The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps, popularly known as So-Safe Corps, has arrested three members of a gang of armed robbers said to be terrorising residents of Iroko/Arije, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. Those…
Police arrest 66 suspected cultists in Plateau
The Police Command in Plateau State on Friday said its operatives arrested 66 persons suspected to be members of the dreaded Sara Suka cult group who have been terrorizing residents of the state. They also recovered weapons from the suspects.…
Anxiety as cultists hack down kingpin in Ogun
Anxiety has enveloped some areas of Abeokuta, Ogun State, following the killing of Olumide Ifeoluwa, an alleged cult kingpin and popular area boy. Our correspondent gathered that, Ifeoluwa, popularly know as Tescom, was shot dead by suspected members of eiye…
Fleeing residents still hiding in the forests – Okuama indigene
Residents of Okuama, Omosuomo, and other communities in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, still confined in the forests since the ongoing Army clearance operations in their domains over the killing of 17 soldiers on March 14, weekend, sent…
Police foil deadly kidnapping attempt, neutralise notorious bandit in Abuja
Police operatives of the Intelligence Response Team have neutralised a notorious and wanted kidnapping kingpin whose gang had been terrorising residents of the FCT after a gun duel. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, said…
3 feared dead as robbers attack banks in Ekiti
No fewer than three persons were feared dead in a bloody bank robbery on Wednesday in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The robbers, who attacked Wema Bank and Access Bank in different locations in the community, were said to have operated freely.…
Lagos assures residents of potable water supply
The Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) on Saturday assured residents of its commitment toward provision of potable water supply to every home in the state. The LWC Managing Director, Engr. Mukhtar Tijani, said this in a statement, through the Executive Director,…
LASG advises residents to plan movements on Dangote Refinery inauguration day
Lagos State government on Tuesday advised residents to plan their movements around Lekki-Epe corridor ahead of the proposed inauguration of Dangote Refinery by President Muhammadu Buhari on May 22. Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, stated at Ikeja that residents…
Stop Tinubu’s swearing-in, 5 FCT residents urge court
A suit demanding an order to discontinue the swearing-in of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29 has been filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Instituted by five residents of the Federal Capital Territory, the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/578/2023, urged…
Lagos residents laud INEC over PVC collection
Some voters in Lagos State have commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the ongoing Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) collection exercise. This is as the commission cautions eligible voters against leaving collection of their PVCs until the last day.…
