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The New York City’s medical examiner, on Thursday revealed that Fahim Saleh the CEO of ‘Gokada’ died of multiple stab wounds. CNN reports that an autopsy by the city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled that Saleh died as a result of stab wounds to the neck and torso …

A 19-year-old girl and member of a cult known as the Marine Girls, Blessing David, on Thursday confessed to having slept with 10 men after she was initiated into the group. The teenager, who was initiated along with other girls, said sleeping with the men was part of the initiation …

Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, has urged the Federal Government to properly investigate the death of Nigeria’s first female combat Helicopter Pilot, Tolulope Arotile, saying the death was suspicious. Adams, in a statement on Thursday, by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, described the late Arotile’s …

Nigerian Father Demands Investigation Into The Death Of His Son, A Medical Student Who Drowned In Russia A Nigerian father has demanded an investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of his 18-year-old son who died after drowning in a Russian River. Prof Amaechi Ndubueze is the father of …

A former commander of Nigerian Army’s Operation Lafiya Dole, the counter-terrorism command in the northeast, Olusegun Adeniyi, is to face “jurisdiction”, which those familiar with the military say means a court-martial. Mr Adeniyi had late March appeared in a video complaining about poor equipment after an attack by Haram terrorists …

EFCC arrests 22-year-old undergraduate, mother, girlfriend over ‘internet fraud’ The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Benin, Edo state, says it has arrested one Kenneth Gift, a student of the University of Port Harcourt, for allegedly engaging in internet fraud. In a statement on Thursday, Dele Oyewale, the commission’s …

A former DSS operative, Eromosele Mahmud, 47 has confessed to the police after he was arrested in Rivers State for allegedly impregnating his 16-year-old daughter after raping her for five years. The suspect, a single parent and father of three from the Esako West Local Government Area of Edo State …

Just like everything that has a start, the time of Ibrahim Magu at Nigeria’s premier anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reached its climax. But the manner of his exit was least expected and proved, once again, that power is anything but transient. Last week Monday, …

Iran’s judiciary has suggested it might halt the executions of three young men convicted in connection with November’s mass anti-government protests, following a social media campaign. The Persian hashtag #do_not_execute was used five million times after it was announced on Tuesday that the Supreme Court had upheld their death sentences. …

BREAKING!!! Heavily Armed Policemen Storm Joy Nunieh’s Residence (Photo) Heavily armed policemen on Thursday stormed the House of Joy Nunieh, the former Managing Director of NDDC, who is scheduled to testify before a House of Representatives panel today as part of the ongoing probe of NDDC. Newsextra24 gathered that the …