Moment two LASTMA officials were almost hit by an errant driver they were attempting to arrest for driving on a BRT lane

25 Jan 2023

Two LASTMA officials were almost hit by an errant driver they were attempting to arrest for driving on a BRT lane A video of two Lagos State Traffic Management Agency officials nearly being run over by a driver they were about to arrest has gone viral on social media. According to eyewitnesses, the driver was […]

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7 people killed in a mass shooting in Half Moon Bay City

25 Jan 2023

No fewer than seven people were killed in a mass shooting at two locations in Half Moon Bay city, in coastal northern California, the United States on Monday. The suspect identified as Chunli Zhao was arrested after driving to a police parking lot, apparently attempting to turn himself in, officials said. According to Reuters, the […]

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72 years old man kills 10, self at a dance club in Los Angeles

25 Jan 2023

No fewer than 10 people were killed by a 72-year-old at a dance club, in Monterey Park, Los Angeles, California in the United States on Saturday. The septuagenarian gunman, identified as Huu Can Tran, however, killed himself on Sunday as the police approached him after he had carried out a Lunar New Year massacre. Los […]

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Woman and her son taken to court for assaulting a policeman

25 Jan 2023

The Osun State Police Command on Monday, arraigned one Otitola Adunni,65, her son, Otitola, 34 and Ismaila Abdullahi, 16 before a Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, for allegedly assaulting a policeman. They were docked on three counts bordering on assault, breach of peace and reckless driving. Police prosecutor, Adeoye Kayode alleged that on January 21, […]

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Court orders FRSC to reinstate suspended employee and pay full entitlements

24 Jan 2023

The Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo has ordered the Federal Road Safety Corp to immediately reinstate its suspended employee, Mr. Abochi John, 53.  In 2016, John was charged with receiving a stolen phone.  The court ordered the commission to pay John all of his salaries, allowances, and entitlements that were withheld during his […]

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Herdsmen kills a man and his son in Delta

24 Jan 2023

THE serene Toru-Angiama community, Patani Local Government Area, Delta State, was Monday, thrown into confusion, as a father and his son were shot dead by suspected herdsmen. It was gathered that one other person was inflicted with gunshot injuries as several others were said to have been held hostage by the herdsmen who invaded the […]

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NSCDC arrest four suspected kidnappers

24 Jan 2023

The Zamfara Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has succeeded in arresting four suspected kidnappers for an alleged attempt to kidnap a two-year-old baby. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Monday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Ikor Oche. Oche said that the suspects were arrested […]

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CAN responds to the assassination of Catholic Rev. Fr. Isaac Achi

23 Jan 2023

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has expressed its condolences to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria and the entire Catholic faithful in Nigeria following the heinous murder of Rev. Fr. Isaac Achi. Achi was the Parish Priest of St Peter and Paul Church, Kafin-Koro in Niger State’s Paikoro Local Government Area until he died […]

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Wife of late Abiola sues police for defamation, demands N100bn

23 Jan 2023

Prof. Zainab-Duke Abiola, widow of acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election, Moshood Abiola, has instituted a N100 billion defamation suit against the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Alkali. Also cited as 3rd and 4th defendants in the suit, marked FHC/CS/ABJ/CS/2370/2022, which was filed before the Federal High Court, […]

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