Emmanuel Garba, the father of Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, who was killed by a mob over alleged blasphemy, shares his grief about the unfortunate incident. SOurces recalls that the victim, a 200 level economics student was burnt to death within the …
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The Police Command in Lagos State has said that it arrested 13 suspected criminals last month in the state. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Lagos State, Mr. Abiodun Alabi, said this on Friday while briefing journalists on activities of the command in the month under review. Alabi disclosed that …
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George Turnah was sentenced to four years in jail by Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt. Turnah formerly served as the Special Assistant to Dan Abia, the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Between 2017 and 2022, he was prosecuted …
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Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command are after foreigners operating as commercial motorcyclists in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, disclosed this on Friday while parading 13 suspects allegedly involved in various crimes in the last month. Alabi said that the command was aware of some …
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An Upper Area Court in Jos on Friday issued a warrant for the arrest of a medical doctor, Michael Owoicho-Odeh. Maduabuchi Orji, a Jos-based businessman accused the former staff of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) of an illicit affair with his wife. The Judge, Lawan Suleiman, gave the order …
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A Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen, 54, on two counts of murder brought against him by the Lagos State Government. The judge sentenced Nielsen to death by hanging on …
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Barely a year after his wife and only child were killed by criminals, 35-year-old widower, Achinge Luka, was shot dead by suspected herdsmen at Unguwan Magaji village, Kamaru ward in the Kauru local government area of Kaduna State. Luka’s wife and only child were also killed by the criminals on …
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A US-based Nigerian professor, Moses Ochonu has stated that mob violence has political and religious use to the elite. This was stated by Ochonu when he featured as a guest on 90MinutesAfrica, an online interview programme hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah. Last week, Deborah Samuel, a female student …
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Dr Rahmatu Abarshi, a lecturer of Kaduna Polytechnic, has regained her freedom after weeks in captivity. Abarshi was abducted alongside her daughter and driver, three weeks ago by bandits. The victims were abducted on Kachia-Kaduna road while returning from an humanitarian mission. Abdallah Isma’il Abdallah, the Admin Officer of Barkindo …
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A six-year-old girl has narrated how she was allegedly defiled by her mother’s boyfriend, Sangosanya Boluwatife, in Igbogbo, Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Boluwatife, who is an herbal doctor is standing trial before Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court. He was arraigned before the …
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