Metro

Shop owners in the Gombe Old market were alerted in the early hours of Wednesday, of a fire outbreak, allegedly caused by a gang of suspected robbers, who looted and set not fewer than 20 locked up shops ablaze. The fire incident resulted in the massive loss of properties estimated to cost over N70 million. The incident was said to …

At least 12 people were killed and six others injured in an auto crash along the Obajana-Lokoja Expressway, Kogi State, on Sunday night. The spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bisi Kazeem, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday, said a Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number MKA515ZD and a Sono truck were involved in the …

Police operatives in Benue have killed one suspected armed robber and arrested three others in the state. The spokesperson for the state police command, Sewuese Anene, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday in Makurdi. She said operatives from Operation Zenda Joint Task Force (JTF) raided Kighir, Kanshio, and Adeke communities following credible intelligence about the activities of armed …

Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, on Thursday, sentenced a security guard, Happiness Sunday, to triple life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his employer’s children. The Lagos State government arraigned the convict for defiling the victims aged 10 and eight years in the Magodo area of the state in 2020. He was arraigned on …

The construction of the redline light rail system from Ebute Metta to Agbado, which is 95% complete, will be ready by the end of 2023, according to Lagos State Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu revealed this to the media on Monday after officially launching the blue light rail passenger service with his deputy, Dr Femi Hamzat, who had already taken the …

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Federal Capital Territory has arrested 135 suspects during raids of criminal hideouts, uncompleted buildings, and shanties in the city. The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Haruna Garba, disclosed this at a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja. He said the JTF was inaugurated by the Minister of FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike to …

Police operatives in Anambra gave arrested a 31-year-old man, for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs. Ify Obinabo, told journalists on Thursday in Awka, that the arrest of the suspect followed a report by the girl’s guardian. Obinabo, who was represented at the briefing by her Special …

Less than a day after being declared wanted by the police, Owodunni Ibrahim aka Primeboy, a boyhood friend of the late musician, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has turned himself in to the Lagos police. After failing to respond to the invitation to participate in an inquiry into Mohbad’s death, Primeboy was listed as being wanted on Wednesday. However, …

The Benue State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Matthew Abo who was abducted by gunmen on September 24, has regained freedom. Abo was kidnapped from his residence at his hometown in Zaki-Biam community of Ukum Local Government Area of state. It was also revealed that the kidnappers however held on to a former Chairman Ukum LGA, Mr. Washima Erukaa …

Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested two syndicates that allegedly specialise in extorting money from unsuspecting members of the public through “deadly” threats. This was disclosed in a statement by the state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga on Thursday. According to Ikenga, police operatives at Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area and Umunze in Orumba South LGA …