Gunfire was heard from inside a besieged hotel in the Somali capital that was attacked on the weekend, a nearby resident and a police officer said. The Villa Rose hotel, near the presidential residence, was stormed on Sunday by attackers of al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, using guns and explosives,...
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A Bosnian husband and wife have been arrested in Rome, Italy, on suspicion of physically abusing and enslaving their 14-year-old daughter, forcing her to beg outside a supermarket. The police in the Italian capital reported on Sunday. The police said that the girl had also been offered in marriage...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 26-year old man for allegedly impersonating as a medical doctor. The Police Public Relations Officers, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known on his verified Twitter handle on Saturday. SP Hundeyin said the fake medical doctor forged...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A primary school teacher with Goldeen Olive Academy Maiduguri, Ms. Anty Zara has been arrested by the police for alleged rape of her pupil, a 4-year-old girl (name withheld) during school hours within the school premises. Our correspondent gathered that the suspect has been...
Two men were on Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan for alleged abuse of a corpse. The police charged Isa Abdulkadir, 39 and Daniel Emmanuel, 38 with conspiracy and misconduct with regard to a corpse. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Foluke Adedosu, told the court that the defendants...
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first man to score at five World Cups on Thursday when he scored the opening goal from the penalty spot in Portugal’s 3-2 win over Ghana. The 37-year-old set the record when he smashed home his spot-kick in the 65th minute at the 974 Stadium...
A man in Adamawa State has been arraigned for dressing as a woman to trick men out of their money. The man, Muhammed Abubakar, said he routinely dressed in women’s clothes and go out with female friends to obtain money from men needing romance. Muhammed who holds a Diploma...
One person was feared shot dead in Ikirun, Osun State on Wednesday. Suspected arsonists also set part of the palace of the Akirun of Ikirun, the traditional ruler of the community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state on fire. Trouble started when a group of persons tried...
A Walmart employee killed six people and wounded several others before fatally shooting himself at a store in Chesapeake, Virginia, authorities said on Wednesday, in the latest episode of gun violence in the United States. The shooter, who has not been identified, used a pistol in the shooting late...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia- The Nasarawa State Police Command has rescued six young girls and a baby of about six months after busting a baby factory located at Ado Kasa, in Karu LGA of the state. The girls and the baby according to the police were rescued at St....
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 35-year-old man, Eugene Izuchukwu, for allegedly swindling COVID-19 loan applicants of N28.8million in Benue. The police charged Izuchukwu with advance fee fraud and criminal intimation. The Magistrate, Mrs Erdoo Ter, however, did not take the plea of Izuchukwu for want...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 45-year old carpenter, Segun Omotosho, who allegedly beat his wife, Olubukola to death in Ogun State The Police spokesman, CSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday. Oyeyemi said detectives arrested...
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has handed over three assailants who attacked its men on official duty to the police. Its spokesman, Mr Emeka Ezeh, told newsmen in Enugu on Sunday that the assaulted officials went to disconnect supply to some energy thieves on Friday, but were attacked by...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has demanded an apology from ThisDay newspaper over an alleged campaign of calumny. Bayo Onanuga,Director Media and Publicity, APC PCC, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Onanuga said that the newspaper carried a fake report about the...
Gunmen have abducted a cleric and his son at Oko-Olowo area of Ilorin on Saturday. Police spokesman in Kwara, SP Ajayi Okasanmi confirmed the abduction on Sunday and said two suspects had already been arrested. “Police are already investigating the matter. Efforts are also at an advanced stage to...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 27 year-old woman, Miss Esther Paul, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, one Sadiq Dahiru,to death. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the arrest was made on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – No fewer than 11,629 candidates participated in the second batch of the 2022 Teachers Professional Qualifying Examination, PQE, conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, on Saturday nationwide. TRCN’s Director of Examination and Licencing, Dr Jacinta Ogboso, who monitored the exercise at...
A joint police and army security team has neutralised two assailants involved in the killing of a former Commissioner and Council Chairman in Enugu State, Chief Gabriel Onuzulike, and his brother. It would be recalled that Onuzulike and his brother were attacked and shot dead by the assailants in...
Gunmen have abducted two medical doctors in Cross River State, and are currently demanding for N100 million as ransom to secure their release, the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Calabar branch Dr. Felix Archibong has said. Dr Felix Archibong, confirmed this in an interview with the News...
Police operatives are on the trail of a middle-aged man, Hassan Azeez, popularly known as Saudi, for allegedly setting his wife, Olayinka, ablaze in the early hours of yesterday. According to sources, Azeez had an altercation with Olayinka, a mother of one, accusing her of delaying his breakfast in...