A pastor with The Apostolic Church, Umuahia, Salem Chigozirim, has been arraigned before a High Court sitting at Umuahia, Abia State, for allegedly strangling a 45-year-old housewife, Virginia Ndife, and a lady, Chioma Nwoke. He was arraigned on three counts bordering on murder and demanding a ransom. Chigozirim was said to have strangled Virginia on […]
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Police in Borno have arrested a 44-year-old man for allegedly raping a 92-year-old woman. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdu Umar, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Thursday that the suspect allegedly committed the crime at Mufa “A’’ ward in the Askira Uba Local Government Area of the state. Umar said […]
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Lagos police boss, Abiodun Alabi A suspected cable thief has been killed after hoodlums vandalised power cables at the Dangote Refinery in the Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was gathered that about 20 hoodlums invaded the premises of the refinery through the lagoon and were vandalising the power cables when security […]
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A 21-year-old lady, Esther Isaac, has died in a hotel in the Federal Capital Territory. The victim reportedly lodged in Room 901 on February 25, 2022, at the Agete Hotel in the Gwarinpa area of the FCT. Her brother, Emmanuel, who spoke to our correspondent on Tuesday, accused the police of compromising the case. He […]
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Enugu woman says she blows charms on innocent children’s faces to abduct them without being suspected A woman in Umuchigbo, Iji Nike community, Enugu East Local Government Area has revealed how she pretended to be mad in order to abduct innocent school children. The woman claimed she hails from Iyi village in Ozubulu in Anambra […]
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Katsina State Police Command on Thursday paraded nine suspects, among whom were three members of a robbery gang terrorising Katsina State capital and its environs. The three paraded members of the robbery gang who were aged between 27 and 29 are all residents of Katsina. The command’s spokesman, Supritended Gambo Isah, said the trio was […]
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An Ogun State Magistrate’s Court sitting at Itori, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday, remanded 12 suspected killers of the Olu of Agodo, Oba Olajide Odetola. The suspects were alleged to have killed Oba Odetola and burnt his remains. They were later arrested in connection with the crime. Our correspondent […]
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A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced a lady, Blessing Stephen, to 10-year imprisonment for conspiracy and child trafficking. The Chief Magistrate, Felicitas Amanze, described Stephen as unrepentant and hardened, adding that the prosecution proved she deceived the child’s mother, Abigail Monday, to sell her baby for N200,000, and gave her […]
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Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected cultists for allegedly gang raping a 22-year-old lady in Abeokuta, the state capital. The incident happened at Eleweran, Abeokuta, when a 38-year-old man, on Wednesday, allegedly invited his friend and gang raped his lover. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident […]
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Police Inspector General Usman Baba A man, Kama has allegedly attacked his girlfriend, Ladi Ishaku, with liquid substance suspected to be acid in Adamawa State. Ishaku, who is currently receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital in Yola, the state capital, was on Sunday allegedly bathed with acid by the suspect, an auto mechanic based in […]
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