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Lagos, Jan. 17, 2023 – An Ikeja Special Offences Court presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old vulcaniser, Chidozie Onyinchiz, to death by hanging for robbing a nurse of N57,000. Justice Dada held that the prosecution had proved the three-count-charge of conspiracy, armed robbery and membership of an unlawful society against Onyinchiz. Dada said the convict’s attempt to wriggle out of the charges was futile. This, she said was because he had earlier confirmed to the police at Igando, Lagos, that his victim, Mrs  Veronica Uwayzor, sighted …

Lagos, Jan 17, 2023 – Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, the Lagos lawyer, who was shot to death dead in Lagos on Christmas Day allegedly by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr. Drambi Vandi, was buried today in Lagos The remains of Raheem were interned after a funeral service at the Olive Tree Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Banana Island, Lagos. “Once again, we’ve lost a member, a very, very active member of our branch. A colleague and we only pray that her soul finds rest and that …

Rev Father Isaac Achi, the Priest of St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church in Kafin-koro in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, has been burnt to death by terrorists. The terrorists also razed the catholic parish house and injured his colleague, Father Collins. The incident occurred at 3.00 am on Sunday. The terrorists were said to have set the parish house ablaze after attempting to gain entrance into the catholic parish house, but failed. His colleague, Father Collins, was shot on the shoulder while trying to escape from the scene. …

Jos, Jan. 15, 2022 – Thirteen supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) died in a truck accident on Saturday along Pushit-Panyam road in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The medical team of the PDP Campaign Council confirmed the casualty figure on Sunday, adding that 64 victims were receiving treatment from the crash. It said the Jos University Teaching Hospital was managing 24 cases, while Nisi Domino Hospital in Mangu was managing 20 cases, Infinity Hospital in Mangu, managing eight cases, Cottage Hospital in Mangu, managing four cases …

 Lagos, Jan. 15, 2023 – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it had busted another Tramadol cartel and seized over N5 billion worth of the drugs in a warehouse in Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos State. Femi Babafemi, the Spokesman for the agency, said this in a statement on Sunday. He said two of the drug dealers were also arrested. Babafemi said the men of the Agency also uncovered a laboratory in Sagamu, Ogun State, where several equipment and various quantities of illicit substances used to …

Abeokuta, Jan. 14, 2024 – Ten persons were feared dead in a dawn auto crash on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. The accident, which happened around 4.30am, also left two other persons with varying degrees of injuries, while seven came out of the wreckage unscathed. Witnesses said the driver of the Toyota bus with registration number KLD539XA lost control and rammed into the rear of an unmarked Mack container truck packed by the roadside. Florence Okpe, an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps, confirmed the accident and attributed the cause …

Lagos, Jan. 14, 2023 – The Lagos State Government has announced a traffic diversion on the Ikorodu bound service lane for two weeks with effect from Monday, January 23, 2023. A statement signed by the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, said the partial road closure was  in furtherance of the rehabilitation works on the Ojota interchange to Ojota’s second pedestrian bridge portion of Ikorodu road. He said the diversion was necessary in order to repair some asphalt failings observed at the edge of the ramps inwards Iyana-Oworo/Gbagada …