Archives

Nigeria The Nation

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:58:10 +0000
Lagos to get water testing, reference lab
By Oyebola Owolabi A Testing and Reference Laboratory to help prevent waterborne diseases in Lagos will be inaugurated in four weeks, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who spoke at the 2021 Lagos International Water Conference...

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:43:56 +0000
Joe Igbokwe blasts Abaribe for wearing ‘The Dot Nation’ T Shirt
By Chinyere Okoroafor Special Adviser to Lagos Governor on Drainage and Water Resources, Joe Igbokwe, has criticised Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe for wearing a customised T shirt bearing the inscription “The Dot Nation”. Igbokwe, in ...

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:15:02 +0000
Three rape drugged lady in Ondo
By Osagie Otabor, Akure Three friends have been arrested in Ondo for gang-raping a lady after drugging her. Ojo Olaniyi, Akinseye Bayo and Akintosoye Ayo were said to have taken turns in sexually assaulting the woman in Ondo town, police said. The Na...

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:10:47 +0000
Man kills neighbour, buries her in compound
By Nsa Gill, Calabar Police have taken a man into custody in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, after he allegedly decapitated a woman and buried her parts in his compound. Christian Edem Eyo, 24, reportedly perpetrated the act early Wednesday i...

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:05:16 +0000
Policeman killed by kidnappers buried in Ekiti
By Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti Police Inspector Adewumi Abiola killed by kidnappers was on Wednesday laid to rest in his family home in Igbemo Ekiti, Irepodun/ Ifelodun Council Area of Ekiti State. Abiola was shot dead on June 16 by kidnappers while try...

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:58:22 +0000
Suspects flee as navy seizes 251 bags of smuggled rice
By Bassey Anthony, Uyo The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base Ibaka, Mbo local council of Akwa Ibom State has seized 251 bags of smuggled rice and a a wooden boat used to convey the grains. The items were recovered in the Effiat creeks in Mbo durin...

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:52:00 +0000
Village head, wife abducted by gunmen in Ibadan
By Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan The head of Araromi village, Chief Tafa Apanpa, and his wife have been abducted in Bakatari, Iddo local government area of Oyo State by unknown gunmen. Read Also: How gunmen killed ATM customer in Ibadan Sources said the gu...

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:50:38 +0000
Soldiers intercept bags of hemp on River Niger
By Okungbowa Aiwerie, Asaba Troops of 63 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have foiled an attempt to smuggle 20 bags of illicit drugs suspected to be marijuana into Asaba, the Delta State capital, through the River Niger. The Nation gathered that the soldiers ...

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:46:14 +0000
Seven hijack cement truck in Ondo
By Osagie Otabor, Akure Seven persons have been arrested by police in Ondo for hijacking a truck conveying 900 bags of cement. The robbers also severely wounded the truck driver and left him for dead but he  survived. Soldiers tracked the truck to O...

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:40:15 +0000
Evans’ trial stalled again
By Adebisi Onanuga The trial of a kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans was yesterday stalled at an Ikeja High Court due to the absence of a defence witness Evans’ counsel Oyekunle Falabi told the trial judge, Justice Hakeem Osho...



home