Sokoto State: Angry Youths sets ablazed one female and two male bandits

Three suspected bandits, including a woman, were killed by angry youths after a failed attack on a Fulani community in Goronyo local government area of Sokoto state. 

It was gathered that the armed bandits stormed Ruga, a Fulani community on the outskirts of Goronyo, around midnight on Wednesday, May 5, to rustle cattle but faced stiff resistance from the nomads who also arrested three of the attackers.

An eyewitness, who spoke to Daily Trust said the irate youths also torched the

Edo State: Popular Pharmacist killed by hit and run driver

 

A top pharmacist identified as Austin Umweni, has been killed by a hit-and-run driver in Benin City, Edo state while jogging. 

It was gathered that Umweni, the proprietor of Austin Pharmacy, was jogging in the early hours of Wednesday, May 5, along Airport Road when the driver said to be driving a Mercedes Benz car hit him. He died on the spot. 

The remains of the top pharmacist have been deposited at a morgue in the state capital.