Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos and ISAAC JOB, UYO Despite efforts of the various security agencies to curb killings by suspected herdsmen and bandits, hoodlums have again killed no fewer than 12 persons, including a police inspector, in a fresh attack on Wazoji village in Zamfara State. According to a source, the attack, which happened on Sunday, […]
Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has called for an immediate stop to the destruction of lives and billions of naira worth of property in the South-West, warning that, if the violence persisted, the organisation might be forced to roll out its men to guarantee security. Lamenting the Lekki Tollgate killings and the subsequent wanton destruction of […]
Warri(Delta) – The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Delta, Mr Hafiz Inuwa, on says the state command is working assiduously to apprehend the suspected killers of two mobile policemen early Wednesday morning. Inuwa said this while confirming the killing of the two policemen in Warri on Wednesday. The deceased were among the policemen attached to […]
The crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state has assumed an alarming dimension, as the private residence of a chieftain of the party, Chief Francis Inegbeneki was attacked at the weekend with explosives by hoodlums. Sources said the attack resulted in the destruction of a vehicle within the compound, just as a […]
The Imo state Zoo and Wildlife Park located along Nekede Old Road in Owerri, the state capital was allegedly set ablaze at the weekend by hoodlums suspected to be arsonists while scores of animals escaped death by whiskers. The fire outbreak however, affected hundreds of endangered plant species as the men of the state fire […]
By Chioma Joseph A traditional ruler in Lagos, Chief Murtala Ado, has been confirmed killed, two days after been attacked by hoodlums at the Abule-Ado area of Lagos. Chief Murtala, who held the traditional title of ‘Akogun of Ado’, in Abule – Ado, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos, was attacked with machetes and bottles […]
The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force during an over-night raid operation, over the weekend nabbed another 62 miscreants and hoodlums within Oshodi and its environ. The Chairman of Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi who briefed Journalists on the arrest on Sunday at the TaskForce Office in Oshodi said that the mid-night raid operations was […]
A former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and legal practitioner, Hon. Babatunde Ogala has described the snatching of the Mace of the Senate during plenary by some hoodlums as the height of brigandage, an assault not just on the legislature, but on the constitution, adding that it smacks of sheer anarchy and […]
The Senate plenary was on Wednesday disrupted after suspected thugs invaded the chamber and made away with the maze. The incident happened few seconds after a suspended senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, entered the chamber. According to report making rounds, about 10 suspected thugs who came to the venue with the senator forced their entry into the chamber. […]
The relative peace being enjoyed in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital was punctured in the early hours of the New Year, when some hoodlums attacked worshippers on Ibrahim Taiwo Street. Eye witness said at about 2: 00 am, some youths who were prevented from staging their New Year carnival by the elders of the community […]
Nosa Akenzua, Asaba Rampaging armed hoodlums operation in Asaba and its environs in Delta State on Monday night attacked Guardian reporter, Owen Akenzua, on his way to his house behind NTA, off Mariam Babangida way, Asaba at about 9:30pm. It was gathered that Owen arrived keke Motor Park for transport to his house, unfortunately left […]
Rampaging hoodlums in Emu-Ebendo community, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta have allegedly killed a herdsman, Haruna Mohammed in an encounter which occurred on Sunday evening in the area. Though the incident is reportedly generating tension, it was gathered that the unidentified hoodlums after allegedly killing the herdsman, threw the body into a flowing […]
The issuance of certificate of return to lawmakers-elect in Osun State was almost marred by violence, on Monday, as some hoodlums attacked a lawmaker-elect from Ife East Constituency, Mr. Akinwole Akinwale. He was about leaving the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), when some miscreants waylaid him. Our correspondent observed that there […]
The monthly enviromental sanitation excercise in Ilorin,Kwara state capital on Saturday turned violent as suspected miscreants invaded two mobile courts sitting at different locations disrupting proceedings. According to him, one persons was also reportedly short while shops,houses and properties worth several millions of naira were set ablaze by suspected hoodlums protesting by the enforcement of […]
A victory party organized by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti yesterday turned awful as it was disrupted by gun-wielding hoodlums who destroyed five vehicles belonging to the party’s members. Also destroyed was a vehicle belonging to an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS). The hoodlums attacked the party’s secretariat […]
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