CRIME
IDP, Aisha Umar Commits Suicide After Being ‘Raped By NGO Official’
Aisha Umar, a female Internally Displaced Person (IDP) in Borno State, has taken her life after allegedly being raped by an official of an International Non-Governmental Organisation (name withheld). The deceased, who was into menial jobs for survival, was reportedly lured to the apartment of the suspect at 303 Housing Estate, near Dalori IDP camp, Maiduguri, under the guise of...
EFCC Arraigns Oyo Permanent Secretary Over Alleged N4.4m Fraud
The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has docked a Permanent Secretary in the Oyo State Ministry of Agriculture, Alhaji Rasaq Kolawole, for allegedly defrauding one Ibikunle Alonge of N4,400.000 (Four Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira). Kolawole was arraigned before Justice Aderonke Aderemi of the Oyo State High Court on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, on...
How young man poured sniper into his master’s food with intention of killing him and family members (Photos+Video)
A trader and his family have escaped death after his servant who gave his name as Uche Soribe Samuel poured a popular insecticide into the family's pot of soup with intention to kill them. Samuel, a native of Isiekenesi in Ideato South local government area Imo state has confessed to the crime, regretting his action. He said he was duped to...
APC Rally In Anambra Turns Bloody As Gunmen Kill Two
No fewer than two persons were on Monday killed in Anambra at a political rally of All Progressives Congress, APC ahead of the November 6 governorship election while many others were injured. Similarly, a car belonging to a leader of Professor Chukwuma Soludo group of APGA was also set ablaze by the rampaging gunmen. The rally at which the APC supporters...
Corruption Under Buhari’s Government Historic, Says PDP Presidential Campaign Spokesperson
The Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Daniel Bwala, has said President Muhammadu Buhari has failed in his war against corruption. Rather than curb corruption, Mr Bwala said the situation has worsened under the Buhari administration. In 2015, President Buhari was elected on a platform of eradicating corruption, reducing insecurity, and advancing the economy. Mr Bwala concedes that...
Gunmen Kill JTF Commander, Abduct Medical Doctor, 16 Others In Kaduna
A joint task force commander and a resident of Sabon Gero community, New Millennium City Settlement, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State were killed when bandits stormed the area on Tuesday. The invasion of the bandits in the communit...
Parents allegedly beat daughter to death for dating Yoruba Muslim boy
Residents of Agility community at Mile 12 area of Lagos State are presently filled with anger. This followed the death of an 18-year-old girl, Amaka Nweke. Amaka was said to have been beaten to death by her parents, Mr and Mrs Mike Nweke, for not only dating a Yoruba guy but also having a baby for him. According to residents, the...
Don’t Transfer Us To Prison, Abba Kyari, Others Beg Court
The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is facing a drug trafficking charge, on Monday, begged the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja not to remand him in prison custody. Kyari, through his lawyer, Mr. Kanu Agabi, SAN, prayed the court to allow him to remain in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,...
Woman Nabbed For Selling Day-Old Baby For 10k In Ondo
Men of the Ondo State Security Network (Amotekun) have arrested a 22-year-old woman, Seun Oladayo, in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state, over an attempt to sell her day-old baby to a pastor at the sum of N10,000. The young lady who was arrested in Abejoye area of Ondo city confessed selling the baby to the pastor because...
First Class Graduate Of UI Beaten To Death For Stealing Bread (Photo)
A first class graduate of University Of Ibadan (UI), Iopuofoni Freedom Ebimotimi has been killed. He was killed at the early hours of today at Honeyhill Tombia Bayelsa State for stealing bread, according to Peoples' 93.1FM. Opuofoni Freeborn Ebimotimi who is From Korokorosei community of Southern Ijaw Local Government area Studied Business Administration (B.Sc) UI. He was beaten to death by angry...
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