Category: METRO - Page 6 - FAMOUS REPORTERS

Oct

2025

“I Tried to Hold Her,” Suspect Reveals in Robbery That Claimed Life of Arise News Staff

CRIME, METRO#AriseTV, #ArmedrobberyoperationinKatampedistrict, #Peterobimournsarisetvpresenter, #SommieMaduagwu, #SomtochukwuChristelleMaduagwu, AriseTvpresenterfallsfromthreestoreybuilding, Arisetvpresenterkilledduringarmedrobberyattack

“I Tried to Hold Her,” Suspect Reveals in Robbery That Claimed Life of Arise News Staff In a major breakthrough, the Nigeria Police Force has apprehended twelve suspects linked to the violent armed robbery that led to the tragic death of Somtochukwu Maduagwu, an employee of Arise News, in Abuja. The robbery, which shook the Gishiri community and indeed the entire country, turned fatal when Maduagwu fell from a three-storey building in a desperate attempt to flee from the assailants. Suspects Identified Police authorities have released the identities of the arrested suspects, who are mostly from Katsina and Kaduna States.…

Oct

2025

By Famous Reporters

JUST IN: Suspected Police officers shoot man driving Benz GLK dead in Asaba

CRIME, METRO#Assassination, #BenzGLK, #death, #Shooting

JUST IN: Suspected Police officers shoot man driving Benz GLK dead in Asaba The entire atmosphere of Asaba, the capital of Delta State on Tuesday , October 10, 2025, engulfed in riotous uproar, following a heart-wrenching incident involving suspected men of the Nigeria Police and a young man driving in his car along the streets of Asaba. According to reports, the deceased who was glowing with excitement as he drove in his Mercedes Benz GLK, was allegedly sent to his untimely grave on that fateful Tuesday, by some assailants whose true identities are yet to buy ascertained. According to activist…

Oct

2025

By Famous Reporters

BREAKING NEWS: Popular Vet Doctor, Ogbu Murdered in Abuja, 3 Children Still Missing

CRIME, METRO#DrIfeanyiOgbu, #Slainabujaveterinarydoctor, #Veterinary

BREAKING NEWS: Popular Vet Doctor, Ogbu Murdered in Abuja, 3 Children Still Missing The atmosphere of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria has been engulfed in utter disquiet, following the gruesome killing of a renowned veterinary doctor and former chairman of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), FCT chapter, Dr Ifeanyi Ogbu, has been killed by terrorists in Abuja. The former chairman of Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association was was abducted alongside his three children from their home in Kubwa, Abuja. According to reports, armed men reportedly invaded his residence in Kubwa, abducted him along with his three children, and…

Sep

2025

By Famous Reporters

Trailer Container Crushes Police Officer, Two others, As LASTMA Rescues 2 with Grievous Injuries

METRO#LASTMA, #RoadAccident, #Truckdriver, #Truckdriversassociation

Trailer Container Crushes Police Officer, Two others, As LASTMA Rescues 2 with Grievous Injuries The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed the tragic accident that occurred earlier today along Ijora causeway, inward Ijora 7Up. In a press statement e-signed and released to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP by LASTMA's Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq stated that, "The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) hereby confirms the occurrence of a most lamentable accident earlier today along Ijora Causeway, inward Ijora 7Up, involving a Apple fully laden 40-foot container truck XP…

Sep

2025

By Famous Reporters

BREAKING: Bomb Explosion Rocks Imo Community, kills one, injures 2

METRO#Bombexplosion, #Bombs, #Explosionsionsinimo, #NjabaExplosion

BREAKING: Bomb Explosion Rocks Imo Community, kills one, injures 2 Tragedy struck Obinwanne community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State on Thursday when an explosion killed a man and left two passers-by injured. Two passers-by have been severely injured in a dastardly bomb explosion in Obinwanne community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. The entire people of Obinwanne community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State have been thrown into a deep melancholic state, following another dastardly bomb explosion. The tragic incident which claimed the life of a man (name withheld), and left two passers-by…

