Suspected bandits have kidnapped no fewer than 16 people in Bena village and surrounding areas in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. Confirming the incident on Thursday, the Secretary of the Security Committee in Wasagu, Lawali Umar said the bandits ambushed victims working on their guinea corn farms and took them hostage. He said that in another attack, bandits raided the Tudun Wada area, abducting six people. Responding to the incident, army personnel engaged the bandits in a gunfight, repelled the attack and rescued six abducted individuals. While some of the 16 originally kidnapped managed to escape, approximately…
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A 48-year-old man, Mr. Michael Nnaji, a native of Amuri in Nkanu local government Area of Enugu State residing in Ngbo, Ebonyi State was shot dead by unknown gunmen on Tuesday. The deceased, who is said to be a businessman and a member of the local security in Ngbo community, was shot twice by the hoodlums who invaded his business area around 9:45pm on the fateful day. According to a source, the assailants were two hoodlums who wore masks and operated with a motorcycle. He narrated, “One came in through the front door while the other came in from the…
Afashio community, Uzairue in Etsako West Local Government government Area of Edo State was thrown into confusion on Wednesday as five persons were reportedly found dead in a room. According to Daily Post, the deceased, made up of four boys and a girl were alleged to have been found dead in the room in questionable circumstances. According to sources, two of the victims were brothers while the other three, including the female, were their friends. The corpses of the deceased were said to have been discovered by a family members who noticed that they were yet to come out of…
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested three of its officers for alleged extortion of money from motorists at the very busy Rumuokoro flyover in the capital city Port Harcourt. Confirming the arrests in a statement on Wednesday, the Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the Command was tipped off after a social media report showed the nefarious activity. The CP Monitoring Unit under the leadership of CSP Grace Wonwu, placed the three rogue officers under surveillance before arresting them. Their names were given as Inspector Sarah Anendei, Inspector Caroline Promise, and Inspector Christiana Jatau. They were accused of unprofessional conduct…
In its continuous efforts to combat breast cancer, the leading cancer among women in the country, the Federal Government has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Roche Pharmaceuticals. The partnership, called the African Breast Cancer Initiative (ABCA), seeks to pool resources from the Federal Government, the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), the World Health Organization (WHO), and Roche, to advance early diagnosis, research, treatment, and palliative care for breast cancer. With reported 32,000 new breast cancer cases in 2022, largely underrepresented and marked by high mortality rates due to late-stage diagnosis, the initiative aims to…
A skydiver has died after accidentally walking into a plane propeller. Amanda Gallagher, 37, was taking pictures of other skydivers at Wichita Cook Airfield in Kansas on Saturday when she backed into the active propeller, according to US media reports. Emergency services were sent to the scene in Sedgwick County at around 3pm and Ms Gallagher was taken to hospital with critical injuries but died shortly after. A GoFundMe page set up to support her family with funeral costs said the 37-year-old died “in a very sad accident” but was “doing what she loved, skydiving and taking pictures.” “As her…
The world’s longest-serving death row prisoner has been acquitted after a court in Japan ruled he wasn’t behind a 1966 multiple murder. Iwao Hakamada, 88, had spent 48 years behind bars, more than 45 of them on death row, longer than any other inmate. The ex-boxer was sentenced to death in 1968 for killing his former boss, his wife, and two of their children and setting fire to their home. He was acquitted on Thursday by a court in Shizuoka in central Japan, after the presiding judge, Koshi Kunii, said he wasn’t guilty and evidence used against him had been…
Barbara Bush, one of Republican former US president George W. Bush’s daughters, has endorsed Democrat candidate, Kamala Harris in the razor-thin White House race and campaigned for her over the weekend, she told People magazine. Bush, 42, spent part of the weekend knocking on doors for the vice president’s campaign in Pennsylvania, considered one of the most crucial swing states that will decide the November election between Harris and Republican Donald Trump. “It was inspiring to join friends and meet voters with the Harris-Walz campaign in Pennsylvania this weekend,” she told People magazine. “I’m hopeful they’ll move our country forward…
The Metropolitan Police Service in the United Kingdom has dismissed a Nigerian-British officer, Shola Balogun, from Bromley Police Station for allegedly biting a colleague during a birthday party in Bexleyheath, Kent. The disciplinary hearing, held from October 21-23, 2024, was chaired by senior officer Christopher McKay, with IPM Amanda Harvey and Assessor-Detective Superintendent Kirsty Mead on the panel. The incident occurred on April 22, 2022, during a 40th birthday celebration attended by around 70 people at Goals Sports Bar. According to the hearing document, Balogun and the victim, both based at Bromley Police Station, had previously engaged in light-hearted horseplay…
At least 51 people have died, according to the regional government in Valencia. The leader of the Valencia region has told reporters a number of bodies had been found. Shocking video shows brown floodwater gushing through Chiva – around 20 miles inland from the city of Valencia – turning streets into churning, fast-flowing rivers and sweeping away cars and vans. Torrential rain has led to floods in the Valencia region in southeastern Spain, resulting in cars being swept through streets, a train being derailed, and damaged houses and buildings – with forecasters warning of more storms.Authorities in the worst-hit areas,…
