has offered an insight as to why the party is putting in place a Progressives institute.