Students, travellers reportedly abducted by gunmen on Birnin-Gwari road, vehicles burnt

Unidentified gunmen reportedly abducted students and other travellers along the Birnin-Gwari highway in the early hours of yesterday. They also burnt eight vehicles conveying students to their examination for admission into the School of Health at Makarfi, scheduled for Kaduna State University. According to the Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union, BEPU, in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Idris Saidu, the bandits laid siege on three different locations on the highway, forcing motorists to make u-turn. “Those who were not lucky fell into the trap set by…

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Man, pregnant wife, 3 children killed by generator fumes in Lagos

The lifeless bodies of a businessman, Lawrence Olorungbon, his pregnant wife and three children, was discovered in their one-bedroom self-contained apartment in Kofo Abayomi Avenue, in Apapa area of Lagos State, The tragic incident, suspected to have been caused by the fumes of their power generator, occurred barely two days after the family moved into the apartment. It was gathered that the secretary to the late businessman, Njoku Treasure, could not reach her boss on his mobile line last Wednesday. Further attempts to reach him the next day also failed,…

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