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Armed robber killed, three arrested in Ebonyi community

5 months ago824 min

Soldiers attached to the Nkwagu Military Cantonment, on Monday, killed an armed robber on the Akpoha/Abaomege area of the Afikpo-Abakaliki Highway in the Onicha Local Government Area of the state. They also arrested three people said to have links with the hoodlums who allegedly terrorised motorists in the area. PUNCH Metro reports that the suspects were part of a gang that had been causing mayhem and terrorising the axis. The Afikpo-Abakaliki Highway in Ebonyi State...

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One killed, three arrested as soldiers battle robbers in Ebonyi

5 months ago1003 min

Soldiers attached to the Nkwagu Military Cantonment, on Monday, killed an armed robber on the Akpoha/Abaomege axis of the Afikpo/Abakaliki highway in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. They also arrested three people said to have links with hoodlums allegedly terrorising motorists in the area. PUNCH Metro reports the suspects were part of a gang that has been reportedly causing mayhem and terrorising the axis. The Afikpo/Abakaliki highway in Ebonyi is the easiest...

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Two killed, nine injured in Ogun multiple crash

5 months ago1016 min

A truck driver and his assistant reportedly fled the scene of an accident after ramming into a bus, killing one and injuring nine others along the Sagamu Express junction of Ogun State on Sunday. This is just as a motor assistant lost his life when a containerised truck crashed along the Odo-Gomez area of the same expressway on Sunday. The first accident, according to a Sunday statement by the spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and...

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Metro

Two farmers killed in Nasarawa community land dispute

5 months ago10611 min

Two Tiv farmers have been reportedly killed in a recent attack in the Obosidima community over a land dispute in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. PUNCH Metro had reported that a crisis broke out around the Nasarawa-Benue border communities housing the indigenous Alago and Tiv farmers in the area, leaving four dead and several others injured. In a press statement in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Thursday, the President of the...

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Metro

Kidnapper killed, two injured as abducted Edo pastor regains freedom

5 months ago1093 min

The Edo State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the rescue of the abducted pastor, Solomon Ativiel, in Benin, the state capital. The command’s spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed this to our correspondent, said that one suspected kidnapper was killed while two others were injured during the rescue operation which was carried out on Tuesday. Nwabuzor also said the suspects were transferred to the state police command headquarters on Wednesday. “I can confirm to you that...

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Metro

LASG begins probe as five killed in building collapse

5 months ago9211 min

The Lagos State Government has initiated an investigation to determine the causes behind the collapse of a two-storey building on Wilson Mba Street, Arowojobe Estate, Maryland, area of the state, which resulted in the death of five construction workers. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the fatalities in a statement obtained by our correspondent on Thursday noting that five other workers were rescued from the rubble. Speaking with...

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BREAKING: Three Killed In Lagos Building Collapse

5 months ago833 min

It was gathered that a set of three terraces under construction had collapsed. One of the rescued individuals was receiving treatment on-site. Three persons have been confirmed dead following a building collapse at Arowojobe Estate in the Maryland area of Lagos State on Thursday. It was gathered that a set of three terraces under construction had collapsed. One of the rescued individuals was receiving treatment on-site. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State...

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Metro

Five killed in Croatia nursing home shooting

5 months ago5063 min

A gunman opened fire in a nursing home in Croatia on Monday, killing at least five people, state media reported, in a rare instance of gun violence in the Balkan country. State broadcaster HRT said an unidentified gunman entered a nursing home in Daruvar -some 130 kilometres (80 miles) east of Zagreb – and opened fire. At least five were killed and several others wounded during the shooting, HRT said. The outlet said the alleged...

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News

29,000 Yoruba People Killed In Their Homeland During Buhari Regime —Yoruba Nation Youth Movement

9 months ago1653 min

The group lamented the inability of the Nigerian government to curtail violent herders, particularly in Yoruba land, saying it had hampered the growth of the agricultural sector of the country. A youth movement of indigenous people of southwest Nigeria, known as the Yoruba Nation Youth has claimed that about 29,000 Yoruba people were killed during eight years of Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The secessionist group made this known on Wednesday during a global conference attended by...

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Family Of Ogunbanjo, Former Nigerian Exchange Group Chairman Killed In California Helicopter Crash Alongside Wigwe, Others Sues Charter Company

9 months ago1036 min

The family of the late former Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, has filed a lawsuit against the United States helicopter company, Orbic Air over his death in a helicopter crash in February. SaharaReporters had reported that Ogunbanjo was killed alongside former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Dr Herbert Wigwe, his wife Chizoba and his son during a charted helicopter crash in Southern California near the Nevada border, United States of America....

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