A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) identified as Aliyu Muhammed Lawal, has died from a stray bullet during a crossfire between security operatives and bandits along Kaduna-Abuja road. It was gathered that the bandits were engaged by the security agents while they were trying to cross the highway at Kasarami Village at about 8pm on Friday, May 13. According to Daily Trust, the deceased who was serving in Abuja was hit on the head while on …
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A US bound truck smuggling 170 migrants crashed on a highway in Veracruz, Mexico, on Wednesday, January 12 injuring 38 of which 8 were children. The trailer was heading to Mexico City when it crashed into a concrete road divider. The truck was disguised with fake logos to look like an official Mexican Food Ministry vehicle, bound for the US. About 132 migrants including the driver fled the scene before authorities arrived while the injured ones were taking into …
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped the Pramount ruler of Bungundu emirate in Zamfara State, HRH Hassan Attahiru The first class monarch was abducted while travelling along Abuja Kaduna highway on Tuesday, September 13. It was gathered that the gunmen opened fire on his convoy and successfully demobilized some of the vehicles. A police personnel was said to have been killed during exchange of fire with the bandits.
Seven persons have perished in a motor accident along the ever busy Minna-Suleja highway in Niger state. It was gathered that the accident involving a Mazda salon car and a gulf salon car with registration number KTU 506 BK occurred in the early hours of Thursday, July 22. Five of the victims died at the spot while two others died on their way to the hospital. Two people who were critically injured have been evacuated to a private hospital …