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Pastor Arrested After Death Of Married Woman He Lodged In Hotel With In Abia

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Pastor Arrested After Death Of Married Woman He Lodged In Hotel With In Abia

Officers of Abia State police command have arrested one Bishop Timothy Otu, the General Overseer of Agape Evangelical Ministries (City of Miracles) in Obikabia Junction Aba, Abia in connection with the death of a female cleric and mother of five simply identified as “Evangelist Happiness”, ABN TV reports. She was said to have died in a room in Jubilee Guest...

Seplat Oil Rig Collapses In Delta, Kills One, Two Missing

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Seplat Energy Plc on Tuesday evening confirmed the death of one worker in the collapse of a majestic rig in Delta State, while three others were said to be missing. A statement by the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Roger Brown, disclosed that 92 of the 96-member crew were accounted for and safe. See the full statement below: Seplat Energy Plc (“Seplat Energy”...

ASUU Worried Over Increasing Teenage Pregnancies In Benue IDP Camps

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FG/ASUU's 31-Member Panel Begins Talk

The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) has called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency, address the humanitarian crisis in Benue State Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps with hundreds of out-of-school children and many teenage pregnancies as a result of gunmen attacks. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, made the call during the union’s humanitarian outreach to...

‘5,166 Killed, 1,830 Abducted In Seven Months’

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‘5,166 Killed, 1,830 Abducted In Seven Months’

Between January and July of this year, 5,166 Nigerians were killed, while 1,830 people were abducted across the country. This is according to Beacon Consultancy's 2023 Nigeria Security Report, an Abuja-based security risk management and intelligence consultancy firm. 749 Nigerians were killed in January, 624 in February, 961 in March, 707 in April, 679 in May, 854 in June, and 592...

Man Lures Lonely Woman, Kills her, Harvests Organs [PHOTO]

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Man Lures Lonely Woman, Kills her, Harvests Organs

A Mexican woman who traveled 3,000 kilometers to Peru to see a man she met on the internet was murdered, dissected, and her organs removed. Blanca Arellano, 51, went 3,000 miles from Mexico City to Lima, Peru, to meet Juan Pablo Jesus Villafuerte Pinto, 37, a student of human medicine and biotechnology. Blanca Arellano boarded an aircraft to meet him after...

Lagos Popular Socialite Rescued While Attempting Suicide At Third Mainland Bridge

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Lagos socialite, Mrs Farida Sobowale, was rescued by passersby at the extension of the Third Mainland Bridge as she attempted to plunge to her death in Lagos Lagoon on Thursday. The owner of House of Phareedah Bodycare and Spa reportedly parked her Lexus SUV close to the edge of the bridge and attempted to dive into the lagoon, before she...

Conducting Personal Business During Official Hours Punishable Under The Law, CCB Warns Civil Servants

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The Code of Conduct Bureau, has said doing private business during official hours is punishable under the law. The State Director, FCT CCB, Suleiman Usman, issued the warning on Thursday at a one-day enlightenment campaign in Abuja. He warned that the bureau will take necessary measures against any civil servant who is petitioned, investigated by the Bureau’s committee and found guilty...

I Can’t Be Fending For Someone’s Child – Suspect Tells Police After Killing 4-yr-old Stepson In Jigawa

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14 Reported Dead In Jigawa Car Accident

One Ibrahim Adamu has been apprehended for allegedly hacking his four-year-old stepson to death, the police in Jigawa state have said. The incident happened at Unguwar Dinya village, Roni LGA of the northwest State. The spokesperson of Jigawa State Police Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam made the disclosure in a statement on Friday. The 50-year-old suspect has since been arraigned in court,...

41-Year-Old Teacher Defiles 3-Year-Old Female Pupil In Rivers State

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Suspected Criminal Killed By Mob In Rivers

A Port Harcourt magistrate court has remanded one David Olufemi Alonge at the Port Harcourt correctional centre for alleged defilement of a 3-year-old female child by inserting finger, manhood in her private part. David Alonge, a teacher at the Rarykene International school, Rumuodumaya in Obio Akpor Local Government Area was arraigned for allegedly defiling the 3 years old pupil of...

Nurse Found Guilty Of Murdering Seven Babies

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Plateau Women Burn Down Traditional Ruler's Home Over Alleged Involvement In Killings

They found her guilty Friday of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill six others at the hospital neonatal unit where she worked, becoming the UK’s most prolific child killer. A British Nurse, Lucy Letby, 33, had been on trial since October last year, accused of either injecting her sick or premature young victims with air, overfeeding them with...

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