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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar (left); Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, representing the Minister of Education at the opening ceremony of the 4th International Conference on Safe Schools Declaration in Abuja…yesterday. Credit: NAN • 1,436 pupils, 17 teachers abducted from schools between […]
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Policemen escort Zahir Jaffer (second left), a Pakistani-American man who went on trial accused of raping and beheading his girlfriend, the daughter of a former ambassador, after his court hearing in Islamabad on October 20, 2021. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP) A Pakistani-American man accused of raping and beheading his girlfriend, the daughter of […]
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Police Inspector General, Usman Baba Suspected kidnappers have attacked Ngurore Police station in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa and abducted a nursing mother in the area. DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. According to Nguroje, the criminal […]
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