Category: Local Scenes

The Lagos State Ministry of Justice is set to press 16 charges of manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm against Oluwaseun Osibanjo, the driver of the BRT bus that collided with a moving train...

A 60-year-old father identified as Malam Bala and his son, Sunusi Bala, 35, got drowned in a deep well on Tuesday 9th-August-2022 in Kano State. The duo lost their lives in Sabon Garin Bauchi,...

Malam Tukur, the bereaved father of Abdulmalik Tukur has narrated how his bandits killed the 32-year-old despite collecting N500,000. The victim was abducted from his family house in Vinkilang community in the outskirt of...

Mustapha Balogun, a former Inspector-General of Police, has died. Balogun died at a hospital in Lekki, Lagos at about 8:30 pm on Thursday during a brief illness, according to family sources. Born August 25, 1947, in...

A woman identified as Fati and her two daughters were among 30 travellers who lost their lives in a tragic accident along the Zaria-Kano Expressway, Hawan Mai Mashi in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna...

A tragic accident that occurred on Tuesday morning the 26th-July-2022, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway has claimed four lives. A speeding Mazda bus, marked YYY412XB, was said to have crashed into an unregistered moving truck....

Former Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has condoled with Colonel Babanawa on the death of his son, Lieutenant Ibrahim Jaro Suleiman Babanawa, a Nigerian soldier killed when terrorists ambushed troops of the Guards Brigade in Abuja.  According...

Men of the Rapid Response Squad, Lagos state police command, on Friday, July 22, 2022 prevented a 29-year-old man identified as Dauda Yakub, from jumping into the Lagos Lagoon. The police officers were on...

Two Corps members have died. They lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident on their way back home to Kaduna State after the 2022 Batch “B” Stream One Orientation Course in Adamawa State....

Four members of the New Nigeria Political Party (NNPP) in Niger State died in an auto crash along Minna-Suleja highway while returning from Abuja after attending the unveiling of pastor Idahosa as presidential candidate...

 Edo state Police command says it has arrested one suspect simply identified as Zachariah in connection with the rape and murder of a teenager identified as Precious Aigbokhode. Ealier, it was reported that Precious...

Friends of a popular Nigerian TikTok star have taken to the video sharing platform to mourn her after she died under “mysterious” circumstances. The TikToker named Mimi died on Monday, July 18, 2022 and...

A cab driver has lost his life while two other persons have sustained various degress of injuries after his vehicle skidded off the Mubushi VIO bridge in Abuja on Tuesday evening, July 19, 2022....

A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) identified as Medara Ikpoto, has died in Osun State after completing her three weeks orientation course at the NYSC camp.  It was gathered that the deceased was rushed...

Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has said that popular pastor, Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, who is also known as Odumeje, will pay for the cost of demolishing his church. Soludo, who spoke on Friday night,...

Grade A Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria has adjourned till a case to August 8, 2022 for further hearing of the divorce suit brought before it by a woman identified as Taiwo Olayiwola...

Recent findinds has revealed that a driver with one of the ride-hailing apps was crushed to death at a traffic stop in Lekki, Lagos. The driver was waiting for the red light to turn...

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Kaduna State command, Hafiz Rigim, on Thursday, said nine people lost their lives and 12 others were seriously injured in a fatal accident involving four vehicles, on...

A young couple, Somtochukwu Benjamin and Olivia Chinoyelum, have died in a fatal motor accident one month after their wedding. It was gathered that Somto, 27, and Olivia, 26, had their traditional wedding on...

A woman has taken to Twitter to mourn her mother and father, both shot dead when attackers stormed St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo state. The attack took place yestersay, June 5, 2022...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers attacked a commercial bus along Obbo Ayegunle-Osi Road in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, killed two people and abducted several others. The incident occurred around 5pm on...

A man was stoned and set ablaze over alleged blasphemy in Lugbe, Abuja. The lynching took place on Saturday afternoon, June 4, 2022, at the Lugbe Timber Shed, along Airport Road in Abuja following an...

One person was left injured after a truck laden with a 20ft container overturned at the Oyingbo Rail Crossing, Yaba in Lagos state on Saturday, June 4, 2022. According to a statement by the...

No fewer than 120 people, mostly women and children, have been hospitalised after suspected toxic chemicals from an expired industrial gas cylinder contaminated the air and spread to the neighborhood of Mundadu, a surburb...

Three siblings were discovered dead inside a parked car in the Owode Elede neighbourhood of Ikorodu, Lagos, where they were playing. The event occurred on Thursday after the children were unable to exit a...

