Crime

A 43-year-old Pastor with Mountain of Fire and Miracles (Worldwide), Chinedu Eze, has recounted how he was detained in prison for 14 years following his alleged refusal to cooperate with police on an issue he claimed he had no knowledge about. He, however, said that while in prison, he enrolled...

An Independent National Electoral Commission personnel, Emmanuel Igwe, has been reportedly shot dead by armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, in Ebonyi State. His wife was also abducted by the suspected herders. Her whereabouts were yet to be ascertained till now. They (the suspected herders) also allegedly murdered the...

The operatives of the Anambra Vigilante Group have killed two suspected gunmen said to be terrorising residents of the state. It was gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Monday in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. The Ihiala LGA is a border town between...

A housewife, Salamat Suleiman, has filed for divorce after two months of marriage, due to husband’s health issue. The complainant told the court that she noticed that her husband had watery sperm. She pleaded for the court to dissolve the marriage, saying that she is tired of the relationship. The...

Suspected bandits have killed a traditional title holder, the Ardo of Birni and Kewaye of Zazzau Emirate, Alhaji Shuaibu Mohammed, and his four children. The incident occurred on Saturday night at about 10pm in Dorayi village of Zaria Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The bandits numbering five also rustled 100...

Tragedy struck yesterday at Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa where the lifeless body of a National Diploma (ND) 2 Mass Communication student was found dead in her room with matchet cuts and her eyes plucked out. The student, simply identified as Dasola was among those writing the ongoing first-semester examination in...

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, June 15, 2023, again suspended the planned arraignment of a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah and others on alleged N7.9 billion fraud charges, citing security reasons. According to the judge, the court will not continue with the trial...

Tragedy has struck Ette community in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State as a 21-year-old man raped a 16-year-old relative to death. The 16-year-old girl identified as Faith Akuji, was said to have met her untimely death after, the accused, Junior Augustine Akor, allegedly ambushed the deceased and...

The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a baby girl from under a parked bus in the Ketu area of the state. The healthy baby girl was taken into safe custody after a resident heard her cry from under a bus at about 4:30 am on Wednesday. The Spokesperson for...

The Police Command in Delta says it has neutralised a suspected kidnapper and arrested one other in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this on Monday in Warri. He said one person rescued from the kidnappers on Sunday...