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BREAKING: Akwa Ibom NYSC Coordinator And Driver Declared Missing, Fears Of Kidnapping Grow

5 months ago973 min

They are believed to have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen while travelling on a highway connecting Onitsha, Delta State, and Owerri, Imo State, two days ago. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced that its Akwa Ibom State Coordinator, Mr. Okun Christopher, and his driver, Mr. Daniel Effiong, have gone missing. They are believed to have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen while travelling on a highway connecting Onitsha, Delta State, and Owerri, Imo...

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Drunk driver knocks down two pedestrians in Lagos

5 months ago1005 min

A driver said to be driving under the influence of alcohol, on Saturday, knocked down two pedestrians near the Mayfair Garden, in the Epe area of Lagos State, seriously injuring them. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, in a statement on Saturday said operatives of LASTMA rescued the two pedestrians who were seriously injured in the accident. “The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa,...

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Driver arraigned for allegedly stealing employer’s N22m

5 months ago1264 min

A 33-year-old driver Oluwatosin Eko, was on Tuesday, arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate Court, in Lagos, sitting at Ebute-Metta, for allegedly stealing N22,280,000, from his employer. Eko was arraigned on two counts bordering on conspiracy, and stealing preferred against him, by the police. The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the defendant and others now at large conspired amongst themselves to commit the alleged theft. Osuji said that the incident occurred at...

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Two policemen, driver killed as gunmen abduct ex-Rep, children

5 months ago974 min

Two police orderlies attached to a former House of Representatives member, Joan Onyemaechi and her driver were on Tuesday evening killed when bandits abducted her and her children in Asaba, the Delta State capital. PUNCH Metro gathered that the gunmen stormed Onyemaechi’s church, King Jesus and I, located at Ogajifo Street off DSB Road and shot the two police orderlies and her driver before whisking the former lawmaker and her children away. Sources from the...

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Driver arraigned for allegedly stealing N25m solar panels

5 months ago6594 min

The Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, arraigned a 32-year-old bus driver, Olusola Olaniyi, for allegedly stealing 80 pieces of solar panel structures worth N25m. Olaniyi was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, before Magistrate Patrick Nwaka and charged with two counts of conspiracy to steal and theft. The charges alleged that the defendant, on May 17, 2024, conspired and stole 80 pieces of solar panel structures worth N25m belonging to one Ololade Olawuyi....

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Drama as Mobile Police officer, Uber driver fight in Lagos

5 months ago855 min

A dramatic confrontation unfolded on Monday after a Mobile Police officer clashed with an e-hailing driver at Wempco Road in the Ogba area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the driver while in transit along the area slowed down on getting to a Zebra crossing for a pedestrian who made use of it. The police officer who also crossed the road at the point however hit the car’s bonnet, accusing the driver of attempting...