No fewer than 17 people died and many were injured in a tanker explosion which happened near Koko junction section of the Benin/Sapele Expressway, Ethiope West Council area of Delta state on Wednesday.It was gathered that four vehicles reportedly got destroyed in the incident, eyewitness confirmed that the sad incident occured around 8am while the police said only three persons died in the inferno.According to findings, the petrol-laden Eveco truck was trying to man...

No fewer than 10 military men, including a major and an unconfirmed number of local vigilantes, were allegedly killed during a firefight with bandits in Zungeru, Wushshi Local Government Area, Niger State.Eight other soldiers reportedly sustained severe injuries in the bitter skirmish, in which they fought the bandits to a standstill and killed well over 30 of them.The incident happened on Sunday, the Daily Post learned.According to sources, the military personnel r...

At least three out of the 13 delegates from Mariga local government areas of Niger State for the governorship primaries have been allegedly killed by bandits.Naijacrawl learnt that the incident occurred between Mariga and Tegina and the three people were shot dead on the spot in an ambush by the Bandits on Wednesday.They were killed on their way back to Mariga after the party postponed the primaries to obtain their means of identification, following a protest by som...