UNKNOWN GUNMEN SET FEDERAL HIGH COURT ABAKALIKI ABLAZE
Reporter : AMECHI ODO
A section of the Federal High Court Abakaliki has been set ablaze by unknown gunmen.
A security guard in the Court premises who spoke with journalists on condition of anonymity explained that the gunmen attacked the court hall housing the library with petrol bomb.
They said the attackers wounded two guards and left unchallenged.
Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Mrs. Loveth Oda, explained that the gunmen came in their numbers to carryout the attack.
She pointed out that the entire court would have been razed if not for the urgent intervention of the men of the state fire service.
More Stories
HIGH HOPES AS NLC EXPECTS N540,000 MINIMUM WAGE PAYMENT IN SOUTH EAST
REPORTER: UCHE NDEKE The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed optimism that the payment of the proposed N540,000 Minimum Wage...
TAKE YOUR SERVICE YEAR SERIOUSLY — GOV UZODIMMA
REPORTER: CHINAZO ILECHUKWU Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has urged National Youth Service Corps members posted to the area...
POLICE PARADE OVER 100 SUSPECTED K/CRIMINALS IN ABIA
REPORTER: LAWRENCE NWOKEDI The Police Command in Abia State says it has arrested over 110 suspected criminals within the first...
FG RECOVERS 57 BILLION NAIRA DEBT
REPORTER: CHRISTIAN NWANGENE The Director, Special Projects, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Aisha Omar, says the ministry has so far...
ABIA STATE TO HAVE SIX MINI DIGITAL HUBS, TO TRAIN 10,000 WOMEN IN BIZ SUPPORT PROG
REPORTER: PEACE AGBO The Federal Ministry of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy in collaboration with the Abia State Government, is...
NSCDC ARRESTS TWO SUSPECTED ILLEGAL MINERS IN ANAMBRA
REPORTER: KEVIN EKEDIEGWU Operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Anambra State have arrested two suspects allegedly...