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At least five persons have been reportedly killed and houses set on fire in a clash between traders and okada riders at Dei Dei, a community in  Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A resident told Daily Trust that an accident involving a bike man led to the breakdown of law and order in the …

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the resumption of the Abuja-Kaduna train services. The NRC in a statement signed by its Deputy Director, Public Relations, Mr. Yakub Mahmoud, the service will resume on Monday, May 23rd, 2022, about two months after the facility was bombed by terrorists. However, NRC said the service will return with greater security measures and …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed six persons in a village in Takai Local Government Area of Kano state. Takai LGA in Kano south is about 80 kilometres from Kano metropolis, and it shares border with several towns of Jigawa state. The gunmen were said to have raided Karfi village in the local government and abducted the 53-year-old village …

Two gunmen enforcing the “sit-at-home” order of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have been shot dead in Anambra State. According to the police, they were killed along Umunze road in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra on Monday. The spokesman of Anambra Police Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, said operatives on crime prevention patrol engaged the gunmen in …

Adzuayi Ewuga, the pilot daughter of Senator Solomon Ewuga, died in a plane crash, which occurred in Central Cameroon on Wednesday. The aircraft was said to be flying from Yaounde Nsimalen Airport to Belabo in the east of the country when it lost contact with the Air Traffic Control, crashing in the process and killing all on board. The deceased …

Former Nigerian Senator, Francis Arthur Nzeribe is dead. The late lawmaker was 83 years old.  He died on Sunday morning, according to multiple media reports. According to one of the sources “he died this morning in a hospital abroad. The family will soon release a statement,” the source said. In 2017, the photograph of aging and possibly sick Nzeribe, sitting languidly, …

The Supreme Court on Friday partly resolved the ownership dispute in 17 oil wells ownership in favour of the Rivers State government. In a judgement prepared by Justice Ellen Ogunwumiju but delivered by justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court dismissed the counter claim ownership put forward by the Imo State government. According to Justice Agim, reliefs One, Three, Four, Five, …

A former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, will today retire from the Nigeria Police Force after clocking the mandatory retirement age of 60 years. This is coming amid the controversy on his elevation to the level of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) from the current level – Commissioner of Police. The Police Service …

A 3-storey building has collapsed in the Ebutte Meta axis of Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State. The building located on Ibadan Street reportedly caved in around 9:30 pm on Sunday. According to Daily Trust, Men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and Lagos State Emergency Management Agency are already at the scene trying to rescue …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar to appear before the Senate over an assault on a private security guard in Abuja. The Senate had summoned Umar to appear before it over the March 29, 2021 assault on the guard, Clement Sagwak, at the Banex Plaza, Wuse 2, Abuja. …