The Lancaster city man shot and killed by a police officer Friday morning was running toward a bystander while armed with a machete, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office said Monday. Luis Alex Fuentes, 39, of the 400 block of South Plum Street, died several hours after being shot once in the back on his street, according to…
Troops of the 1 Brigade of the Joint Task Force, Operation Fasan Yamma, in collaboration with operatives from the Department of State Services (DSS), uncovered a large cache of deadly weapons in Zamfara State. A statement issued on Tuesday by the Coordinator, Joint Media Centre, Operation Fasan Yamma, Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, revealed that the…
The Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan, Oyo state has adjourned the trial of the former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola; an Ibadan-based broadcaster and Chairman of a radio station, Oriyomi Hamzat; and the Principal of Islamic High School, Basorun, Abdulahib Fasasi. The trio are facing four charges related to conspiracy, murder,…
Hundreds of U.S. military members are training for the next two weeks in Gulfport and across Mississippi during a combat exercise that will send low-flying helicopters and noise across the area. The event is called the Sentry South-Southern Strike exercise. It began Monday and ends Feb. 7. The Air National Guard is hosting 500 members from the U.S. military’s active, guard and reserve units, a…
A group of herdsmen with a large number of cows allegedly invaded and destroyed a five-hectare rice plantation belonging to one Okegbenro Julius, in Ilupeju Ibaro Village, Abeokuta. According to a statement by police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, on Monday, January 27, the herdsmen who caused extensive destruction to crops, on noticing that they were…
