On Wednesday, March 8, 2023, fire razed the Akere Spare parts market in Ajegunle, Olodi-Apapa, killing one man. The victim of the fire incident who’s identified to be a security person in the market, was reportedly gunned down by suspected hoodlums when he attempted to stop them from burning down the market. It was gathered…
Hon Charles Anyanwu, the House of Assembly candidate for Etche Constituency in Rivers State, vying on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC has narrowly escaped death as hoodlums launched attack on his residence in Port Harcourt, the capital of the state. The Informant247 recalls that the House of Assembly candidate, few days ago, also…
A First Bank in Churchill and Keystone Bank along Aggrey Road in the old Port Harcourt Township was on Friday vandalized when the hoodlums hijacked a protest against cash scarcity. The Informant247 gathered that customers on Thursday attacked the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) at Rumuokoro in Obio/Akpor forcing the institution to close down on…
Some hoodlums on Friday attacked motorists in some areas on the popular Lagos-Ikorodu expressway in Lagos State to protest the scarcity of the new naira notes. It was gathered that the protesters took to the roads in Mile 12, Ketu and Ojota areas on the expressway, attacking commuters and creating chaos. Lagos State Police Public…
Hoodlums, on Tuesday, reportedly killed four people, including a woman, in Eziani in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. The yet-to-be-identified deceased lost their lives following indiscriminate shooting by the gunmen armed with Ak47. The Informant247 gathered that the hoodlums immediately took to their heels after the attack, leaving the deceased in the pool…
Unknown hoodlums have set a Police Station on fire in Umuchu, Aguata Local Government, Anambra State. The Informant247 gathered that the incident happened, Sunday afternoon. No casualty was recorded at the time of producing this report. The police station was vandalized during the #EndSARS demonstration in 2020. The police station was recently remodified by members…
Suspected hoodlums have killed one Eseni Egwu at the Ekoli Edda community, Afikpo South local government area, Ebonyi state. The event which occured on Monday was gathered that the incident ensued when members of the Ebebeagu Security Outfit clashes with youths in the area on Boxing Day. Informant247 gathered that Ebebeagu operatives arrived the market…
Hoodlums have reportedly killed 2 policemen along Agbaja road in Lokoja, Kogi State. The hoodlums launched an attack on the patrol team when they reached the area for their routine patrol on Wednesday. Report has it that 2 police officers were killed, while the hoodlums escaped into the bush with bullet’s wounds. The incident was…
The World Institute for Peace, a civil society group, has decried the increasing hoodlum clashes in Osun State. The group lamented that between July and December many residents had been injured while no fewer than 10 lives had been lost as a result of such clashes, while alleging that no suspect had been apprehended by…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on Friday said that the commission has restored the facilities destroyed by gunmen in various local government areas in Enugu State in readiness for the 2023 general elections. It could be recalled that in the last one year, INEC offices in seven local government areas were razed by…
Some gunmen have invaded the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Owerri, the capital of Imo state. The incident occurred on Monday morning. The Informant247 gathered that the police operatives positioned at the head office of electoral umpire stood against the attack of the gunmen. Report has it that 3 of…
Akeem Adeyemi, a popular Nollywood actor, has reportedly been attacked by ‘area boys’ in Lagos State. The incident was confirmed by a popular Nollywood actress, Wumi Toriola. The filmmaker (Toriola) through her Instagram handle narrated how the hoodlums invaded the location where they were shooting film and requested for money. The ‘area boys’ decided to…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has said that it does not have interest in the 2023 general elections and that it does not have the intention to disrupt the elections. IPOB made this revelation in a signed statement released by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful on Monday. IPOB, according to the spokesperson, has said it…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that the attacks launched at its facilities will not affect the credibility of the forthcoming 2023 presidential elections. The chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made this revelation while conducting an assessment on the office of the electoral commission in Abeokuta South Local Government Area which was,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission office in Izzi Local Government Area, Ebonyi State was on Sunday set ablaze by some unidentified persons. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Sunday. This is the third attack on Local Government INEC offices within…
Gunmen attacked the hometown of the governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo (Isuofia community of Aguata Local Government Area), on Saturday. It was gathered from sources that no fewer than two military officers and four of the attacking gunmen lost their lives in a heated gun engagement which happened between the hoodlums and officers…
Gunmen have launched attack on Corpers’ Lodge at Udo Ekong Ekwere street, off Information Drive, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The gunmen have robbed the occupants of the lodge even after raping the female ones. The incident reportedly happened at about 1:00am on Wednesday. The gunmen invaded the lodge in their tricycles, shot sporadically in the…
Some hoodlums have reportedly interrupted the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) by people in Ilesa West Local Government Area of Osun State, Thursday. A source told newsmen that the hoodlums who were suspected to be political thugs invaded the affected area in their numbers to discontinue the collection of PVCs. The suspected political thugs…
The Oyo State government, on Tuesday, suspended a female secondary school student in Ibadan for invading the school premises with hoodlums. It was learnt that the girl until the incident, was a student of Jericho High School, Ibadan. According to the report, it was gathered that the girl, alongside her mother, had last week, gone…
There was pandemonium on Monday when hoodlums invade a Lagos State High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square over claims that a warder from Kirikiri Prisons shot one of them. The hoodlums caused panic, which made all the judges end proceedings abruptly and immediately leave the court, while registrars and litigants also took to their…
