CRIME
Decaying Body Of Kidnapped ex-Commissioner Recovered In Forest
Nineteen days after he was abducted from his farm, the decomposing body of former Edo State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Mr Egbe Ediagbonya, has been recovered from a forest near his farm in Utese. Ediagbonya, who was also former Chairman of Ovia North East Local Government Area, was kidnapped in the early hours of May 16 in his Utese...
Police Arrest 11 Men For Raping 12-Year-Old Girl
The Jigawa State Police Command said it had arrested 11 men for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in the state. The men were said to have raped the victim on different occasions. The suspects were arrested when one of them allegedly lured the victim to the Limawa Market in of the Dutse Local Government Area of the state. Upon interrogation, the victim...
Bandits Kill APC LG Chairman, Take Over Villages
Bandits have killed the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Batsari Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State, Mr Abdulhamid Duburawa. The lawmaker representing Batsari Constituency at the State House of Assembly, Hon. Jabiru Yauyau, confirmed the killing of the APC chairman in a telephone interview with THISDAY yesterday. Some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Faskari LGA in the...
Police Officer Allegedly Opens Fire On Colleagues In Lagos
A police officer has been arrested after opening fire on his colleagues at Onikan, killing some of them today May 31. According to reports, the officer whose name has not been revealed, went berserk around 5 am following a disagreement with other members of his team. After opening fire on his colleagues, the officer who is attached to the Federal Inland Revenue Service...
Obaseki Orders Investigation Into Death Of Slain UNIBEN Student
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has ordered a thorough investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100-level student of the Department of Microbiology, University of Benin (UNIBEN), in Ikpoba Hill axis of Benin City, the state capital. Miss Omozuwa a student of UNIBEN was alleged to have been raped after...
Police Officer Allegedly Opens Fire On Colleagues In Lagos
A police officer has been arrested after opening fire on his colleagues at Onikan, killing some of them today May 31. According to reports, the officer whose name has not been revealed, went berserk around 5 am following a disagreement with other members of his team. After opening fire on his colleagues, the officer who is attached to the Federal Inland Revenue Service...
Obaseki Orders Investigation Into Death Of Slain UNIBEN Student
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has ordered a thorough investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100-level student of the Department of Microbiology, University of Benin (UNIBEN), in Ikpoba Hill axis of Benin City, the state capital. Miss Omozuwa a student of UNIBEN was alleged to have been raped after...
Abducted CAN Chairman Regains Freedom
Bishop Joseph Masin, the Chairman of the Nasarawa State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN ) has regained freedom after being kidnapped on May 27. ABN TV reported earlier that the gunmen who stormed his residence at Bukan Sidi area of Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital had demanded an N20m ransom for his release. One of the CAN Chairman’s sons,...
UNIBEN Student Raped Inside Church In Edo, Dies
Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100 level student of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, from the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, has died from injuries sustained from rape. The 22-year-old victim was said to have been raped on Friday 29th May near Ikpoba Hill in Benin City, at her church, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). ABN TV...
Abducted CAN Chairman Regains Freedom
Bishop Joseph Masin, the Chairman of the Nasarawa State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN ) has regained freedom after being kidnapped on May 27. ABN TV reported earlier that the gunmen who stormed his residence at Bukan Sidi area of Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital had demanded an N20m ransom for his release. One of the CAN Chairman’s sons,...