Sep

2025

By Famous Reporters

UPDATE: 38 Suspects arrested in connection with Enugu Priest, Fr. Mathew Eya murder

CRIME, METROAssassinationoffrmatthew, Crimesinenugu, Frmattheweya, Murderoffrmattheweya

UPDATE: 38 Suspects arrested in connection with Enugu Priest, Fr. Mathew Eya murder The Enugu State Police Command says the Command has arrested 38 suspects who are connected with the recent assassination of a Catholic priest of the Nsukka Diocese, Rev. Fr. Mathew Eya. Fr. Eya was, up until his demise, the parish priest of St. Charles Catholic Church, Eha-Ndiagu, in Nsukka. Famousreporters.com earlier, reported yesterday about the eruption of commotion in Eha-Alumona–Eha-Ndiagu area of Enugu and the entire State in general, following the gruesome killing of the Cleric. The priest was said to have been brutally murdered in coldblood…

Sep

2025

By Famous Reporters

One killed, many injured as ‘expired explosives’ blows up at DICON factory

METRO, NATIONAL NEWS#DICON, #DICON'sexplosion

One killed, many injured as 'expired explosives' blows up at DICON factory According to a statement issued on Saturday, Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria's (DICON) public relations officer, Maria Sambo, disclosed that the explosion occurred around 10am at the corporation’s ordinance factory disposal pit, where expired explosive materials were being destroyed. The Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria has confirmed that an explosion occurred at its Ordnance Factory Disposal Pit in Kaduna, leading to the untimely death of one person and injuries to several others. Earlier, it was wrongly reported that the incident had claimed the lives of two workers, one…

Sep

2025

By Famous Reporters

BREAKING NEWS: Popular Catholic Priest Murdered in Enugu

CRIME, METRO#Fr.eyamurderedinenugu, #Murderinenugu, #Rev.Fr.MatthewEya

BREAKING NEWS: Popular Catholic Priest Murdered in Enugu Pandemonium has erupted again in Enugu State, as a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Matthew Eya was brutally murdered in coldblood by yet to be identified gunmen. The horrible incident took place on the evening of Friday, September 19, 2025 along the Eha-Alumona–Eha-Ndiagu Road in Nsukka Local Government Area. Earlier, reports suggested that the Clergy was attacked by suspected assailants, while travelling on a journey. While sources in the community told newsmen on Saturday morning that the killing appeared to be a targeted assassination, a viral post which was circulated on social media…

Sep

2025

By Famous Reporters

Former Imo H/member, 12 others abducted by Gentle De Yahoo regains freedom

CRIME, METRO#GentleDeYahoo, #IfeanyiEzeOkorienta, #NgoziOgbu, #NgoziogbuabductedbyGentledeyahoo, #Ngoziogburegainsfreedom

Former Imo H/member, 12 others abducted by Gentle De Yahoo regains freedom A former member of the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Ngozi Ogbu, who was reportedly abducted by the notorious terrorist, Ifeanyi Eze Okorienta, popularly known as “Gentle de Yahoo”, has regained freedom. Hon. Ogbu was allegedly abducted during his peace negotiation visit to the gang’s camp. Famousreporters.com learnt that the victim, a former member who represented Okigwe State Constituency had 'taken the bull by its horn' to meet with the assassin at his camp to negotiate for peace, in order to enable him bury a deceased relative…

Sep

2025

By Famous Reporters

Arrested assassin, Gentle De Yahoo names Uzodimma as major sponsor of Insecurity in S/E

CRIME, METRO#EasternSecurityNetwork, #ESN, #GentleDeYahoo, #IfeanyiEzeOkorienta

Arrested assassin, Gentle De Yahoo names Uzodimma as major sponsors of Insecurity in S/E Ifeanyi Eze Okorienta, popularly known as “Gentle de Yahoo”, the notorious political assassin who was arrested by the Nigerian Army on Tuesday, says Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma as is one of the major sponsors of insecurity in the state and the South-East region in general. Famousreporters.com reports that Gentle De Yahoo who is alleged to be theCommander of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), waswas arrested by troops of the 34 Artillery Brigade after years of…