General News

Lagos, Feb. 21, 2023 – A 36-year-old medical doctor, Abass Adeyemi, has been arrested by the Kwara Police Command over an alleged killing of four persons in the state. Paul Odama, the Commissioner of Police, said this while addressing newsmen on Monday at the headquarters of the command in Ilorin. He said one of the victims, Olanipekun Ifeoluwa, who was reported missing at F Division was the same young lady who was allegedly killed and thrown into the bush at Alapa in Asa local government area of the state by …

Lagos, Feb. 20, 2023 – The Nigerian street trader at the centre of an alleged organ-harvesting plot involving former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has told judges he thought he was going to Britain to work. The young man was allegedly brought to the UK to donate a kidney to the sick daughter of the former Deputy Senate President in exchange for a cash reward. According to the Irish News, the young man, giving evidence at the Old Bailey on Monday, revealed he did not even know why he was …

Abuja, Feb, 20, 2023 – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, on Monday decorated three newly promoted Deputy Inspectors-General of Police at the Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja. The DIGs were recently promoted by the Police Service Commission (PSC) which approved the recommendation of the three officers. The DIGs are DIG Ali Aji Janga, in charge of the Department of Research and Planning, DIG Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa, in charge of the Department of Training and Development, and DIG Adeleke Yinka Bode, in charge of the Department of …

Onitsha, Feb. 20, 2023 – Four policemen and three gunmen were on Monday killed in exchange of fire in Awada Police Station, Anambra State. One police patrol vehicle and three exhibit vehicles were set ablaze during the attack. Hoodlums were said to have killed the policemen during the attempt to set the station ablaze, but were repelled by the police after an exchange of fire. Spokesman for Anambra Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident, saying that two suspects were arrested, while three rifles, one Automatic Pump Action gun, Lexus 330, …

Lagos, Feb. 20, 2023 – The search and rescue team in Turkey/Syrian earthquake said it had discovered $2 million dollars buried under the rubble of one of the collapsed buildings in Turkey after the disastrous earthquake that rocked the region. In a video that made the rounds on social media on Monday, the team were seen pulling the money from the ground and putting it into a bag as they counted the cash. The cash is suspected to belong to one of the victims of the earthquake. The death toll …

Abuja, Feb. 20, 2023 – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it had registered 1.6 million candidates for its 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Is-haq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar, said this in Abuja on Monday while monitoring the registration of applicants at the Global Distance Learning, Abuja. Oloyede was joined in the monitoring exercise by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, David Adajo. The sale of 2023 UTME form opened on Jan. 14 and was to close on Tuesday, Feb.14, before the one-week extension. (GBN)

Abeokuta, Feb. 19, 2023 – A middle-aged woman, Mama Dada, committed suicide at the weekend by setting herself ablaze in her rented apartment in Oke-Keesi in Itoko area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. An eye-witness said that the woman was burnt beyond recognition, while the entire house was razed. The eye-witness, who said he lived close to the scene of the incident, said that the woman took a loan from a microfinance bank, but could not repay the loan. Michael Babawale, the Secretary of the Community Development Association in …