A middle-aged man identified as Sunday had on Sunday mistakenly shot himself while celebrating the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke, the newly Governor-elect under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). It was gathered that Sunday, who is living at…
*Gunmen Break into Abuja Homes, Abduct Residents, Kill Housewife (DailyTrust)*Lagos State students demand ban on daytime movement of articulated vehicles (Sun)
Gunmen Break into Abuja Homes, Abduct Residents, Kill Housewife (DailyTrust) A housewife simply identified as Salamatu was shot dead when kidnappers stormed Piri community in Kwali Area Council of Abuja. At least eight residents were reportedly abducted in the incident…
Why I sold my day-old baby to pastor for N10,000 – 22-year-old woman
A 22-year-old woman, Seun Oladayo, who sold her day-old baby for N10,000 to a pastor in Ondo town, Ondo State, has revealed why she took the action. Oladayo was arrested by the security outfit, Amotekun, in Ondo West council area…
Insecurity: Lagos becoming more volatile place to live – group
A group of Nigerians in Diaspora, Yoruba One Voice (YOV) on Wednesday appealed to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to urgently inaugurate the Southwest Security Network, Amotekun in the state. The group, which expressed concern about the spate of insecurity…
*Three bag jail term for $215,084.75 Internet scam (Guardian) *Sanwo-Olu inaugurates ferries, says okada, Marwa ban irreversible (Punch)
Three bag jail term for $215,084.75 Internet scam (Guardian) Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos has sentenced Obaro James Omemi, Ehizojie Slyvanus Omokhuale and Eghosa Atekha Osunde to one year in prison each for an offence…
Finally, Tinubu speaks on Amotekun: “I do not make hasty, ill-conceived utterances”
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has finally intervened in the contentious Amotekun initiative which has pitted the South West Governors against the Attorney General and sundry Northern groups. In a statement released on Wednesday January 22, 2020 the Yoruba leader said…
FG declares Amotekun illegal (DailyTrust)
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, yesterday declared the recently launched southwest security outfit, codenamed “Amotekun”, illegal. The AGF, in a statement by his spokesman, Umar Gwandu, described Amotekun as contrary to the constitution of…