A jilted housewife, Mrs. Chinwe Ogbachi, 28, has vented her frustration on a police officer’s pregnant wife, Nkechi Onwuzuruike by inflicting injury on her face with razor blade. The incident happened at their compound, located at Bright road in Ajamgbadi, an outskirt of Lagos
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A 16-year-old girl (name withheld) is receiving treatment at the hospital in Lagos after three night guards abducted and gang-raped her all night in Ojo area of Lagos. The incident happened on 20th February 2016 at Tedi town in the Ojo Local government Area of Lagos where the victim lives with her parents. The […]
These are trouble times indeed for residents of Arepo community, close to Berger on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. While ripples of the abduction of three girls by armed hoodlums at the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary secondary school at Agunfoye-Lugbusi community in Adamo, Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State on Monday night, reports […]
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday remanded a driver, Sheu Jimoh, at the Kirikiri Prisons, Apapa, for allegedly stealing worshippers’ telephone handsets from two churches during night vigils. The Magistrate, Mrs A.O Gbajumo, remanded Jimoh, 25, after he admitted stealing the phones from the two churches. Gbajumo adjourned the case till Jan. 23, […]
The police in Ekiti State have arrested one person in connection with the gun attack that occurred in Aramoko Ekiti leading to the death of a commercial driver, Mr. Femi Philips. Spokesman for the police in the state, Mr. Alberto Adeyemi, said, on Thursday, that the arrested person, who claimed to be a hunter, was […]
A front line business man in Amasiri, Afikpo North local government area of Ebonyi State has been killed by gunmen. It was gathered that hoodlums numbering four robbed a warehouse in the area before proceeding to the shop of the businessman and shot him. The businessman was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed […]
The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, Wilson Inalegwu on Wednesday vowed that the Police would fish out the killers of the Head of Protocol of Nigeria Football Federation, Alh. Ibrahim Abubakar. Abubakar was killed by unknown gunmen in his house on Oluwunmi Crescent, Kado Estate, Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday. CP Inalegwu […]
A Sharia court in Kano has sentenced one Abdulaziz Dauda popularly known as Abdul Inyass to death after the court found him guilty of uttering blasphemous words against Prophet Muhammad( SAW) and inciting violence. It could be recalled that Inyass, along with nine other persons, was apprehended sometime in May last year after they were […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to refrain from trial on suspects on the page of newspapers. The PDP gave the advice following a report in a national newspaper on Monday (January 4, 2016) suggesting that the National Publicity Secretary was under investigation by the […]
Violent computer games have long been popular with teenagers, and with the improvement in technology, many violent games have become more realistic. Excessive violent gaming can become a serious problem because teenagers can develop antisocial behavior and become disconnected from reality. Addiction Teenagers who frequently play violent video games are more likely to
Kaduna State Governor-elect, Malam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, said, on Monday, that treasury- looters must be punished in line with the constitution of the country. El-Rufai who was reacting to the attempt by the out-going Kaduna State government to secure approval to spend N2.744 billion SURE-P funds, said the government had put pressure on the Kaduna […]
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu Giade, has revealed how197 convicted drug traffickers manipulated their way out of lawful custody. Giade made the disclosure during the public destruction of a huge quantity of illicit drugs at Bereko, Badagry Lagos. The drugs include 18,420.71kg of cannabis, 268.9533kg of
Police in southern Republic of Congo used violence and subjected illegal immigrants to degrading treatment in the second phase of a crackdown that drove thousands from the country last year, the Catholic Church and a local charity said on Sunday. Congolese authorities on Thursday launched the next step in operation “Mbata ya bakolo” (“The slap […]
Efforts to settle out of court, a N10 billion breach of contract suit, brought by WTS Broadcast Limited against an old generation bank, has hit the rock as trial commence at a Lagos High Court, sitting in Igbosere. Already, Justice Yetunde Adesola Adesanya has fixed June 9, 2015 for continuation of trial in the […]
Delta State Police Commissioner, Mr. Alkali Usman has raised the alarm over the increasing rate of cult activities in the State, saying the trend is becoming worrisome. Usman made this known last weekend in his office in Asaba, when he received an award of Excellence for a job well done from Delta State […]
A Personal assistant to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, Mr. Ekume Amaechi, has been charged to the Ogidi magistrate court in Idemili North Local Government Area, following his alleged illegal acquisition of over 500 plots of land in the area. Ekume was also accused of selling ten plots of land in the area totaling […]
Emir Muhammed Sanusi of Kano has again reiterated his stance that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) failed to remit billions of dollars to the federation account. Speaking through a piece he wrote for Financial Times, the Kano Emir stated that he can be suspended as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria but that […]
Suspected Ugandan rebels killed at least 23 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo late on Wednesday, a local officials has confirmed, making it the third deadly attack on civilians in the region in the last week. The attack took place near the town of Beni, an area in North Kivu province where more than […]
At least 14 people were killed in the attack on a hotel in Kabul on Wednesday night, a senior Afghan police official said. Six people were wounded in the gun attack on the Park Palace Guest House for which the Taliban have claimed responsibility, said the police official, who declined to be identified. An American […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has uncovered alleged falsification of documents, involving 406 workers, who it alleges “have been benefiting financially from fraud.” The agency said the affected staff were involved in the procurement of fake appointment, promotion, conversion and upgrading letters. A statement, signed on Wednesday, by the General
