Metro

Gunmen suspected to be cultists reportedly killed 10 people at the Ukoosaa-Atam community, Ukum local government area of Benue State on Monday. The incident followed last Friday’s killing of 15 people during a supremacy battle between two rival cult groups in Ukum LGA. Residents of the community told journalists on Tuesday that the latest attack was a reprisal by one …

Gunmen suspected to be militia on Thursday, reportedly killed three farmers in a renewed attack in Panyam community of Mangu local government area of Plateau State. The farmers were said to have been attacked and killed by the suspected herdsmen while working on their farms in the community, barely a week after a Fulani comunity leader, Mohammed Gabdo, was allegedly …

Spokesman for the Federal Capital Territory Fire Service, Ibrahim Tauheed has confirmed that no casualty was recorded following a fire outbreak at the headquarters of South Korean electronics giant, Samsung, located in the Wuse 2 area, Abuja. In a statement on Tuesday, Tauheed said the inferno that gutted the two-storey complex on Monday night was as a result of careless …

At least three persons died and five others were injured in an auto crash along the Osogbo-Ilobu highway of Osun State on Thursday morning. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr. Henry Benamasia, confirmed the accident in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs. Agnes Ogungbemi, in Osogbo. He said a white …

Police operatives in Edo State have arrested a 24-year-old student of the University of Port Harcourt for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Muhammed Dankwara, told journalists on Tuesday in Benin that the suspect’s landlord reported the case to the police. He said the landlord informed the police that the suspect stabbed the lady …

Police operatives in Delta have arrested 67 persons for alleged involvement in homosexuality in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Bright Edafe, who paraded the suspects before journalists at the Ekpan police station on Tuesday, said they were arrested during a wedding ceremony of a gay couple in a hotel along Refinery road in the Uvwie local …

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the slash of the fares for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and other modes of public transport system in the state by 25 percent. The spokesman for the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Kolawole Ojelabi, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He said the new fares would take effect from …

Police operatives in Benue have rescued six kidnapped victims and arrested four suspects in Agbanor village, Okpokwu local government area of the state. The spokesperson for the state police command, Sewuese Anene, confirmed the development in a statement on Thursday in Makurdi. She said the victims were kidnapped on their way to the farm in Utonkon District on September 22. …

The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has placed a ban on hugging and kissing, lapping, wearing of indecent dresses, tinted hair and tattoos by students in a bid to curb immorality and indecency on campus. In a set of codes of conduct and dress code contained in the revised students’ handbook for the new academic …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 20 persons for allegedly scavenging at night in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NSCDC Commandant in the FCT, Olusola Odumosu, who paraded the suspects on Monday, said the scavengers popularly called, “Baba Bola” were arrested by the operatives during a midnight patrol at different locations. He said: “Scavenging at …