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A young mother-of-five has died allegedly after she was beaten by her husband over a loaf of bread. The deceased, identified as Ogochukwu Anene, from Umuokpu village in Awka, Anambra State, was married to one Mr Ndubisi Wilson Uwadiegwu from Enugu state and their union was blessed with four sons and a daughter. …

THE Plateau State Police Command, in its aggressive fight against crime and criminality, has again foiled the attempted kidnapping of the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Sanda. According to a statement issued in Jos by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, he …

A married man, Nuhu Umar Usman, 40, mistook his second wife, Ladi Nuhu Dangarfa for a kidnapper and shot her dead in the middle of the night in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Confirming the incident on Friday, Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Wakil in …

A young man known as Izuchukwu Charles Igweka has been murdered in Anambra State. Izuchukwu was killed at a location within Ukpor Town in Nnewi South Local Government Area. The incident occurred on Thursday, January 5, according to mourners on social media. The deceased was preparing for his traditional wedding …

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, secured a total of 3785 (Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-five) convictions across all its Commands in 2022. The figure, which emerged from a review of the Commission’s performance in the outgone year, shows a 70.5% improvement over its record for 2021(2220). It …

Popular herbalist dies in hotel after sex romp with pastor’s wife in Ekiti   A popular herbalist has reportedly slumped and died at a hotel in Ikere Ekiti, in Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State after an alleged sex romp with his female partner.   Its Nigeria gathered that …

Lawless Nigerian Army Personnel Open Fire On Passengers’ Bus In Imo State, Kill Final-Year Medical Student, Others   Some errant personnel of the Nigerian Army deployed to a checkpoint in Imo State have opened fire on a commercial bus conveying passengers from Owerri, Imo State, to Umuaka, SaharaReporters has gathered. …

Five People, including a People Democratic Party (PDP) leader, were reportedly killed by gunmen in Anambra State.   The killings, said to be cult-related, occurred at Obi Maduka’s compound within Nodu town square, Nodu Okpuno, in Awka South Local Government Area of the State on Monday, January 2, 2023.   …

A Nigerian national, Eze Ndubuisi, has been arrested in India for duping a trader using fake websites.   The 42-year-old was arrested in Navi Mumbai where he was residing, following a complaint from a trader from Tuticorin, Panimaya Manoj.   According to Times of India, Manoj filed a complaint with …

GUNMEN have attacked a Mexican prison in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, leaving at least 14 people dead and allowing 24 inmates to escape on Sunday. Reports from state officials say the operatives of the Mexican Army arrived at Cereso number 3 state prison after the attack. According …