Over two hundred residents of Sharada Quarters, Kano, were on Friday, June 3, 2022 reportedly hospitalized after inhaling chemicals from a cylinder dismantled by metal scrappers. According to reports, the victims were rushed to Murtala...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL). The MoU will provide the EFCC access to 114 million records from...

Victoria Emmanuel, a 39-year-old woman, based in Kaduna state, is currently fighting for her life after her husband, Haruna Emmanuel, reportedly stabbed her. Victoria was believed to have been subjected to domestic abuse since...

 A security guard  identified as “Dayo Ayuba”, has been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command for stabbing a carpenter, simply identified as Taiye, to death in Nitel Estate, Ikorodu district of...

The alleged s*xual assault of a lady, simply identified as Izzy, on Thursday, June 2, at Eko Hotels in Lagos state, has sparked outrage on social media. Izzy narrated that she had a horrific...

Nigerian rapper, Ikechukwu Onunaku, popularly known as Ikechekwu, has decried the death of his wife’s 14-year-old cousin, Obinna Obiefuleh, who was found dead in Queen of the Holy Innocent secondary school, Ogwume, in Ideato...

The kidnapped female corps member, Faith Onoriode, who was abducted along Kaduna-Abuja road alongside other travellers, has regained freedom after spending over two months in the den of her abductors. She was abducted with other...

Women’s rights activist Laila St. Matthew-Daniel has reacted to the arrest of the alleged mastermind of Anambra lawmaker’s gruesome murder.  Operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS arrested the 70-year-old suspect, Chukwujekwu Onuorah, alleged to...

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested one Nweke Chadikaobi, for allegedly assaulting his 10-year-old maid for bedwetting.  Chadikaobi was arrested on Tuesday, June 2, 2022 at the Range View Estate in the...

Six soldiers of the Nigerian Army who are between the ranks of corporal and lance corporal are currently facing a court martial for indiscipline and other related offences at the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army,...

The family and friends of Lawrence Olorungbo, his wife and three children have been thrown into mourning after their decomposing bodies were found at their apartment in the Apapa region of Lagos State. The corpses...

Godson Nse Thompson, a 32-year-old pastor, is being held in Uyo correctional centre, Akwa Ibom state for defiling a 13-year-old girl sent to him for intercessory prayers. The pastor, a father of three children, was...

Not fewer than 11 members of the Eiye Confraternity, including four siblings, were arrested on Sunday, May 29, over the killing of one Olaosebikan Tejuosho at the Isale-Abetu region of Abeokuta, Ogun State. The four...

Unidentified gunmen stormed the Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), Awada, Onitsha station in the early hours of Monday, May 30. A building, a corporate bus, and another car belonging to a staff member who had worked...

An explosion has rocked a drinking joint in Kabba Town, headquarters of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi state. The explosion occurred at the joint close to the former Akefe hotel at Okepadi axis of...

A 47-year-old staff of Globacom Limited, identified as Afolake Abiola has committed suicide by drinking ‘Sniper’, a popular pesticide. The tragic incident occurred on Friday, May 27, 2022, at her residence, at number 1 Abayomi...

The Rivers State Police Command, on Saturday morning, May 28,  2022 announced that a total of 31 persons died during a stampede at the venue of an outreach programme put together by a church called...

The family of David Imoh, a sound engineer who was lynched and burnt to death by a mob in Lagos State, has announced his funeral arrangements. David was killed on May 12 by alleged commercial...

Three employees of Dangote cement company, on Thursday, May 26, 2022 were killed in a ghastly car accident in Kogi State. The incident occurred about 5:45pm, around Zariagi Obajana road in the state, according to...

The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), on Friday, May 27, 2022 confirmed receiving reports of an explosion caused by gas leak at a borehole drilling point in Caritas University, Emene, Enugu...

A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, identified only as Folashade, on Friday, May 27,  2022 was attacked by an unknown motorist in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. One of Folashade’s passengers, who asked not...

Earlier, Infinity Loaded brought you a viral video of unidentified security agents struggling the control of a car steering with a commercial bus driver while passengers were busy screeming for safety. Further investigations carried...

Maria Ali, a 31-year-old woman, has been murdered by her ex-lover, identified only as Ben, in Abuja. Ben dated Ali for 10 years, during which they had a child together, according to reports. Ali,...

The Federal Government has filed 23-count charges against Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late popular gospel artist, Osinachi Nwachukwu, who died on April 8, after he allegedly assaulted her.   He was charged under sections 104...

Gunmen, on Wednesday, May 25, kidnapped an expatriate at Ogbonmo region of Ijebu-Owo in Owo local government area of Ondo State.   The gunmen also killed a soldier, who was said to be a security escort,...