A Karu Upper Area Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Ola Ibrahim to five months imprisonment for alleged stealing of his neighbour’s cellphone. The judge, Malam Ishaq Hassan, gave the convict an option of N10,000 fine. Hassan also ordered the convict to pay the complainant N36,000 in …
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Man kills His Neighbour For Flashing Torchlight On Mother
A youth in Adamawa State has admitted to stabbing a man because the man flashed a torchlight on his mother. The youth, Garga Joggi is now in the custody of the Adamawa State Police Command for stabbing one Umaru Sanda, leading to his death. The 20-year-old Garga Joggi, who is …
Read More »NDLEA Busts Drug Cartel Operating In Nigeria, Dubai, Europe
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Sunday announced the arrest of five leaders of syndicates operating in different parts of the world. The special operation lasted weeks during which different quantities of skunk, methamphetamine and ephedrine as well as air compressors used to conceal and distribute them globally …
Read More »JUST IN: 11 Burnt To Death In Ondo Road Crash
NO fewer than 11 people have lost their lives in a road accident that occurred in Ore town along the Benin-Shagamu Expressway in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Sunday morning. It was gathered that the accident involved a Marcopolo bus and a truck. The victims were said …
Read More »Man Rapes Girlfriend’s Daughter, Infects Her With HIV
A Delta State Magistrate Court sitting in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area, has remanded a man at Ogwashi-Uku Correctional Centre for allegedly raping his girlfriend’s 17-year-old daughter. An activist handling the case, Marvin Mordi, alleged that the suspect had been molesting the victim since she was 11 years old …
Read More »BREAKING: Gunmen Kill Two Soldiers, Three Policemen In Enugu-Ebonyi Border
RAMPAGING gunmen struck again on Saturday night killing two soldiers and three policemen in Enugu-Ebonyi border. Newsextra24 gathered that the gunmen, who operated in a Toyota Sienna first killed the two soldiers in a checkpoint in Enugu before proceeding to the Enugu-Ebonyi border. Three policemen were said to have been …
Read More »Benue Youths Burn 89yr-Old Man Over Witchcraft
The police in Benue State have apprehended the suspected leader of a nine-man gang that allegedly tortured an 89-year-old man, Kyado Justin. The octogenarian was accused of using witchcraft to inflict sickness on a youth, Terzunge Agena, at Tse Agena-Gbamacha, in the Gwer East Local Government Area of the …
Read More »Court Remands Three Men For Alleged Possession Of Dangerous Weapons
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Friday, ordered the remand of three men, Abba Aminu, 27, Hashimu Lawan, 29 and Abubakar Mukhtar, 25, in a correctional centre for allegedly being in possession of dangerous weapons. The police charged the suspects with criminal conspiracy, attempt to commit the offence: to …
Read More »Bandits Kill Five Miners, Injure Others In Kaduna
Five local miners have been killed by bandits in Hayin Udawa community, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits stormed the mining site on Thursday afternoon where the victims were working. A source confirmed the incident to Newsextra24 but could not give details of what happened. According to …
Read More »Court Remands Lokoja Varsity Staff For N4m Fraud
A staff of the Federal University Lokoja, Kennedy Wilfred has been remanded in Kabba Custodian Centre till February 6th, 2022. The order to remand him was given by Chief Magistrate Court 3, Lokoja, presided over by Mohammed Yakubu, on Thursday. The accused, a 46-year-old staff of the ICT Unit of …
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