Category: metro
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Ex-Zamfara deputy governor shot in attack on Abuja-Kaduna train
A former Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Wakkala, sustained gunshot wounds from the attack on a train going to Kaduna state from Abuja. The attack occurred around Kateri-Rijana area of Kaduna on Monday. The train was said to have almost reached Rigasa, its final stop when gunmen opened fire on it. Channels Television quoted…
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Sanwo-Olu to traders: seven days ultimatum irreversible
The seven days vacate order to traders under bridges is still intact, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. He spoke when he inspected the Apongbon axis of the Eko Bridge, which was gutted by fire last Wednesday. Sanwo-Olu reaffirmed the government’s position while addressing traders at Apongbon and Obalende areas. He insisted that there was no…
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Lagos mother fights off suspected ritualist attempting to abduct kids + VIDEO
A suspected ritualist, Temitayo Olafisoye, has been arrested after a failed attempt to kidnap some pupils of a private school on Omole Estate in the Ojodu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Olafisoye and an accomplice, Kayode Akinola, visited the estate on Sunday and started loitering around the school premises. Their suspicious movement was…
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Two suspects excrete 165 wraps of cocaine
Two suspects in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have excreted 165 wraps of cocaine. Spokesman of the agency Femi Babafemi said in a statement yesterday that Elvis Uche Iro, 53, and Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian, 42, were arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja. He said the suspects expelled…
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How terrorists bombed Abuja-Kaduna train, attacked passengers Monday night
Gunmen shot at us, forced their way into the train – Passengers An Abuja-Kaduna train was on Monday night attacked by terrorists after it ran into explosives suspected to have been planted on the rail track between Dutse and Kakau areas of Kaduna State. The 6pm passenger train hit the explosives about 30 minutes…
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Court denies DCP Kyari bail, orders quick trial
A federal high court in Abuja has failed to grant bail to Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP). Kyari was on March 7, arraigned alongside Sunday J Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba and John Nuhu who are members of the police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Others are Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus…
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Eight die in Lagos crashes, police await call to victim’s locked phone
Eight people have lost their lives in separate accidents on Eko Bridge, Lagos Island, and Eleko Bus Stop, Lekki Epe Expressway, Lagos State. Our correspondent learnt that the first accident, which happened on Saturday, claimed the lives of an Uber driver and his three passengers. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victims, who were in a Toyota…
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Sit-at-home: Soludo Orders Schools, Banks, Shops, Parks to Open on Mondays
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, yesterday ordered all markets, schools, banks, public servants and motor parks in the state to resume normal activities with effect from Monday, April 4, 2022. Speaking at the Women Development Centre in Awka, the state capital, Soludo expressed unhappiness that the state, and indeed the whole of the South-east,…
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How military regained control of Kaduna airport after terrorists’ attack on navigational equipment
…attackers kill worker, ground Lagos-bound flight Terrorists, numbering over 200, on Saturday invaded the Kaduna International Airport located in Igabi Local Government Area in Kaduna State, disrupting operation and killing one security personnel of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency. The attack caused panic at the airport and reportedly grounded a Lagos-bound AZMAN aircraft scheduled to…
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How lady was killed, dismembered, burnt over inheritance
The National Human Rights Commission in Ebonyi State has called on the Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police to fish out the killers of 32-year-old Nnennaya Onu, who was allegedly killed, dismembered and then burnt over inheritance quarrel in Onicha Igbeze, Onicha Local Government Area of the state. Our Reporter gathered that the incident had been…