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An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sentenced a man, Niyi Oyerogbe to 14 years imprisonment for attempted sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Oyerogbe to 14 years imprisonment following…
No fewer than three persons have been reportedly gunned down following the gunshots that rocked the elections organised by the Jonathan Lokpobiri-led Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) for the Eastern Zone in Port Harcourt the Rivers State capital. DAILY POST reports…
Following the murder of a man, Sam Onobraekpeya, Delta State Police Commissioner, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda has ordered the arrest of the interim chairman of Adagbrasa Ugolo community in Okpe Local Government Area, Hon. Ejiro Eruteyan Eredajaye who is now at…
Chairman of Ogbete Market Amalgamated Traders’ Association (OMATA), Mr. Stephen Aniagu, was on Saturday night murdered in cold blood. The development has created tension in Enugu, the Coal City capital. DAILY POST learnt that Aniagu, Chairman of the largest market…
Anambra State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, says an accident involving two vehicles at Zone-13 occurred on Saturday on Onitsha-Nteje-Awka road, killing two people. The Sector Commander of the corps, Mrs Joyce Alexander confirmed the accident to…
The Nawfia community in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, under the banner of the Nawfia Progressive Union, has firmly denied allegations that its Vigilante Group was involved in the recent killing of three individuals at Agu-Isioye, in…
Two individuals are feared dead following a chaotic shooting during the Ijaw Youth Council election in the Abuloma area of Port Harcourt on Saturday. The election, organised by the IYC central zone to elect new executives, had initially been postponed…
A fire, whose source could not be ascertained, on Saturday morning, gutted six offices at the headquarters of the Sokoto State Police Command. The fire ravaged the administrative block before firefighters were able to bring it under control. Confirming the…
Over 20 workers narrowly escaped death today when a two-storey building under construction on Daily Independent Street, Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, collapsed. The collapse occurred during the early morning downpour in the area. Daily Independent Street,…
The Edo State Government has announced that all the trapped students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in the collapsed three-storey building have been rescued. DAILY POST reports that the Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media Projects,…
One person has been confirmed dead and ten others were severely injured in a lone crash that occurred on the Sapade bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The crash, involving a white Mazda bus with registration number GGE 858 XY, happened…
Some Nigerian Army officers have been accused of killing Terhile Timothy Achinya, a Mechanical Engineering student at Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia, Nasarawa State, over allegations of cultism. According to reports, the soldiers allegedly beat Achinya to death after he…
A lone crash on Saturday, at about 2:58 pm around Saapade, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, claimed one life while 10 others were reported to have been seriously injured. The white Mazda bus with registration number GGE 858 XY involved in…
The Federal Road Safely Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that five people lost their lives during the road accident that occured along the old Ogbomoso – Oyo road on Friday. FRSC Sector Commander in Oyo state, Rosemary Alo disclosed this in…
Forty-one persons are feared dead in a boat accident in Gummi town, the headquarters of Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An eyewitness, who is an indigene of the town, Abubakar Muhammad, told PUNCH Online that the deceased were…
Many students of the University of Benin, UNIBEN have been reported trapped in a storey building after it collapsed in the state. Sahara Reporters said the incident occurred on Ekhator Street, Ekosodin, an area known for housing students. The building…
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