A mother of six, Mrs Nwaka Ezeja, was on Tuesday attacked with a machete by her neighbour, who is suspected to be mentally unstable. The suspect, identified as Onyekwere Aji, was said to have hit the woman, who was in the bush fetching grasses for her domestic animals, with a machete on her head. The … Continue reading Man attacks another, woman with machete in Enugu →

There was confusion in the Zuba area of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday after an angry mob set a police post and four patrol vehicles ablaze over alleged police brutality. The mob, consisting mainly of motorcyclists and hoodlums numbering over 200, burnt tyres on the Madalla-Zuba end of the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway. The rampaging mob … Continue reading Angry mob destroy police post, smash vehicles in Abuja →

The wife of the late Chairman of Credit Switch Technology, Chief Ope Bademosi, who was murdered at his Parkview Estate residence in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, on Tuesday narrated to a Lagos State High Court in Igbosere how her husband was allegedly murdered by their 22-year-old Togolese cook, Sunday Anani. The widow, Ebunoluwa … Continue reading How cook killed my husband – Credit Switch boss’ widow →

The Anambra Police Command has arrested a  driver who rammed into schoolchildren on Monday in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The driver it was gathered killed four of the children and injured 10 others. The Oba Divisional Police Officer, Ifeanyi Abanaofor, told newsmen that the driver had been arrested. He said,” … Continue reading Reckless driver rams into school children, kill four, injured 10 in Anambra →

The Police on Wednesday arraigned 10 men, suspected to be cultists, in a Grade 1 Area Court, Karu, Abuja, for allegedly constituting public nuisance within Kugbo Furniture Market, Abuja. The defendants, whose addresses were not given, include Ubadija Nuhu, Timothy Awarga, John Jonathan, Christopher Sunday, Solomon Jonathan, Bala Audu, Ekpo Godwin, Ajaba Dominic, Benedict Ibrahim … Continue reading Police arraign 10 men over alleged cult membership →

A man, Kundos, 28, who allegedly stole a wallet containing N8,000, was on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of N50,000 by a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Aka Basorun, admitted the accused to bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum. Basorun adjourned the case … Continue reading Man gets N50,000 bail for allegedly stealing wallet containing N8,000 →

Kidnappers of the General Secretary of Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti Alumni Association, Mr. Rufus Oladele, set him free on Tuesday night following payment of ransom after four days in their den. Sources said N5m was paid to the kidnappers who had earlier asked for N10m from his family members before they could set him free. … Continue reading Kidnappers free Christ’s School alumni scribe, Oladele, after alleged N5m ransom →

Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku on Wednesday reiterated the call for the establishment of State Police in the country to check increasing cases of insecurity. Ishaku made the call in Jalingo while answering questions from journalists shortly after he flagged off the distribution of fertilizers, seedlings, and Agrochemicals for Taraba farmers for the 2019 farming … Continue reading As governors, there is nothing we can do about security -Taraba gov, Ishaku →

At least 27 Nigerians have been kidnapped from four states in the past 48 hours, amidst the growing insecurity across the country. Kidnapping for ransom has become one of the major security challenges facing Nigeria. Others include banditry, Boko Haram and ethnoreligious violence. The insecurity across the country persists despite the efforts of security agencies. … Continue reading Insecurity: 27 Nigerians kidnapped from four states in 48 Hours →

A 24-year-old man, Akeredolu Oluwafemi Temidayo, has been sentenced to eight months in prison for hiding vital information from operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, during interrogation. EFCC in a statement said Akeredolu (aka Susan Henderson) had received a landed property from one Rose Kirkley, an American citizen, pretending … Continue reading Man bags eight months jail term for hiding information from EFCC →