A suspected vandal has been electrocuted while tampering with an exposed live wire in an attempt to steal it from a transformer substation at Commissioners’ Quarters in Damaturu, the Yobe capital. The Communications Officer, Yola Electricity Distribution Company, Blessing Tunoh, made this known in a statement issued in Yola on Saturday. Tunoh said that the company’s Regional Manager, Operations, visited …

Policemen attached to the Lagos Rapid Response Squad, on Sunday, foiled an attempt to hijack their patrol bike in Ikeja. A 19-year-old suspect, Akinjobi Wahab, was arrested as four accomplices escaped. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Hundeyin stated that the officers were on a patrol in plain clothes when the …