Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested a woman, Veronica Mohammed, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death in Nasarawa State. Veronica, who hails from Keana Local Government Area of the state, was paraded on Thursday at the NSCDC Command Headquarters in Lafia, the state capital. READ ALSO : Gov … Read more
RADIO presenter Chinenye Iwuoha who was kidnapped on Monday has regained freedom. The presenter, who works with Pacesetter FM, Umuahia, of the Federal Road Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), was released on Thursay. Though The kidnappers initially demanded N20 million, It was not clear whether any ransom was paid to secure the presenter’s freedom State police … Read more
About 50 persons were reportedly abducted while over 300 farmers sustained various degrees of bullets and machete during a bloody communal clash between Omor and Umunbo villages in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State. Both communities had been in war over some pieces of land. It was gathered that the dispute, which started during … Read more
A 29-year-old man, Christopher Dauda, has been remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly burning his mother-in-law’s house. A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, ordered his remand on Thursday. Chief Magistrate Abdulaziz Ibrahim, ordered that the accused be remanded in the Kafanchan Correctional facility. The police charged Dauda with criminal trespass, mischief by … Read more
Armed men on Thursday morning attacked Kagara town, the headquarters of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, killing one person and kidnapped nine others. Among those taken away is the wife of the Education Secretary of Chanchaga Local Government council, Alhaji Lawal Balarabe, along her one-week-old baby. Three grandchildren of a former Commissioner for … Read more
Mr. Bright Obemba, the father of one of the three murdered victims in Rivers State, Fortune Obemba, has called on the police not to allow his only son’s killers to escape justice, Punch reports. The 50-year-old father of three said his son’s killers had inflicted an everlasting pain on him, and as such, did not … Read more
A man has been arrested for attempted murder in China after burying his own mother alive. Ma Mou, 58, was taken into custody after discovering his paralyzed 79-year-old mother in an abandoned grave pit. She had somehow survived there for three days. According to TMZ, Police in Jingbian County revealed that at 9am on Tuesday … Read more
A young house help was sliced on the forehead by her Madam with a sharp knife over her inability to wash the dishes properly. The incident happened on Wednesday, May 6th 2020 at DDPA Housing Estate Today in Warri Delta State. According to a post on a Facebook group known as 9ja Affairs, Blessing was … Read more
A Honda Odyssey car with the plate number, AAA 589 FV has crushed a young man who was making a video call to death. Spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, in Ogun State, Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed that the incident occurred at about 11am on Wednesday May 6, Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway. The driver of the … Read more
A middle age man has been sentenced to five strokes of cane by a mobile court in Kano for violating the lockdown order in the state. The court, sitting at Gwale local government, headed by Magistrate Salisu Idris found the convict guilty of violating the lock down order and sentenced him accordingly. READ ALSO :Africa … Read more
Yobe House of Assembly member, Lawan Sani Inua popularly known as Mr. LAS, who allegedly refused to be isolated when suspected to have tested positive for coronavirus has denied the report The lawmaker denied he was ever asked by anybody to move to any isolation facility, neither has the COVID 19 Committee inform him of … Read more
A woman, Amaka Okoro, who was declared wanted on April 30 by the Edo State government for fleeing the state after allegedly testing positive for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), has threatened to sue the government. Governor Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a frontline governorship aspirant on the party’s platform, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, are … Read more
A staff of Union Bank of Nigeria has died from COVID-19 complications, the bank announced on Monday. According to the statement released by the bank, the staff died in the early hours of Monday, May 4th. In a letter by Emeka Emuwa, Union Bank’s CEO, he wrote; READ ALSO : Fani Kayode Shames Access Bank For … Read more
A man identified as Femi Temade has left social media buzzing after he shared a video washing some N500 notes. He went to the ATM to withdraw N100k but his grandparents ensured he washed the money with hypo and detergent to prevent Coronavirus. Read Also: Explosion Looms As Lagosians Prepare To Scoop Fuel From Fallen Tanker … Read more
Residents in Osun State were on Sunday morning shocked to see a 7-month old foetus dumped in a stream at Osogbo. The foetus which had a sign of life in it and was breathing was sealed in a nylon bag. It was gathered a resident of Alafia Street, Igbonna in Osogbo found the foetus in … Read more
24-year-old Kenyan woman, Winfred Nduku allegedly stabbed her two children, aged 2 and 6, to death, before attempting suicide after a fight with her own mother. A police spokesperson at the Kayole Police Station confirmed the tragic incident to Kenyans.co.ke, adding that Nduku was recuperating at Mama Lucy Hospital. The spokesperson said the sad incident … Read more
A 49-year old husband has reportedly smashed his newborn baby on the floor in anger resulting in the infant’s untimely death. The man simply identified as Ezekiel Anorue is said to have been infuriated by the gender of the baby after realising his wife had given birth to yet another girl for the fifth time. … Read more
A 31 years old woman was nabbed by a group of vigilante while she was trying to sell her newly born baby to a man in a community in Ikere, Ekiti State before she was handed over to the police. One of the vigilante who is an eyewitness, Abass Kasali he said “we are in … Read more
The Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed has decried attacks launched on police officers amid the Coronavirus pandemic. The IGP who reacted to a video of a woman assaulting the DCO II, Eruwa Police Division, ASP Adeyemo Ogunyemi, praised him for his uncommon restraint and professionalism in the face of unprovoked attack which occurred while … Read more
After eight days of being in the custody of their abductors, the twin children of former Chairman of the Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board (Muslim wing), Taofeek Akeugbagold were released at about 5.30 am today(Sunday) Sunday Tribune reported that the twins were picked near the bush at around Mufutau Laninhun College of Education area on … Read more