A 42-year-old-woman, Temitope Akinola, has allegedly poisoned her granddaughter with an insecticide, Sniper, to stop her daughter’s marriage to her lover. Punch reports that the suspect, who is a resident of Isote area of Sagamu, allegedly committed the offence last week Thursday and was arrested on the same day by men of Ogun State Police … Read more
A 42-year-old-woman, Temitope Akinola, has allegedly poisoned her granddaughter with an insecticide, Sniper, to stop her daughter’s marriage to her lover. The suspect, who is a resident of Isote area of Sagamu, allegedly committed the offence last week Thursday and was arrested on the same day by men of Ogun State Police Command. The Police … Read more
Unknown gunmen have shot and beheaded three labourers working at a rice farm at Yelwa village in Jalingo local government area of Taraba state. Two other labourers working on the same farm however escaped with gunshot wounds and are admitting at the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Jalingo. Read Also: Woman Remanded For Throwing Son Inside … Read more
A 33-year-old woman, Rukayat Abdul Raheem has been arrested and charged to court for allegedly throwing her son, Abdulganiyu, into the well. The unfortunate incident that resulted in the death of the boy happened in Osogbo, Osun State. Read Also: LASG Releases Cost of Number Plate, Vehicle Licensing, Others Her counsel, Galadima Adeoye, told the … Read more
The Eburu of Iba, Oba Adekunle Okunoye, the traditional ruler of the Iba, has confirmed the killing of nineteen cows by lightning in Osun State. The incident happened at Apala farm in the Iba community, Ifelodun Area Office, in the state. The leader of the Fulani community in Iba, Jimoh Bala said the incident was … Read more
Three persons have been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl at Eyita, Ikorodu area of the state. The police are also on the trail of a fourth suspect, a secondary school pupil, said to be involved in the crime. Ekohotblog learnt that the suspects reside in the neighbourhood and … Read more
A Florida based man has tried to wriggle out of a possession-of-illegal-drug charge, by claiming that the wind blew crack cocaine into his car. According to Newsweek, Joseph Zak, 37, was pulled over in his sedan in Fort Pierce, Florida earlier in November by police, after he failed to stop at a red light. When … Read more
A mobile court has convicted 31 motorists over various traffic offences in Jos. The motorists were convicted having been arraigned before the court by the Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The Public Education Officer of the command, Mr Andrew Bala, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in … Read more
Ekohotblog understands that one person has been confirmed died on Saturday, while nine others sustained injuries in a fatal accident involving two buses in Anambra. Mr Andrew Kumapayi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Command, who confirmed the death said 10 persons were involved in the accident. Kumapayi said the accident occurred … Read more
A 31-year-old man, Olasina Olanrewaju, who allegedly beat two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps and inflicted injuries on them, was on Friday arraigned before an Ile-Ife magistrates’ court in Osun State. Ekohotblog gathered that Olanrewaju allegedly beaten the two Federal Road Safety Corps officials with a cable. Addressing the court, police prosecutor, Sunday … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of faulty condoms on sale in Uganda have been recalled by the Global health charity Marie Stopes. The recall followed a warning from Uganda’s National Drug Authority that the Life Guard brand condoms had failed manufacturing “quality tests” as they contained holes and may burst while in use. According to the government … Read more
One person has died while three others sustained various degrees of injuries in a road accident on Idiroko Road, Ogun state. Confirming the incident, Sango-Ota Area Commander of The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Adekunle Ajibade, said that the accident which happened at about 9:59 a.m. on Friday, around Iyana-Iyesi on Idiroko road, … Read more
A 35-year-old barber, Bola Iluyemi, has been arraigned for allegedly burgling a church mission house with intent to steal. Iluyemi, on Friday, appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State, on a three-count charge bordering on burglary and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty. Read Also: Bayelsa Election Marred By Violence, 5 … Read more
Ekohotblog gathered that a five-year-old girl and a security guard have been reportedly killed after gunmen stormed a branch of a Bank (UBA in Oye-Ekiti, the headquarters of Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State,yesterday, carting away undisclosed sums of money. It was gathered that the eight-member robbery gang stormed the bank around 3:17pm in … Read more
Ekohotblog recalls a sex tape of two students, said to be students of Babcock have leaked and is being featured on a popular porn site. The video went viral on Social media which got many reacting. Babcock University, hours later in a statement announced that it had expelled the students who were involved in the … Read more
Two people have been killed after armed robbers attacked a bank in Oye, Ekiti State, in the early hours of Thursday. According to reports, the robbers overpowered the police officer attached to the bank to gain access to the facility before killing him. Read Also: 55-Year-Old Remanded For Rape of Minor A stray bullet also … Read more
….. Invictus Obi To Forfeit N280m To FG A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has ordered Obinwanne Okeke, popularly known as Invictus Obi to finally forfeit to the Federal Government, the sum of N280,555,010 traced to him. The order was given on Thursday by Justice Rilwan Aikawa following the submissions of the Economic … Read more
Police in Ogun State has arrested a 30-year-old mother of five, Mrs. Risikat Olabintan for throwing her one- day -old baby into a soak-away pit. It was gathered that members of Ibukun Oluwapo Community, Ishaga Surulere area in Owode-Yewa, received a distress call when some children playing at the backyard of their compound heard the … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, secured the conviction of one Adedapo John Adeagbo before Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan. Read Also: Sagay- led PACAC Endorses Magu as EFCC Chair Adeagbo, who bagged eight months imprisonment, had earlier been arraigned … Read more
A tennager Yusuf Obaka, has been arraigned before the Grade I Area Court in Mpape, Abuja for crime bothering on kidnapping of a 17 years old teenager. It was gathered that the police charged Obaka, 18, who lives in Mpape area, Abuja, with criminal conspiracy, and abduction. The Prosecutor, Mr Stanley Nwaforaku, told the court … Read more