How secondary school student staged own kidnapping to extort mum

Police Inspector General Aliyu Baba A 17-year-old student, Obinna Nwatu has reportedly connived with another young man to stage his own kidnapp and extort money from his mother, Mrs. Rose Nwatu. The teenager who is a Senior Secondary School (SSS) 3 student of Good Shepherd Secondary School, Umuahia, Abia State allegedly conspired with his gang […]

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Masked thugs storm Ogun community, rape housewives, kidnap two

My baby cried as three men raped me – Nursing mother About 50 masked persons, armed with different weapons including guns, cutlasses, and axes have reportedly attacked residents and business owners in Agbaakin community, close to Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that during the two-day raid, […]

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Police in Delta arrest notorious armed robber, recover stolen car, ammunition

The Police have arrested a suspected armed robber in Sapele, Delta State and recovered several ammunition from him. Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, said in a statement issued in Warri, Delta, that the suspect was nabbed on Wednesday. He stated that the 38-year-old suspect had been terrorising residents of Sapele and environs adding that he […]

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Man murders son for ritual as boy kills father over misfortune

A man has allegedly killed his seven-year-old son for a money ritual. The Enugu State Police Command, while confirming the incident on Thursday, said the suspect was arrested along with a visually-impaired pastor who allegedly led him to commit the crime. It was gathered that the 36-year-old allegedly killed the boy on October 20, 2021. […]

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Mother killed three years after daughter’s rape, murder

Suspected hoodlums on Tuesday killed a woman, Yemisi Ajayi, at her house in the Abusoro area of Ijoka, Akure, Ondo State. This is happening three years after her only child, Oluwaseun Ajila, was raped and murdered at their residence in 2018. The 20-year-old, who was a fashion model, was reportedly stabbed to death by unknown […]

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Father beats daughter to death over persistent crying

Osun State Government on Sunday said it arrested a resident identified simply as Sanjo, in Osogbo, the state capital, for allegedly beating his child to death. The state Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Affairs, Olubukola Olaboopo, in a statement, said the 43-year-old suspect, who lived around the Alekuwodo area, had been handed over to […]

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48 lecturers, security officers, others arrested over exams leakage

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in a joint operation with the Department of State Services (DSS), have arrested 48 individuals for alleged illegalities in the conduct of tests by the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB). JUPEB is an advanced level educational examination that qualifies candidates for admission into 200-Level […]

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Gunmen abduct two UNIABUJA profs, others

Two professors were among those abducted when armed men on Tuesday morning stormed the Senior Staff Quarters of the University of Abuja at the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It was gathered that six people were abducted in the attack which happened around 1am. Those abducted were Prof. Bassey Ubom (including […]

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Girl lured from Lagos to Ibadan, killed, dismembered

The Police Command in Oyo State on Wednesday, said it had arrested two suspected ritualists and recovered fresh human head from them. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Adewale Osifeso, on Wednesday in Ibadan. Osifeso said that the Police received credible intelligence from residents of Ayekale, Saki […]

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Father breaks down as assailants stab, strangle undergraduate only son

A 34-year-old student of the Nasarawa State University, Emmanuel Akiko, has been killed by hoodlums who invaded the Nasarawa Housing Estate on the Makurdi-Jos Road, Lafia, Nasarawa State. Our correspondent, who visited the area on Wednesday, gathered that the assailants, who came in their numbers around 10pm on Saturday, gained access into the estate through […]

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