NIGERIA NEWS

Two brothers, Malik and Mufu Akewusola, were shot dead in front of their home on Akerele Street, Shitta area of Surulere, Lagos on Thursday evening by gunmen suspected to be cultists. An eyewitness said that a pregnant woman was hit by a stray bullet during the incident, which caused pandemonium in the area. The brothers were said to be relaxing in front of their house when a gang stormed the place around 8 pm and shot at them multiple times.


Nine passengers sustained various degrees of  injuries on Friday when two buses belonging to the Peace Mass Transit (PMT) company  collided on the Nsukka-Enugu road. The accident happened in front of Queens Secondary School, Nsukka, around 3 p.m. One of the passengers, who identified himself as Kennedy Eze, thanked God that nobody died in the collision. Eze said the bus heading to Enugu was trying to avoid a speed bump and ran into the one coming from the opposite direction. He said FRSC officers and passersby helped to evacuate the injured to the hospital.


 At least 20 people were killed in violent clashes on Friday between Christian and Muslim mobs in Taraba state, prompting a round-the-clock curfew, an aid worker has said.  Local residents said Friday’s violence erupted when the funeral procession of a traditional chief from the predominantly Christian Jukun ethnic group marched through a Muslim neighbourhood chanting slogans, which Muslims viewed as an act of provocation.


THE Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar yesterday said the removal of roadblocks from the nation’s highways has reduced corruption in the Nigeria Police Force in the past one year after he assumed office.  Abubakar disclosed this during an interaction session at a ‘One Day Roundtable and Dinner’ organized by a non -governmental organization, CLEEN Foundation to mark the post-one year of his being in office.  Opining on the removal of roadblocks from highways across the country, Abubakar said it has drastically reduced accidental discharges and eliminated the N20 syndrome, as well as harassment of road users.