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Operatives of the Ugandan Police Force have arrested a woman identified as Tilutya Suzan for allegedly killing her 7-year-old daughter, Namugaya Mercy. It was gathered that the lifeless body of the girl was found dumped in a sugar cane plantation at Nkalenge village in Busede Sub County, Jinja District on …

Two siblings, Enos Noah and Shadrack Noah, has been arrested by the police for being members of a robbery syndicate in Oyo State. Enos confessed to being an informant to a robbery syndicate led by his elder brother, Shadrack, and Opeyemi Wasiu, another gang member. While parading the suspects at …

Gunmen have killed a farmer, Alhaji Ibrahim Ayinde, over his family inability to raise money for his release. According to Daily Trust, Ayinde was kidnapped at the weekend when five gunmen stormed his house in Eruku, Ekiti LGA, beat his wife and whisked him away with his car. The farmer’s corpse …

A fake Army general, Hassan Kareem, aka Bolarinwa Abiodun, has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment after he admitted to using the name of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to defraud a businessman, Bamidele Safiriyu, of N266.5m. Sources recalls that the defendant was arrested at his house in the Alagbado area …

A religious vigilante group has arrested a man identified as Afolabi Jacob with a human head in Iwo, Osun State. Afolabi was arrested by the Taawun Security, Al-Jayshu Islam in the early hours of Wednesday during a routine security patrol around the Yemoja area of the town. Jamaatu Taawunil Muslimeen …

Isyaka Mamman, a doctor of Nigerian descent, was given a three-year prison term by a Manchester Crown Court for killing a patient during a botched procedure. On Tuesday, it was revealed in court that Mamman had lied about his age in order to delay his retirement. The 85-year-old, who had …

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) rescued 15 people on Wednesday after a boat capsized in Ikorodu, killing two women. Mr Nosa Okunbor, the agency’s spokesman, stated that the boat sank after leaving the Ipakodo Ferry Terminal. The 20-passenger capacity boat named “Rahael & Nike II’’ was conveying 17 passengers when …

An officer of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps has allegedly hit a man identified as Quham Adelakun, with stick in his eye, which led to the lost of his sight during a party on Bamgbose Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State. It was gathered that trouble started when Adelakun, who lived …

A 19-year-old man, Anas Tijjani Ahmadu, has been stabbed to death with broken bottle by his co-worker while loading passengers for tricycle riders at the Coca Cola Junction Park in Bata area of Sabon Gari in Kano State. According to Daily Trust, a witness said after Ahmadu loaded passengers for …

Soldiers deployed to Kuje vicinity and the Correctional Centre’s environment, who had mastered the terrain, were moved out and redeployed 24 hours before terrorists attacked Kuje Prison, Vanguard reports. Sources had reported that Bandits attacked the Kuje Prison, Abuja on Tuesday night. The Security source wondered why it was 24 …