Fugitive terror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed was on bail when he escaped by dressing in a burka
Dropped: A
trial of an imam accused of conducting almost 600 sham marriages has
collapsed. Mohammed Mattar - pictured left at an earlier court hearing
and right at his home - had denied the charge
The Lagos
State Government Wednesday debunked reports making the rounds that
personnel of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA)
killed a bus conductor, Mr Ikechukwu Abasirim at Rainbow area along
Apapa- Oshodi Expressway.
Hell was
let loose Wednesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital when at least 27
cars and 17 trucks were vandalised by thugs suspected to be members of
the National Union of Road Transport Works (NURTW), Oyo State branch.
At last
five persons were killed while several houses and farmlands were
destroyed in Funture village of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau
State during a communal clash. The state Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), DSP Habu Emmanuel, who confirmed the incident, said a
detachment of Mobile policemen had been sent to the area to restore
normalcy. Emmanuel said that a fight broke out between Iregwe and Rukuba
people over a protracted land dispute. He said: “No fewer than 10
people were killed in the village during the last crisis in March.”
The father
of a fouryear- old boy, who was attacked by dogs in Igando area of
Lagos, Abraham Odia, has explained how he nearly lost his son to the
animals. Odia said it was shameful that seven armed policemen invited to
rescue the boy could not go near the dogs. This was even as the
management of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH)
asked Odia to exercise patient, saying it would take a while for the
little boy to fully recover from the severe injuries he sustained in the
attack. For almost two hours, the four-year-old Isaac Omonigho Odia was
on September 25 mauled by two wild dogs owned by his parents’ landlord,
right in their living room.
Detectives
yesterday swooped on Delta Palace Hotel, Warri, after suspected armed
robbers attacked the residents of Jeddo town in Delta State. The three
suspected robbers escaped to the hotel with their loot, which include
jewellery, handsets, ATM cards, voters’ cards, laptops, passport
photographs, wrist watches and other valuables estimated at N814, 250.
Officials
of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences
(Enforcement) Unit have arrested a man who allegedly specialises in
selling pornographic and offensive materials in public places. The
government had earlier warned against the selling of offensive materials
in public, especially at motor parks. The arrest of the suspect,
Kelechi Emeri, 32, was sequel to a publication in one of the dailies of a
booming pornographic market at Obalende Motor Park.
Immigration
Minister Scott Morrison (left) said Australia would ban travel from
Ebola-hit parts of Africa - but UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (right)
has warned restrictions could hamper efforts to deal with the crisis
