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31 Jan
No fewer than four soldiers are feared dead while others suffered injuries after a suspected drunk driver rammed into them in Lagos State. The soldiers attached to the Myoung Barracks in the Morocco area of Shomolu, Lagos were reportedly having their monthly road jogging on Friday morning when the incident happened. Apart from the four…
3 Jan
Hoodlums suspected to be terrorists on Thursday afternoon set a driver ablaze with his commercial vehicle in Katsina State.
8 Dec
The Police Command in Ebonyi on Sunday, said it has begun investigation into the incident involving the killing of a truck driver along Ishiagu/Okigwe expressway in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that a truck driver was shot dead by suspected warlords on the road on Dec 4. The people of Umuobor,…
21 Nov
A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced a 38-year-old driver, Sunday Okodo, to five years in prison for causing grievous bodily harm to a police officer, David Zapania, attached to the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA).
30 Oct
A magistrate court in Kuje, Abuja, has granted bail in the sum of N500,000 to Alex Ikwechegh, a member of the House of Representatives, following an incident in which he allegedly assaulted Bolt driver Stephen Abuwatseya. Abuwatseya had dragged Ikwechegh before His Worship Abubakar Umar Sai'id of the Chief Magistrates’ Court, Kuje, accusing him of…
27 Oct
A passenger who beat a Bolt driver to pulp is still being investigated by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command. The police hinted that his release on bail has not halted the investigation into his actions, as his victim is still hospitalised at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Jabi, Abuja. Police spokesperson, SP Josephine…
15 Sep
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has revealed that a male adult has died from a road accident around the Onipanu area of the state. In a statement on Sunday, the Head of the Public Affairs Unit-LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, said that following a walk-in report at the agency's Onipanu Base, LASEMA activated its Cobra Response…
2 Sep
A Magistrate's Court sitting in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, has ordered the remand of the driver who allegedly crushed a final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Esu Rita Ema, to death recently. The Osun State Police Command arraigned the driver, Lasisi Sodiq, on Monday and charged him with a six-count…
13 Aug
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 38-year-old driver , Usman Abdulkarim to one year imprisonment for stealing 1050 liters of petrol worth N977, 000. READ ALSO:Police arraign six for alleged kidnapping, stealing The Magistrate, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced Abdulkarim after he pleaded guilty to theft. The magistrate, however, gave…
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