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The kingship tussle in the Iree community, Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State has taken another turn since the emergence of two kings.   The Nation reported that Oba Ademola Ponle who was initially appointed to the position by former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, was suspended by Governor Ademola Adeleke …

Hon. Eshi Auta, a personal assistant to the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, narrowly escaped an abduction attempt.     According to reports, the suspected kidnappers attacked Auta on his way home on Wednesday night, December 6, 2023.     The incident happened around Tudun Kauri area …

Ekiti State Government has directed hospitals in the state to receive victims of gunshots for immediate treatment in their facilities even without a police report. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oyebanji Filani on Monday, October 30. He said the directive followed the order of the …

Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, has directed medical personnel across the country to treat gunshot victims without a police report.    Egbetokun said the directive became necessary based on the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act, 2017.    In the Police internal memo dated …

Maine mass shooter, Robert Card,  who murdered 18 people at a bowling alley, has been found dead in the woods with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head, ending a 48-hour manhunt involving over 300 members of law enforcement.     Androscoggin sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook: ‘The suspect in Wednesday night’s …

A New Zealand tourist has died in the Philippines, while trying to defend his girlfriend from robbers.   Nicholas Peter Stacey, 34, was visiting the country with his girlfriend, Pamela Villanoza, 31. The couple had visited Palawan and were staying in Makati, a district in the capital region of Manila, …

The police in Lagos state have arrested one Kingsley Enageghe, the director of a hotel located in the Surulere axis of the state for allegedly firing gunshots at a guest in the hotel and also one of his staff, over the payment for a room in the hotel on Thursday, January 5.   …

A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Chiwendu Lovina Ezeh, has died few months after she was allegedly shot and wounded in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.    Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report, however, LIB gathered that Ezeh died on Easter Monday in Enugu …