Author: Jane Okoro

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Nigeria has grappled with an alarming surge in tanker accidents in 2023 so far, raising serious concerns about public safety, environmental damage, and economic consequences. From January to October 2023, there has been a notable increase in tanker accidents, primarily concentrated in the western regions of Nigeria, with the majority of cases recorded in Lagos State. Just last week, Lagos State witnessed at least three tanker accidents, while another fuel tanker ignited on 18 October in the Olowotedo section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Fewer incidents have been reported in Plateau, Edo, Kogi, and Niger…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Kaduna State Police Command has launched a manhunt for the killers of a member of the National Youth Service Corps member, Grace Chalya Silas. According to earlier reports, the UNIJOS graduate was stabbed to death by yet-to-be-identified assailants suspected to be phone snatchers during her morning jogging at Barnawa area of the State on Wednesday morning. Spokesman of the command, ASP Mansir Hassan, who confirmed the murder to journalists earlier today, stated that the State Police Commissioner, CP Musa Yusuf Garba, has directed a manhunt for the killers of the Corps member. Describing the…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Four Nigerians have confessed to murder and trafficking of human parts for money rituals. In a video making rounds on the internet, the men recently arrested by the Police narrated how they killed people and traded their body parts for rituals. The first man who spoke admitted that he bought a human head for N20,000 from one Mansuru. He said, “I bought human flesh (head) from Mansuru for N20,000. I wanted to use it for mercy charm, to open the door for prosperity. The person who introduced me to him is yet to be caught.…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A class teacher, Sunday Onyisi Ufah, with Alihami Secondary School at Agbor, Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State has been reportedly flogged to death by an aggrieved parent. It was gathered that the tragic incident occurred on Wednesday. A source told SaharaReporters that the drama started after certain students of the school allegedly scaled the school fence to steal and drink an old man’s palm wine. The old man subsequently reported to the school authority. “The students were immediately identified and flogged as part of a disciplinary measure. READ ALSO: Abuja Teacher…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Adamawa State Police Command have arrested a 23-year-old disabled person, Sabastine Ayuba for alleged burglary and theft in Adamawa State. Ayuba was caught while breaking into shops around Jimeta Police barracks, in Yola, the State capital, according to the Police. The spokesperson for the State command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, in a statement on Wednesday, disclosed that Ayuba specialized in breaking into shops and carting away cash. READ ALSO: NSCDC Parades Teacher, Five Others For Energy Theft In Osun “On 15/10/2023, operatives of Adamawa State Police Command arrested a 23-year-old physically challenged person who specialised…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Members of the Obosi community in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, have taken to the streets to protest the crimes rate and insecurity in the area. The march tagged Security Awareness Exercise was initiated by the Central Executive Council of the Obosi Development Union and was aimed at declaring their readiness to combat crime and criminals. Speaking during the exercise, the President-General of ODU, Chimezie Obi, lamented that crimes and other atrocities have continued to mar both commercial and economic activities as well as denting the image of the people of…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has destroyed fake, expired goods worth N500 million in Abuja. During the exercise on Wednesday, the NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed that some goods were also voluntarily submitted to the agency. She stated that the exercise is carried out routinely all over the country. Mrs Adeyeye also said that the destruction of the products was done to prevent their re-introduction to the supply chain. The agency boss listed some of the products destroyed as drugs made up of psychoactive and controlled substances like antibiotics,…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Police commissioner Bethrand Onuoha has ordered an investigation into the alleged clash between the Police and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officers in Kogi over an inspector’s wife allegedly caught with hard drugs. In a statement issued by the command’s spokesman, Williams Ovye-Aya, the Police commissioner expressed surprise over the alleged incident. Mr Onuoha condemned the incident, stating that the clash was avoidable since both personnel misunderstood themselves. “It was revealed that the operatives of NDLEA trailed the woman who turned out to be the wife of an inspector of Police attached to area…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A notorious Boko Haram terrorists commander identified as Bulama Bukar has surrendered to troops of 5 Brigade in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State. Director Army Public Relation, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said troops also intercepted a suspected ammunition courier on his way to deliver weapons to a bandit leader in Zamfara State. Nwachukwu added that troops of the Nigerian Army have continued to sustain the aggressive posture of ongoing operations to eradicate terrorism, insurgency and sundry crimes across the country. READ ALSO: Boko Haram Suspects…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A 56-year-old woman identified as Nma Lilian Achumba has been remanded in Nigeria Correctional Centre, Afara, Umuahia by a Magistrate Court sitting in Umuahia, for allegedly recruiting and abducting 21 young girls for sexual exploitation and child trafficking. The accused was charged with recruiting and abducting young girls and exploiting them sexually in Umunkpeyi Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area (LGA) and Olokoro, Umuahia South LGA of the State in June, 2023. But the 56-year-old woman, who used to run the Nma Charity and Rehabilitation Centre in Abia State, pleaded not guilty. In a…