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Residents of Emede Ibeku in Umuahia North Autonomous Community of Abia State have expressed their gratitude to God and Governor Alex Otti over the recovery of the sight of their daughter, Mrs. Amarachi Lawrence, whose…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Katsina State Command, has arrested a 60-year old man for allegedly vandalising high-tension electric wire. The command’s spokesman, DSP Buhari Hamisu, disclosed this to newsmen while parading the suspect in Katsina. Hamisu…
Oyo State Fire Service has confirmed the fire incident that occurred along the Ibadan-Ife Expressway on Saturday. DAILY POST gathered that a petroleum laden tanker caught fire on Saturday at Iyana Ajia in Egbeda local government area of Ibadan. The…
Thirteen people have been killed and 45 injured in a road accident in northern Ivory Coast, after a tanker truck crashed into a bus, rescuers and local media said Saturday. A bus carrying passengers and a petrol-filled truck on the…
About four vehicles were, on Saturday, burnt while some people sustained varying degrees of injuries as petrol loaded trucks caught fire on Ibadan-Ife expressway. The affected vehicles, according to the General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Services, Yemi Akinyinka,…
Four vehicles and several houses were burnt as petrol-loaded trucks caught fire along the Ibadan-Ife road on Saturday. The incident occurred at the Ajia Circular Road end in Egbeda Local Government Area, causing a traffic gridlock leading to motorists and…
There was pandemonium as a petrol-laden tanker exploded burning two articulated trucks, one 18-seater bus, two commercial cabs and three motorcycles in Iyana-Ajia, Egbeda area, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. As of the time of filing this report, the tanker…
A mother of three and one other person have been killed in a flood disaster that occurred at Ugwu Mkpume Layout, Achalla Agu community in Nkpor Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victims were said to be…
Motorists and commuters in Anambra State are groaning over the increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol. Our correspondent who monitored petrol situations and motor parks in major cities across the state, on Saturday,…
The management of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, and the students have demanded justice for a 21-year-old student of the institution, Abdulqoyyum Bamidele, allegedly killed by the police in Ilorin, the state capital. DAILY POST reports that on Thursday, students…
The Police Undercover Surveillance Team attached to “B” Division, Asaba, have recovered three locally-made cut-to-size guns, one pump action gun, and three live cartridges in a vehicle abandoned by some fleeing suspects. Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda…
A suspected group of Yahoo boys have reportedly rammed their car into a 24-year-old pedestrian, leaving her child dead and others injured. The woman identified as Ogunbunmi Rukayat, age 24, was carrying her one-year-old baby, Sekiniat, on her back when…
Police operatives from Ebrumede Division, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State have arrested six suspected kidnappers. They also recovered from them a ransom of N2,344,000 (Two million, three hundred and forty-four thousand naira), with some stolen mobile phones. Delta…
Four people have lost their lives in a tragic boat accident in Lafia East Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Thursday. The victims, including one man and three women, were part of a group of farmers travelling from Alogani…
A 29-year-old man, Tobiloba Ogunbo, is to spend the next seven years in a correctional centre for being a member of a secret cult. Ogunbo was convicted and sentenced by an Ogun Special Cultism Court in Abeokuta on Friday. The…
The Adamawa State Command of Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has paraded 12 suspected vandals. The state commandant of NSCDC, Idris Bande, told newsmen during the event that the 12 suspects were charged with involvement in burglary and theft. “Adamawa…
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