CRIME
Nigerian Man, Obi 33-Year-Old Dies After Ex-Lover Set Him Ablaze Along With Girlfriend In Australia
A Nigerian man, Stanley Obi, and his girlfriend have been set ablaze by his former partner and mother of his kids at his home in New Beith, Brisbane's southern suburbs of Australia. Police are unravelling the troubled history of a former couple involved in a Logan house fire that has left both of them dead. Stanley Obi, 33, a Nigerian died...
Court Sends Emefiele To EFCC Custody Over Abuse Of Office
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the remand of the former Central Bank Bank (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Rahman Oshodi gave the remand order over alleged abuse of office and and $5.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud. Meanwhile, the judge ordered that Emefiele’s co-defendant, Henry...
SUG Fingers LASU Management Over Murder Of Student Activist Nurudeen Alowonle
Students of Lagos State University yesterday protested the death of student union activist, Nurudeen Alowonle, popularly known as Omomeewa, who was allegedly murdered last Thursday at the school gate. The protest led by the Students Union President, Abdul Basit Ashade, to the spot where Omomeewa was murdered, shutdown vehicular activities in front of the school gate. The students, Students Union Government...
Gunmen Abduct Village Head, Son In Bauchi
The Village Head of Zira, Yahya Saleh Abubakar, has been abducted during an invasion of the countryside by gunmen. Zira is a village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State Abubakar was kidnapped alongside his son, Habibu Saleh, The police sp...
IPOB/ESN: I Am Not Pampering Bandits – Buhari [VIDEO]
President Muhammadu Buhari has denied sparing bandits and other terrorists in his fight against insecurity. He said this during an interview on NTA monitored by ABN TV. Responding to the accusation of “double standards” by allegedly pampering bandits in the north while sounding tough against insurrectionists in the South-East. READ ALSO: “I’m Preparing APC To Remain In Power For A Long Time”...
Teenage Girl Fakes Own Death To Avoid Financial Pressure From Mother
A teenage girl, Margaret Ikumu, 19, of Oni community in Oju Local Government Area of Benue, has faked her own death on social media to avoid financial pressure from her mother. A statement signed by DSP Bala Elkana, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, made this known on Sunday. Elkana said that Ikumu, through her Facebook account, reported...
Weeping As Bandits Kill 29 Persons In Fresh Attack In Kaduna
No fewer than 29 people have been killed in a fresh attack by bandits on Runji Village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack which occurred at about 10 pm on Saturday night comes barely three days after bandits killed eight people at the Atak’Njei community also in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area. The Kaduna State Commissioner...
Amotekun Lacks Capacity To Tackle Banditry — El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai warned yesterday that arming state security outfits was not enough to end insecurity in the country. To El-Rufai, doing so would amount to a simplistic approach to combatting “sophisticated” non-state actors that sometimes ”outgun the military.” The governor spoke shortly before his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, issued a one-month ultimatum to the Federal Government to...
We’re Not Involved In Negotiations For Kankara Students Release – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has dissociated itself from the reported negotiations by the Katsina State government with the bandits that abducted 333 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, last Friday. It said the military will continue its ongoing kinetic operations, noting that the armed forces were reviewing strategies to ensure the safe rescue of the children. The Coordinator, Defence...
Trump Supporter Commits Suicide After Arrest For Capitol Riot
Donald Trump's fan reportedly shot himself in the chest and was found dead by his wife after his Capitol riot arrest. Christopher Stanton Georgia, 53, was charged last week for his involvement in Wednesday's Capitol chaos, 11-Alive reported. Christopher Stanton Georgia's wife found him dead in their basement on Saturday Georgia was arrested last week His wife found him on Saturday morning in...
