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The police in Lagos say a tricycle operator, Aniete Bassey, has allegedly been killed by a motorist over right of way in Surulere area of the state. Spokesman for the police in the state DSP Bala Elkana confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, saying that it happened on Sunday along Akerele Street, off Falolu, Surulere. Elkana said at about 9.130pm on Sunday, Surulere police station received a distress call from Randle Hospital Surulere that a tricycle operator was brought there with a broken head, in a pool of blood but died on arrival. He said information gathered by homicide detectives revealed that the deceased had a misunderstanding with a man in a jeep on a major road along Akerele Street, Surulere. According to Elkana, during the scuffle, the driver of the Jeep brought out a wheel spanner and hit the deceased person twice on the head. He said that after a thorough examination of available traces, the Jeep driver was identified as Christian Innocent, 39 years old. “He ...

Operatives of the joint military intervention force, code-named Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, have uncovered another firearms manufacturing plant in Benue State. The operatives also successfully arrested the arms manufacturer alongside nine others, including a wanted alleged kidnap kingpin and cattle rustlers operating between Benue and Nasarawa states axis. Parading the suspects at the OPWS headquarters in Makurdi, the Force Commander, Major General Adeyemi Yekini, said six of the suspects were arrested in Nasarawa State, while four others were apprehended in Benue State. He explained that the arms manufacturing plant and the fabricator, Shekwa Terna, were discovered in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State, following a tip-off. General Yekini noted that “our operation is currently centered on breaking the supply chain of weapon proliferation in the country, because the increasing spate of arms manufacturing is alarming and it is fuelling criminal activities in the count...

Isheri killing: Police counter army, say soldiers stabbed patient in doctor’s presence The Ogun State Police Command has said soldiers from the 81 division were involved in the killing of some residents of Isheri Olofin, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun States. The police spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said statements from eyewitnesses revealed that the soldiers dragged a resident from the hospital where he was being treated and stabbed him to death with a bayonet. Our correspondent had earlier reported that during the celebration of the Isheri Day Festival on Monday, a disagreement broke out among some residents. In the ensuing fracas, some soldiers were reported to have shot dead three people at the party. A statement by the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Major Clement Abiade, had denied military involvement in the killing, saying instead a soldier was injured. But the Ogun State Police Command in its statement by Oyeyemi said at least four soldiers were...

Here is the video showing the moment fire gutted Student's lodge last night at Presidential Lodge back of Admin, Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture, Umudike. According to report reaching  Thenaijafame , the cause of the fire was NEPA light. The flame and smoke coming out of the building was very much, because of the high rate of fire, the fire was seriously much as students around work hard in stopping the fire. Thenaijafame  reports that no life was lost, but the building and properties of students got destroyed and burnt to ashes. See Photos: https://emmyfeab.blogspot.com

A man has killed himself by willing entering into a well where he choked to death. The incident happened in Umunogo Street Amaokwe, Agbani Road Enugu. According to WarriWarri reporter who visited the scene, the residents of the area said they were shocked because he was full of life and energy before his death. Nobody knows what made him enter the well. Photos Below: https://emmyfeab.blogspot.com

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday paid a sympathy visit to victims of armed banditry in seven local government areas of Katsina State. He also said he had directed service chiefs in a meeting last week to completely re-strategize operations and reposition for optimum results. The president was in Batsari Local Government Council, Katsina State, where he met Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), drawn from seven affected local governments of the state. “I am very sad that the consequences of these actions have brought hardship and affected the socio-economic life of our people in the localities. Agriculture, which is the mainstay of the economy and source of livelihood, is worse affected,” he said. He commended the government of Katsina State for supporting security agencies and facilitating some of their operations. The President directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to extend support to the victims in the affected local councils. Governor Masari said sporad...

President Muhammadu Buhari says the directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop providing foreign exchange for food importation was to improve agricultural production and attain full food security. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari stated this when he hosted All Progressives Congress (APC) governors to Eid-el-Kabir lunch at his country home in Daura, Katsina state on Tuesday. According to the president, the foreign reserve will be used strictly for diversification of the economy and not for encouraging more dependence on foreign food. “Don’t give a cent to anybody to import food into the country,’’ he said. The President noted that some states like Kebbi, Ogun, Lagos, Jigawa, Ebonyi and Kano had taken advantage of the Federal Government’s policy on agriculture with huge returns in rice farming. He, therefore, urged more states to plug into the ongoing revolution to feed the nation. “We have achieved food security, and for physic...

Last night, two thieves were crushed to death at mobile junction ring road in Ibadan, Oyo state, after snatching a new bike and phone at shoprite junction. According to a video we've been furnished with, a car driver who witnessed the attack, gave them a hot chase and finally knocked them down. The incident drew crowd to the scene, before the arrival of men of the Nigerian police. Photos Below: https://emmyfeab.blogspot.com