Protest erupts after a truck crashes into a bus at a police checkpoint in Abia State, killing at least eighteen people. Residents demand the return of the police officers on duty at the checkpoint and vow to continue protesting until Governor Alex Otti visits the scene. The road is blocked by bus drivers and other … Read more
…the soldiers also recovered a vehicle and two motorcycles while conducting a further search of the general area for the fleeing armed men. The Nigerian Army said it has killed three of the gunmen who attacked a police checkpoint in Anambra State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who confirmed this … Read more
An officer has been injured as hoodlums attacked a police checkpoint in Ogun State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that police officers at a checkpoint along Obasanjo-Itele road, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State have been attacked by some suspected hoodlums. The hoodlums were said to have attacked the officers while on duty at about … Read more
Residents have been feared dead while vehicles were razed as an explosion rocked Rivers State on Tuesday. EKOHOTBLOG reports that no fewer than two people have been confirmed dead following a Petroleum tanker explosion in Omerelu in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that several buildings around the area … Read more