Six persons have died in Kano after taking a locally-brewed wine during a wedding party. An eyewitness told reporters Monday that the incident happened at about 10:30pm on Sunday, adding that the deceased, who were all males aged between 20 and 22 drank the substance during the party. The eyewitness said the deceased died on their way to a hospital. Confirming the incident, Kano State Police Command spokesman, Musa Magaji Majia, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said, “The police have since commenced investigation into the matter with a view to finding out the cause of the incident.” “On receiving…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Two of the arrested suspects, who disguised as lunatics, have confessed to be human body parts dealers, the Oyo State Police Command, yesterday disclosed. The disclosure was made at the end of a security meeting with the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Indabawa. About three “lunatics” on whom human parts were found were killed by angry youths. A woman who reportedly had 42 SIM cards on her and another man with a price list of human parts died in the hospital, Vanguard reports. After the meeting, the CP also said that 42 lunatics had been withdrawn from major…
About 30 students of the Baptist High School, Osogbo (formerly Baptist Girls’ High School), who were suspended for alleged cultism have been rehabilitated by the state government in collaboration with the state chapter of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA). The students were put through several trainings in moral and academics and have now been granted pardon by the state Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola. The suspected students had been arrested in January by the Nigerian Peace Corps in the state after a protest by the students shortly after the schools reclassification policy of the state government was implemented. The state government…
Borno state Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, Tuesday described the outlawed Boko Haram sect as a child born out of misinterpretation of the Holy Qur’an and misconception of Islam. Strongly condemning the activities of the sect, the governor said there is no place in Islam where the extermination of innocent lives and destruction of properties is allowed. He said this while receiving the Board for Qur’anic Education in the state, who brought winners of the 2014 National Qur’anic Competition held in Dutse, Jigawa state before him. Shettima explained that Islam is a religion of peace which does not condone killing and…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Warri Branch has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IG) over the gruesome killing of two lawyers at Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State while on their way to the court last week. The lawyers want justice done in the case involving two of their defenceless, law-abiding colleagues, Messrs Horace Eguono Dafioghor and Samuel Ekuwangju who were shot dead en route to the High Court Ozoro for a ruling in the petition filed by the deceased. The late lawyers were suspected to hve been killed over a high profile case they were sid…
Military authorities say over 288 rifles, 35 Rocket Propelled Guns and 35 locally made Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) were recovered after a fierce encounter in Abugasse, Cameroon, close to the Chadian border from suspected terrorists. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, the Director of Defence Information and Coordinator of Joint Information Centre Counter Terrorism Campaign. “The resolve for collaborative efforts to fight terrorism in the region got a boost recently when Cameroon’s security forces made a huge seizure of arms, apparently meant for use by terrorists operating in Nigeria last weekend.…
Nine suspected armed robbers have been arrested along Sagamu/Benin Expressway and Ilese in Ijebu Area of Ogun State, the state Police Command yesterday disclosed. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi three of the suspected armed robbers were arrested in Sagamu, while six were arrested in Ilese in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of the state. “Acting on a tip-off, a team of Special Anti Robbery Squad of Ogun State Command intercepted a syndicate of armed robbers at Sagamu junction on Saturday while they were planning to rob commuters along Sagamu/Benin Expressway…
Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday said he had e-mailed the Ghanaian Parliament, requesting it to investigate the recent killing of a Nigerian student in that country. The governor made the statement in Ikeja, while addressing some students who had come to protest against the hike in Lagos State University fees. The governor said the killing of the student was unfortunate, adding that the case must not be allowed to be swept under the carpet. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Godwin Ayogu, a 300-level Nigerian student of the Gold Coast University, was recently murdered in Chana…
The Minister for Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday in Abuja said no fewer than 1.8 million graduates in the country move into the labour market every year. Okonjo-Iweala, who is also the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, made this known during a meeting with delegates of the Arewa Youth Forum on issues of youth development in the Northern part of the country. She said that the data was generated by National Bureau of Statistics and that it was to enable the Federal Government to ascertain the level of youth unemployment and come up with policies to address it. “I am…
Delegates at the National Conference on Tuesday continued discussions on President Goodluck Jonathan’s speech at the inauguration of the conference and pledged to build a better Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the delegates, who took turns to discuss the speech, agreed with the president that Nigeria is confronted by many challenges. They, however, pledged to do everything possible to ensure that the conference provided appropriate solutions to the challenges confronting the nation. Bishop Felix Ajakaiye, representing the South-West, said there was a need to evolve a government that was truly representative. “Good governance is about the…