An 18-year-old student of the Federal College of Animal and Production Technology, Moore Plantation, Apata, Ibadan, has been raped and killed in Ibadan. The victim, Barakat Bello, who was undertaking the National Diploma programme in Science Laboratory Technology, was reportedly attacked on June 1, 2020. According to reports, the 18-year-old was attacked at her home […]
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The first son of Archbishop Joseph Masin, the Nasarawa State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, who was kidnapped on May 28, Bishop Miracle Masin, has said he sold about three cars belonging to him, his wife and his father before he could raise the ransom to secure his father’s release. He noted that […]
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Students take protest to Ooni, police over incessant rape in Osun A 27-year-old man has been remanded in police custody by an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court in Osun State for allegedly raping and assaulting a 17-year-old girl. According to the police prosecutor, ASP John Idoko, the victim, one Abiodun, has been hospitalised since May 17, that […]
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Lawan, group seek stiff penalties, arrest of suspects, MWAN demands justice The Federal Government yesterday ordered the police authorities to unravel the circumstances surrounding the rape and murder of a female student of the University of Benin, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa in Benin City, Edo State. It also ordered immediate investigation of the sexual abuse of […]
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The Police in Edo have arrested one person suspected to have been part of the gang that raped and killed a 100-level Microbiology student of UNIBEN, Uwaila Vera Omozuwa. Chairperson of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, confirmed the development on her twitter handle @abikedabiri. She hinted the police carried out the arrest through the […]
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Police in search of culprits, say no one is volunteering information Obaseki orders police investigation into death of student The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) yesterday confirmed the death of one of its students, 22-year-old Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, who was gang-raped and clubbed to death by yet-to-be-identified persons. The incident took place […]
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Nigerians on Twitter are demanding justice for the rape and murder of a University of Benin Nursing student, Vera Uwaila Omosuwa by unknown men and the killing of a 17-year-old girl Justina Ezekwe by trigger-happy policemen in Lagos. The hashtags #JusticeforUwa #JusticeforTina #WeAreTired have been trending on Twitter seeking justice for the victims. Omosuwa was […]
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An Ondo State based pastor, Kolawole Samson, has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing one Ayo Olaniyi at a village near Okeigbo area of the state. The late Olaniyi was said to have in March 2016, gone to hunt frogs alongside three others at a fish pond owned by Pastor Kolawole. Pastor Kolawole […]
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A 19-year-old, Margaret Ikumu, whose family raised the alarm over her supposed death and secret burial, has told the police that she faked it to escape financial pressures from her mother. Ikumu, who works as a domestic help in Ajah, Lagos, created controversy a fortnight ago after news of her death and authorisation to her […]
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The Oyo State Police command on Monday paraded suspected kidnappers of the twins of the popular Ibadan Islamic cleric, Mr Taofek Azeez Akewugbagold. Commissioner of Police Shina Olukolu, while parading the suspects in Ibadan, said a substantial part of the ransom they collected, a gun, two vehicles and one motorcycle were also recovered from the […]
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