Yet-to-be-identified assailants invaded the St Martin’s Catholic Church, Ihiala, Anambra State, tying the security men on duty before proceeding inside the church premises. Although the details of the incident were still sketchy but our correspondent gathered that the incident happened late on Thursday. There has been a series …
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Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged killer of the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, on Thursday, told a Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, that she was slapped and forced to sign statements written by policemen in the state. Chidinma, who testified in her trial-within-trial …
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation carried out in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The suspects according to a statement signed by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwajuaren, included Adeleye Ayodeji, Muhammed Ayub, Odelade Samuel, Sodiq Olanrewaju, Ola …
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Jos—A microbiologist with one of the research institutes in Vom, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, who killed her 11-year-old maid, said she assaulted the girl because she was masturbating. It was gathered that the Kebbi State-born deceased, identified as Margaret Joshua, reportedly fled from insecurity in her …
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The Police Command in Lagos State has rescued a teenage boy simply identified as Emmanuel Adeleke from his abductor. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the announcement on Wednesday on his verified Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that the boy, who is …
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A member of the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards, was reportedly killed Tuesday during a gun battle between the police and suspected kidnappers who abducted passengers of a commercial vehicle near Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. It was gathered that the armed men had at …
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The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has directed urgent reorganisation of the security architecture on highways in response to the Commissioners of Police in charge of the Lagos, Ogun, and Oyo state commands’ briefings on the security situation on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a …
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A Judge, Ishaq Hassan, has ordered a 24-year-old man, Valentine Nmoye, to sweep the premises of the Karu Upper Area Court in Abuja for three hours for stealing three perfumes worth N4,000 from a store. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Hassan gave the order after Nmoye pleaded …
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A 34-year-old man, Iliya Adamu, has committed suicide after he was accused of stealing his brother’s N40,000 in a village in Girei, in the Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Newsextra24 gathered that Adamu’s corpse was found dangling on a tree in a nearby bush in the community. He was …
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A prophet of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Joseph Ogundeji, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling two sisters in the state. Nesextra24 gathered that Ogundeji while perpetrating the crime impregnated one of the victims. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola …
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