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Dele Ogunyemi, WarriDelta State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a policeman and a soldier by gunmen at a military checkpoint at Oto...

Punch Newspapers Sections Dele Ogunyemi, Warri DELTA State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has ordered an immediate investigation into Wednesday’s death of a woman and her daughter in Warri axis of the state. This was contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba. According to him, the sad news of the death of a woman and her daughter in a rather bizarre circumstance in Warri on Wednesday is quite unfortunate and disheartening. The governor condoled with the deceased’s family on the loss of their loved ones, and assured them that everyone involved...

Akin Aboluwade The new Commissioner of Police in the Oyo State Command, Ngozi Vivian Onadeko, has reiterated her commitment to stemming the tide of crime in the state, barring all odds. Onadeko explained that her mission in the state is to ensure maximum security of lives and property of residents. She spoke on Friday at the command headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan during the handing over ceremony from her predecessor, Nwachukwu Enwonwu. Onadeko is the first female Commissioner of Police to assume such position in Oyo State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the command, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi...

By Omon-Julius Onabu No fewer than 12 persons were feared dead yesterday following collision between a commercial bus and a Toyota Sienna on the Benin-Asaba Expressway. The crash occurred near at Alifekede, a boundary community with Edo State near Agbor when the luxury bus ran over the Toyota Sienna car which was allegedly driving against traffic, eyewitness accounts said. THISDAY learnt that road safety officials who moved swiftly to the scene pulled at least five lifeless bodies out of the wreckage of the vehicles. Other passengers in the ill-fated vehicles were brought out unconscious and ...

Head of operations, Delta State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bakare Fatai Adesina, yesterday, confirmed the death of no fewer than 15 persons in an auto crash at Alifikede, near Agbor in Ika South Council of the state. The Guardian learnt that the fatal accident occurred about 2.15pm, as a luxurious bus ran into a Toyota Sienna car, which was plying one-way lane along the Asaba/Benin expressway. Eyewitness said five persons died on the spot, while men of the FRSC rushed other passengers, who sustained injuries to a nearby hospital where others passed away. When contacted, ...