Two men Julius Matthew and Vincent Aneh were on Thursday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for alleged possession of firearms. Matthew, 21 and Aneh, 19, are facing a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms and belonging to a secret cult. According to the Prosecutor, ASP Clifford Ogu, …
Read More »Ijaw Youth Council Writes Buhari Over Oil Firms’ Disregard For Local Content Law
“Apart from the fact that most of their jobs are awarded to companies in which they have interest, even where a few Niger Delta contractors are engaged, they deliberately refuse to pay these contractors, sometimes for up to two years,” the letter read. The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has …
Read More »How eight Robbers sentenced to death attacked journalists
A state high court in Adamawa State has sentenced eight armed robbers to death by hanging. The condemned robbers reacted violently, attacking journalists recording the process. The affected journalists, one from the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) and the other from Adamawa State Television (ATV), were cameramen filming the convicts who …
Read More »Pandemonium as rival youth gang clash in Lagos
There is currently tension in Oniyanrin area near Mile-12 market, Lagos, where rival youth gangs clashed earlier on Thursday A source told The Guardian that gunshots were fired during the face-off but the cause of the clash is still unknown. Details later.
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