An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos State, on Tuesday sentenced an unemployed man, Bashiru Osho, to 12 years imprisonment for attempting to defile an eight-year-old girl. The police charged the 25-year-old, whose address was not provided with attempting to commit the felony of defilement. READ ALSO: My Ailing Grandmother Made Me Commit Crime The Prosecution … Read more
Two persons, Obi Sobenna Jude and Robert Sunday Olaoluwa have been arrested in Bauchi by the Kaduna zone of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for defrauding members of the public, through job scam. According to the agency, the two suspects posed as foreigners working for American companies on the internet. They were arrested at … Read more
The anti-cult squad of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State were able to prevent a fracas between one Miss Amarachi Orji and her father. Amarachi who is a Mass Communication student of the Polythecnic was slapped by her father for wearing facial make up to the school’s matriculation ceremony. See Also: US Gay Presidential Candidate Quits … Read more
A female corps member identified as Amaka Asikaogu has reportedly been found dead in an Abuja hotel, few days to the end of her service year. The deceased checked into New England Hotel in Abuja on Saturday evening with a male friend who left shortly after they were served food and drinks they ordered. According … Read more
Zainab Abubakar, a suspected female bandit has been arrested by the Nigeria army. She was arrested after a video was found in her phone. The video showcased where she was dancing at a party with an AK 47 rifle. Aminu Iliyasu, army operations media coordinator, in a statement on Thursday, said Abubakar was arrested on … Read more
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has restated its stand on the ban of two passengers occupying the front seat of commercial vehicles across the country. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Mr Bisi Kazeem disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. Kazeem said that FRSC … Read more
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a Principal Manager with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Ms. Jamila Ahmad Muhammed, for failure to appear in court over allegations of corruption. Muhammed and a former Director-General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo, are being prosecuted … Read more
Federal High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, has sentenced four persons including a woman to 160 years imprisonment on a multiple-count charge of conspiracy and possession of counterfeit bank notes. Hon. Justice Abdulazeez Anka, who handed down the sentences to the convicts in the case brought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related … Read more
Police in Edo State have tendered unreserved apology to students of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, for slapping the President of the Student Union Government (SUG), Osamagbe Eghobamien. The apology followed a protest by students of the instruction, during which they blocked the busy Benin/Auchi highway, took to streets of Ekpoma town and later sat … Read more
A couple in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra state have been thrown into deep mourning over the loss of their three children. According to reports the children died during a midnight fire as both parents were not at home. The father who happened to be a musician had gone for a performance while the … Read more
A yet to be identified man was electrocuted Wednesday morning while attempting to pluck mangoes from a tree along Enugu Road, in Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State. It was gathered that the now-deceased 18-year-old wheelbarrow pusher had climbed up the mango tree and, using a short rod iron, had inadvertently made contact with a … Read more
A 51 year-old woman has reportedly tied the knot with her hearthrob at the Omega Prayer Ministry Church OPM headquarters in Abuja. This is the first time she would be getting married as she had not known a man all her life These got so many tounges wagging, wondering what could have been the cause … Read more
How Emeka Sunday fell into a well while fetching water in his concubine’s house remains a mystery. Reports have it that Emeka was always coming to his concubine’s house who is a single mother to fill all the gallons with water, at times he would spend a week or more. Don’t Miss: Cross River: Nurse … Read more
The remains of a nurse, identified as Mrs. Freedom Ohana, has been deposited in the motuary. The nurse who is married with children died while trying to withdraw money from an Automated Teller Machine, ATM in one of the new generation banks in Calabar, Cross River State capital city. Freedom who hails from Abi local … Read more
Two married women, names withheld are currently receiving treatment at a Toronto hospital in Onitsha as a result of the injuries sustained from falling from a storey building while fighting. Reasons why the two women were fighting cannot be ascertained, but reports had it that they have never been on good terms, even if their … Read more
A woman has been backlashed by her colleagues because she displayed an act of integrity. The woman whose name is unknown sells fish at a Port-Harcourt slaughter market. Reports had it that after buying two cartons of fish, she found bundles of frozen dollars inside instead of fish. Don’t Miss: Man Stabs Nurse Over Son’s … Read more
A father has stabbed a nurse at the Sapele Central Hospital in Delta State, alleging that the complacency of health workers at the hospital killed his one-year old son. The aggrieved father, who is now in custody of police, vowed to kill one of the health workers when he was given the news of his … Read more
An American woman from New Jersey has admitted in a federal court to entering a sham marriage with a Nigerian who was living in Pittsburgh so he could become a permanent resident, according to prosecutors. Ajia Strauss, 28, of Newark, pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh federal court to conspiracy to defraud the United States. Strauss and … Read more
A strange sculpture scared students, workers, and visitors of University of Ibadan after it was placed in front of the main entrance gate by unknown persons on Friday morning. The image carved in human form had never been seen in front of the gate until the morning of February 14. The image might not have … Read more
Spokesperson to former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, Kehinde Akinyemi, is yet to lend an air to the fire that gutted a building belonging to the ex-president. The building reportedly caught fire on Wednesday at 9:00pm. The fire started at the backside of the house, located at Ita Eko, opposite African Grammar School, Abeokuta the … Read more