Members of a coalition of separatist groups attacked a town in central Mali on Tuesday, killing 11 people and moving violence farther south after a cease-fire was broken last week, a spokesperson and the government said. Moussa Ag Attaher of the Co-ordination of Azawad Movements said that they
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The immediate past Chief of Staff (CoS) to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed will be docked on Thursday (today) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Daily Times has learnt. Also to be arraigned over alleged land scam is one other senior official of the Ministry of […]
A local government staff, in Kogi State, Onu Friday, has the denied any link with an assassination plot, as claimed by a member-elect of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Friday Sanni. He stated that the allegation was a frame-up to tarnish his image. Onu, who was speaking with newsmen, in Lokoja, on […]
Suspected armed robbers have killed one Christopher Timinimi, said to be a younger brother to Mr. George Timinimi, a former Commissioner for Transport in Delta State. According to a family source, “The incident occurred at about 7:30 pm around Idiaregbe by Okere Ugborikoko road when the suspected bandits shot Christopher, a middle aged man from […]
Nine men and one woman were on Tuesday remanded in prison custody by an Ikeja High Court, Lagos following their connection with the Ejigbo Pepper Sodomy. The 10 were brought to court over the torture, attempted murder and sodomy of three females accused of stealing pepper at Oba Morufu International Market in Ejigbo area of […]
It would appear the fate of young banker and widow of late Seun Olafare, Mrs. Busayo Olafare is still far from visible as she is still at police custody awaiting the result of police autopsy on the late husband. Daily Times visited the suspect at the State Department of Criminal Investigation (SDCI), Panti, Yaba but […]
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ Ikeja of the Nigeria Customs, has released her first quarter report of anti-smuggling activities of the zone. The report which was presented by the controller, DC Usman Adamu Turaki had it that 482 different Seizures were made this quarter. The seizures which includes 133 50kg parboiled rice, 74 […]
Precious is smart and good looking, but greed led her maternal cousin to sell her off for prostitution for as litÂtle as N10,000. Speaking to Daily Times as friends and family members celebrate her return from Libya at their Igboroko Street, Lakwe, Ajah residence, Precious recounted her ordeal that began on May 25, 2014 on […]
Some say life starts at 50, but for 50 year old painter, Tokunbo Ojo, who chose to go into robbery as a means of livelihood, life at 50 may well being in prison. Daily Times gathered that Tokunbo, who specialises in robbery at parties and big ceremonies, uses a master key to open and loot […]
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kenneth Nwosu, has called on all Lagosians to desist from linking Fumilayo Adeyemi Kazeem (aka Mary Akinloye), the nanny who was responsible for the kidnap of the Orekoya kids as a member of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM). You may recall that the said […]
If market competition and inflation had not forced distillers to package dry gin in sachets of N50, perhaps Tunde Odutola would be alive today. Daily Times gathered that one cheap drink too many at Onipanu bus stop along Ikorodu Road, Lagos, led to an argument between cab driver, Tunde Odutola and one Esther, daughter of […]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned in strong terms the spate of kidnapping in the country even as it vowed to intensify efforts in enforcing the rights of victims and ensure the culprits are punished in accordance with the law. The Commission also expressed worries over the recent occurrence in Lagos State where […]
Gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded two homes in Ikorodu and blotted out two lives. ANYIM JOY NDUDI reports the sorry tale of a man killed in the presence of his family and another dragged from his wife in bed and hacked to death. It was indeed a bloody Tuesday to remember for residents of […]
ANYIM JOY NDUDI reports the strange story of a man who murdered the mother of his son in Ajegunle, presented himself to the police and said ‘it was the work of the devil.’ A lawful suspect may be the right word to describe Michael David, a 31 year old indigene of Delta state who murdered […]
Men of the Special Anti-robbery Squad attached to the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a five-man gang of armed robbersalleged to have been terrorising residents of Agege and its environs. The gang, led byex-local government council staff, Ismaila Oladosun, has Shodeinde Azeez, Salami Ahmed, Sunday Samuel and Monday Paul as members. Monday is said […]
The search for love by an 18-year-old teenager, EniolaToyin, has led to his untimely death. The late Toyin who lived in the Ikorodu area of the state and worked as a mechanic in Small Kuramo in Jakande, Lekki was alleged to have fallen in love with one Yetunde who, unknown to him, was a lover […]
A dismissed member of the Nigerian Army, 27-year-old Ugo Williams was recently arrested for armed robbery in Lagos. Ugo, who was arrested alongside his gang members, Obinna, Aku and chibuzor Obeta is alleged to be notorious for car snatching and selling of parts of stolen vehicles. The gang however, metits waterloo when it tried to […]
The wife of prominent Burundian opposition politician Agathon Rwasa has been shot and wounded at a hair salon in the capital, Bujumbura. The gunman fled after opening fire on Annonciate Haberisoni as she was waiting for her hair to be done, witnesses said. Mr Rwasa accused the government of attempting to assassinate his wife. It […]
Boko Haram insurgents in the Nigeria’s north-east have attacked a village in Chad early on Sunday, killing one person, local residents said. The terror sect, which is seeking to carve an Islamist emirate out of north-eastern Nigeria, has expanded its zone of operations in recent times but attacks on Chadian territory have continued to remain […]
Kurdish officials say remnants of a suicide blast on highway between Mosul and Syria showed presence of chlorine, AlJazeera reports. Kurdish authorities in Iraq say they have evidence that fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against their peshmerga forces. The Kurdistan Region Security Council […]
