City Updates

Unknown Gunmen Attack Oyo Prison, Free Inmates

Ololade Adeyanju/

The Abolongo Correctional facility in Lagbodoko area of Oyo town in Oyo State was yesterday night invaded by gunmen.

NewsmakersNG learnt that the gunmen attacked the facility with explosives around 10.30pm and set all the inmates free.

The Public Relations Officer of the Oyo State Command of Nigerian Correctional Services, Lanre Anjonrin, confirmed the attack.

He promised to provide details later.

0
Editor

Recent Posts

Anti-Graft DG Resigns after Setting the World on Fire with High Profile Serial Sexcapades in Equatorial Guinea

Matilda Omonaiye/ The Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar…

4 hours ago

Aquitane Oil & Gas Accuses Zenith Bank of Forgery, Alleges ₦1.4 Billion Dividend Theft, Unauthorized Sale of Collateral Shares

Segun Atanda/ In a scandal shaking Nigeria’s financial sector, Aquitane Oil & Gas Ltd., a…

7 hours ago

Quincy Jones: Legendary American Music Producer behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller Dies at 91

Segun Atanda with AP/ After a career spanning 70 years, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., the…

2 days ago

Tinubu’s Team Hits Atiku, Defends Economic Reforms

Segun Atanda/ The presidency has hit back at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, dismissing his…

2 days ago

UN in Nigeria: Charting a Path Towards a Brighter Future

By Mohamed Malick Fall/ The indescribable destruction caused by the first and second world wars…

2 days ago

Kemi Badenoch Becomes UK Conservative Party’s First Black Leader

Segun Atanda/ Kemi Badenoch has been elected the new UK Conservative leader. The former business…

3 days ago