Gunmen Kill “Ebubeagu” Commander, 2 Others In Ebonyi
Gunmen shot two persons dead in Mkpuma Akataka Community, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi on Friday. A native of the community, Mrs Grace Nwite, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that...
INEC Has No Plans To Postpone 2023 Election, Says Yakubu
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu says the commission is not contemplating any adjustment to the election timetable, let alone postpone the 2023 general election. Yakubu stated this at the...
How Man Allegedly Defiled 9-Year-Old Pap Seller In Market – Police
An Investigative Police Officer, Insp. Rachael Jacob-Osoola on Tuesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a man, Abdulraman Azirika, allegedly defiled a nine-year-old pap seller (name withheld) in a market. The...
One Person Injured As Tank Farm Explodes In Delta
A tank farm operated by Ebeco Global Link on Saturday went up in flames at Koko town in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Delta Command, DSP Bright...
Businessman Denies Divorcing His Wife, Says He Loves Her
A businessman, Hassan Abubakar, on Tuesday denied divorcing his wife, Bashirat Abdulrazak in a Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna. Abubakar told the court that he loved his wife and had no intention of...
Police Rescue 3 Kidnap Victims, Recover Weapons In Delta
The Police Command in Delta said it rescued three kidnapped victims and recovered weapons in two separate operations in the state. The spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, told newsmen on Sunday in Warri...
New Year Tragedy: 7 Die, 16 Injured In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Accident
No fewer than seven persons were confirmed dead on Sunday while 16 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus and Mack tanker few meters to Gofamaint on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr....
Police Arrest 31-Year-Old Fake Doctor In Ondo State
The Police in Ondo State have arrested one Mr. Olelekan Rabiu, a 31-year-old man allegedly parading himself as a medical doctor and Chief Medical Doctor (CMD) of Iremide Private Hospital, Orita Ojo in Odigbo...
Fake LASTMA Officer Bags 4-Months Jail Term
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Bolade, Oshodi, sentenced a fake LASTMA Officer, David Oluchukwu, to four-month jail term for impersonation and extortion. Mr. Adebayo Taofiq, Director, Public Affairs and...
Woman, 35, Remanded For Allegedly Strangling Son To Death
An Oyo State Family Court sitting in Ibadan has remanded a 35-year-old Olufunke Sakiru at Abolongo Correctional Centre, Oyo town, for allegedly strangulating her son to death. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Patricia Adetuyibi, who did...
Court Remands Butcher Over Alleged Attempt To Kill His Father
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Zaria On Monday ordered that Musa Lawal , a 21-year-old butcher be remanded for alleged attempt to kill his father. The police charged Lawal, who lives in Unguwar Karfe, Zaria with...
Killers Of UNILORIN Student To Die By Hanging
After one and a half year legal tussle, an Ilorin High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced killers of Olajide Blessing Omowumi, a 300 level student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), to death by hanging. The...
Sit-At-Home: Ohanaeze Seeks Arrest, Repatriation Of Ekpa To Nigeria
Following purported enforcement of sit-at-home order, which was declared by Finland-based Simon Ekpa, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, asked Federal Government to arrest and repatriate him to Nigeria, saying he is responsible for killings and violence...
