Some armed men believed to be kidnappers Sunday evening abducted a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Prof. Yinka Adegbehingbe, on the Ife-Ibadan Expressway. According to security sources, the incident occurred between Asejire and Ikire town around 9 pm. Prof Adegbehingbe alongside his wife, it was learnt, was travelling from Lagos to Ife … Continue reading Gunmen kidnap OAU lecturer on Ife/Ibadan Expressway →

The senator representing Zamfara Central, Kabiru Marafa, has said activities of bandits in Zamfara State have left about 44,000 children orphaned in the last nine years. Marafa, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), said this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Sunday. He thanked his … Continue reading Bandits killed 11,000 men, orphaned 44,000 in Zamfara – Marafa →

An aggrieved policeman shot his boss dead on Saturday night following his transfer from a construction site where he was deployed as a security guard for the workers. The incident happened at their camp in Maralal, Samburu County in Kenya, Nation has reported. Samburu County Police Commander, Karanja Muiruri, said the junior officer stormed the … Continue reading Policeman shoots boss dead after his transfer from ‘lucrative’ beat →

Some motorcyclists attacked the officials of Lagos State Task Force on Environment who had tried to arrest them on the routes that had been designated a no-go area for commercial motorcycle operators. Seven of the motorcyclists were arrested on Saturday, while 92 motorcycles were impounded for violating traffic laws in the state. The chairman of … Continue reading Lagos motorcyclists on restricted routes resist arrest, attack govt officials →

A Cypriot army officer who has allegedly confessed to killing seven foreign women and girls over nearly three years appeared in court on Sunday, where police accused him of raping a teenager. Captain Nicos Metaxas, 35, has not yet been formally charged over the murders — dubbed the Mediterranean island’s ‘first serial killings’, which have … Continue reading Serial killer appears in court, accused of rape →

Unknown gunmen on Sunday abducted the Permanent Secretary in the Taraba State Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs. Susana Jonathan. Mrs. Jonathan was kidnapped in her house around the ATC area of Jalingo at about 2:17am on Sunday, local residents told our correspondent. This is coming barely five days after the Deputy Registrar of the Taraba … Continue reading Gunmen kidnap Taraba Permanent Secretary →

Overshadowed by Boko Haram’s infamous acts of atrocity, the horror being suffered by the people of Zamfara State has attracted far less attention than it deserves. Aside from the frontline states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, currently under the spell of the religious extremists’ attacks, and perhaps the Middle Belt states troubled by murderous Fulani … Continue reading Beyond Yari’s security – Punch Editorial →

Law-abiding residents of Rivers State are constantly living in fear as reports of various dimensions of attacks greet them on a daily basis. Many households in the state in recent times have lost loved ones, while others are lucky to be in hospital beds having sustained injuries after various raids of communities by hoodlums. No … Continue reading Fears spread as cultists turn Rivers into killing fields →

A couple, Chinonso Anyanwu and Oluebube Anyawu, have allegedly sold their three-day-old son for N300,000. A source told our correspondent that the couple had had three daughters before they got the male child. “We were surprised that a family with such history could behave this way by selling their only son,” the source stated. Our … Continue reading Couple allegedly sells only son for N300,000 in Imo →

A graduate of Insurance from The Polytechnic Ibadan, Temidayo Akeredolu, was on Friday arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Division for his alleged involvement in an Internet fraud. Akeredolu (aka Susan Henderson) was being prosecuted by the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a three-count … Continue reading Poly graduate arraigned for Internet fraud →