By HARUNA AHMED, Gasua – The Zamfara State Government has directed residents of the state to obtain guns in order to defend themselves against bandits terrorizing different parts of the state. The Commissioner for Information Mr. Ibrahim Dosara disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in...
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At least 17 young people were found dead at a nightclub in a township in South Africa’s southern city of East London on Sunday, police said. “We got a report about 17 (people) that died in a local tavern in Scenery Park which is based in East London,” a...
David Nwamini Ukpo, the young man whose name is behind the travails of Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, has come out on social media to tell his own side of the story. According to him, he was promised a job in the United Kingdom while he was hustling...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has charged security agencies in the state to be just and fair to everyone and respond immediately to emergency calls of residents when bandits attack them. The governor stated this on Saturday at Sabon Gida Jada in Alkaleri Local...
The Niger Police Command on Saturday confirmed the abduction of two residents of Doma village by gunmen in Lapai Local Government Area of the state. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, Command Public Relations Officer, announced this to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Minna on Saturday. Abiodun said on...
The desperation to save the life of their daughter yesterday landed former Senate Deputy President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka, in London detention. They now face charges bordering on organ harvesting, which attracts a 10-year jail term. The alleged offence involves removing parts of the body against...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- A man simply identified as Ibrahim is being hunted down by the Police in Bauchi for allegedly removing the eyes of 16-year old boy in the state. Following the receipt of the information, the Bauchi State Police Command has immediately begun a manhunt for the...
Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have been arrested in London by the Metropolitan Police. They have also been charged with trying to bring a child to the UK to allegedly harvest organs. The Metropolitan Police said the duo have been remanded in custody...
There is tension in Kubwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja as residents on Monday found the butchered body of a yet-to-be-identified lady by a river in PW area, near Deeper Life Church. It was believed to have been dumped there by suspected ritualists The incident...
One of the two luxury cars Cristiano Ronaldo had shipped to Majorca for his family summer holiday has been involved in an accident. The Man United striker’s £1.7million 900 horsepower Bugatti Veyron is said to have crashed in the east coast resort of Sa Coma. An employee of the...
Police in Oyo State have arrested six suspected members of a gang of bank robbers. Police spokesman, DSP Adewale Osifeso, stated in Ibadan on Monday that among the suspects is a 29-year-old contract staff and marketer at a new generation bank. He added that the suspects were nabbed at...
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the arrest of Moses Armstrong, a member of Actors Guild of Nigeria for allegedly raping a minor. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Odiko Macdon, confirmed this in a statement to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers have attacked and abducted the Village Head of Zira, Alhaji Yahya Abubakar and his son, Habibu Saleh in Toro Local Government Area in the state. It was learnt that the gunmen attacked the village, a border village with Plateau...
The Delta State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 51 suspected cult members belonging to the Eiye confraternity. The state police spokesman, Bright Edafe, said the suspects were apprehended while carrying out an initiation of new members and also celebrating their anniversary within the premises of a hotel...
Anambra Police Command, has reiterated its commitment to secure the lives and property of Anambra residents, and urged the public to make maximum use of the “NPF rescue me app”. The state command’s Public Relation Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, made the disclosure in an interview with The News Agency...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute all those involved in vote-buying in the course of the Ekiti State governorship election. SERAP in a short tweet on Saturday said the prosecution must not end with those caught in the...
There were allegations and counter-allegations of money-induced voting leveled against each other by politicians in the conduct of Saturday governorship election in Ekiti. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondents, who monitored the election report that incidences of vote buying were recorded in many polling centres visited. Concerned individuals,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has suspended Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong for allegedly raping minor. The AGN President, Emeka Rollas, announced the suspension on Saturday in a statement signed by its Director of Communications and veteran actress, Monalisa Chinda. Mr. Rollas noted that...
—-Arrest Immigration officer for stabbing man to death at a drinking joint By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Gombe State Police Command, has arrested a 21-year old man, Babangida Mohammed, for allegedly strangling his wife to death in Zenge village in Kaltungo Local Government Area of the state. The...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Anambra State Police Command has rescued 35 teenagers aged between 14 years and 17 years who were allegedly being used as sex slaves. The command’s spokesman, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, who said this in a statement issued in Awka on Wednesday, said four of...