crime

For killing Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, the mother of former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, Justice Efe Ikponmwoba of an Edo State High Court has sentenced her maid, Miss Dominion Okoro, 25, to death by hanging. The maid was found guilty of killing Madam Igbinedion, 85, with a …

Two police officers attached to the Lagos State Police Command have been arrested for extorting N400,000 from a resident in the Anthony area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this via his Twitter handle, apologised on behalf of the Force for the …

The Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād faction of the Boko Haram fighters has appointed Ameer Hassan as its new “governor of the Mandara Hills” in Borno State. A counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a series of tweets on Tuesday, said Hassan replaced Ummate Ma also known as Muhamma …

Emmanuel Bob Adukwu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ankpa State Constituency, has revealed how some forces are trying to substitute him. According to Emmanuel Bob Adukwu, there is an alleged plot by some forces in the party to replace him as the flag bearer in the …

The Yaba branch Chairman of the Nigeria Union Teachers (NUT), FCT Wing, Comrade Yahaya Musa, has died in a motor accident along the Izom-Minna road in Niger State. According to Daily Trust, the Secretary of the Yaba branch of the union, who confirmed the death on Monday, said the late …

Ossai Success, an aide to Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has stated that the fast-rising singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, should be taken to an alcohol and drug rehabilitation centre. This was in connection to a video clip circulating on social media, where the singer was presumed to have …

Benue police command  have apprehended two students of Joseph Sawuan Tarka University, (formerly known as the Federal University of Agriculture) Makurdi, for armed robbery. According to the police command, a team of detectives caught the students known as Sapele Great and Hakem Adi, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. According to …

Mr Babaji Sunday, the Commissioner of Police (CP) for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), met with representatives of commercial motorcyclists in the FCT, also known as “okada riders.” Recall that a member of a vigilante group in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, was lynched for alleged anti-Islam blasphemy. Some Muslim youths …

A middle aged woman in American has been bitten by a snake shortly after she opened her front door. The woman named Mara Jo Thomas opened the door to her Kentucky home and got struck by the snake after it wrapped itself around a “God bless America” hanger. The snake bit her …

IN what was alleged to be a suspected case of suicide, nine members of a family have been found dead in Maharashtra’s Sangli district, India on Monday morning, June 20. The incident happened in Mhaisal village in the western Maharashtra district, over 350 km from the state capital Mumbai. Their …