Metro

There was pandemonium in Sabon Gjero Community, in Kaduna State, when residents were shot at by security agents while resisting operation of the State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KASUPDA), who embarked on demolition of houses in the area.

A prosecution witness and Managing Director of Ano Farms Limited, Adeniyi Oyewole, yesterday, told a Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, how he transferred N950 million to the bank account of Young Alhaji Foundation.

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has commiserated with the people of Patigi on the boat mishap in which dozens of people were killed, while many others are still missing.

A security guard, drivers and others nearly escaped death, last week, after a truck rammed into Simba Nigeria at Indomie Bus Stop, Eric Moore, Surulere, Lagos.

Death toll, following Monday’s attack by gunmen on residents of Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local Councils of Plateau State has risen to 29. As of Monday, the Berom Youth Movement Volunteers (BYM) had recorded 21 fatalities.

After The Guardian reported the deplorable state of roads in the Lagos metropolis on Tuesday, men of the State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC), yesterday, commenced rehabilitation of Aswani Market Road, Isolo, one of the affected roads.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has partnered MTN Foundation to address the increase in drug abuse among young people by organising a quiz competition for secondary school students.

Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday, convicted a Saudi Arabia-bound drug trafficker, Akanbi Silifat Tunrayo, and her sponsor, Adebayo Adeola Wasiu, for smuggling 2.90 kilogrammes of cocaine to the holy land.

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 45-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe, to three life sentences for defiling his three underaged children. The minors were aged eight, eight and six.

A non-profit organisation,EGO Foundation, committed to empowering women in Nigeria, has flagged off the Women Traditional Textile Design (WTTD) at the weekend, in Lagos.

George Uboh Whistleblowers Network (GUWN), has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to direct law enforcement agencies to collaborate with whistleblowers. Speaking yesterday in Abuja, chairman of the organization, Dr. George Uboh, emphasized the importance of the collaboration in tracing and recovering stolen funds. Dr. Uboh also urged President Tinubu to reinforce and implement the…

A businessman, Idris Adam, 22, was on Tuesday docked in a Sharia Court in Kano State for allegedly swindling a friend of N308,000.