Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a fire that gutted a section of a shopping complex at the popular Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos. The affected building is located at number 18, Otigba Street in the busy hub where mobile phones, laptops, and other gadgets worth millions of naira are sold on a daily basis. According to ...
Crime
December, 2021
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11 December
Ex-House of Reps member beats husband to pulp
A former House of Reps member who represented Jechira Federal Constituency in Benue State between 2003 and 2007, Hon. Sharon Aondona Dabo, is alleged to have beaten her husband to a pulp, Wednesday evening, leaving him with severe injuries. This incident is coming few days after the husband, Mr David Fiase Aondona, made a post on Facebook alleging threa’t to ...
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11 December
Motorists beware : Fake Traffic Officers on Ado Ota LG Roads
There are indications of Wrongful Arrest of Motorists in recent times. The shady activities of ILERI OLUWA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT LIMITED a consultant on violation of traffic laws, one way and illegal parking has come to the notice of the authority of ADO-ODO/ OTA LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The council under the leadership of Hon. Sheriff Adewale Musa has received a lot of ...
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11 December
Touching story of the only child of her parents killed by truck in Ojodu, Lagos
The death of their only child, Adedoyin Adebayo is all together painful and pathetic. Adedoyin, an SS2 pupil of Babs Fafunwa Millenium Secondary School (formerly known as Ojodu Grammar School) was going home around 2pm after closing from the school when a hit-and-run truck loaded with soap crushed her and about 14 other pupils. The truck driver was eventually arrested ...
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11 December
N69.4b ‘debt’: Jimoh Ibrahim loses bid to recover assets, accounts
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Friday dismissed an appeal by the Chairman of Global Fleet Group, Jimoh Ibrahim, challenging the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON)’s seizure of his 12 assets and freezing of all his accounts over his alleged N69.4billion debt. The appellate court upheld the November 18, 2020 order of Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal ...
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11 December
Pastor rapes pregnant lady with trick of anointing oil..see how
Men of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested a popular broadcaster and pastor of Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Gbenga Filani for allegedly raping a five months pregnant lady inside the church premises. Police sources said the suspect was arrested after the 19-year old lady identified as ‘Bukola’ was allegedly raped when she came for deliverance at the church ...
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10 December
Gunmen assassinate Katsina commissioner
Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr Rabe Nasir, has been assassinated by gunmen.Katsina Police Commissioner, Sanusi Buba, confirmed the incident on Thursday. “The unfortunate incident happened last night,” the CP revealed. Residents said that Nasir was killed on Wednesday night in his house located at Fatima Shema Quarters, Katsina. The residents added that the gunmen must have taken ...
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9 December
Man commits suicide after losing company’s N150,000 he staked on Bet Naija
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Tuesday said it was investigating the death of a man identified as Adegbite, who allegedly committed suicide after losing N150,000 to sport betting. The incident happened in Pegi in the Kuje area council of Abuja in November. Adegbite was said to have placed a bet with the money which his boss gave him ...
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9 December
Missing child found dead in pastor’s house, irate youths set residence ablaze
Palpable fear enveloped Adehun Area of Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, as some irate youths set ablaze the residence of a pastor over a missing seven-year-old girl. It was gathered that trouble started when the lifeless body of a girl simply identified as Demilade was found in the pastor’s residence in Adehun area of Ado-Ekiti, in the early hours of Tuesday. Multiple ...
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9 December
Police Receive Autopsy Report on Timothy Adegoke’s corpse..read the discoveries
Report of the autopsy conducted on the body of Timothy Adegoke, the dead Obafemi Awolowo University’s (OAU), a postgraduate student has been submitted to Osun State Police Command and the force headquarters in Abuja. It was gathered that the report was submitted today, Wednesday, by expert that conducted the test. According to sources close to the Osun police command headquarters, ...