Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has announced a N1million bounty on one Magnus Okpalannadi, 62, who allegedly defiled his three-year-old daughter. This was contained in a statement signed by Mrs Grace Njoku, Head of Information and Public Relations of the ministry, on Wednesday in Abuja. Kennedy-Ohanenye,...
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An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Olukayode Dayo, a former officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to life imprisonment over an offence of rape. The 39- year- old convict was arraigned before Justice Lekan Olatawura on May...
A school bus driver, Michael Mowete, was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment to spend for defiling a three-year old girl ( name withheld). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court held that the prosecution...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed surprise at the prolonged silence of the Nigerian Police Force over the attempted detonation of explosive device beside the Presidential Hotel. Governor Fubara disclosed this after swearing in Mr Emmanuel Frank-Fubara as the new Commissioner for Finance at the Government House...
The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, on Monday, sentenced a security guard, David Jackson, 72, to life imprisonment for defiling a 7-year old girl. Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced Jackson to life imprisonment and held that the prosecution had proved the three ingredients...
Unknown gunmen, on Sunday night, opened fire on a patrol vehicle, killing three vigilance operatives and a passerby at Umuaka Community in Njaba Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident occurred near the local Afor Umuaka Market and Hilltop...
The management of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has confirmed the tragic death of a first-year student of the institution whose lifeless body was found in a drainage on Friday, July 5. The deceased, who was identified as Favour Okenyi, from the Department of Medical Laboratory Science,...
Two people, a mother, and her seven-year-old daughter, have been killed in a gas explosion at Ebute Road, Ibafo area of Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. Police authorities in Ogun State identified the deceased mother as 40-year-old Rafiat Sheriff. The spokesperson of the command Omolola...
Oyo State Police Command has discovered plots by members of a cult group to cause violence among rival groups in the state. The command’s Spokesman, SP Adewale Osifeso, made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Gunmen have kidnapped two journalists and their families in Kaduna State on Saturday night. The victims were identified as Abdulgafar Alabelewe, Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Kaduna State NUJ Council, and his three family members, and Abdulraheem Aodo, a correspondent for Blueprint Newspaper,...
A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Takai Shamang has been abducted in his hometown, Biniki, in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Shamang, 78, was also a former President General of the National Union of Electricity and Gas Workers, now National Union of...
The Police Command in Ekiti has banned any unlawful gathering in the state following reports of plan by a cult group to celebrate its anniversary on July 7. This is contained in a statement by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Akinwale Adeniran, made available to newsmen on Saturday...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested four suspected vandals who were caught destroying transmission towers installed in some parts of the state. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, confirmed this in a statement issued in Abuja on...
Suspected armed robbers on Friday, robbed and shot a Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) officer in Lokoja. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Kogi, SP William Aya, confirmed the robbery incidence to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Lokoja. “At exactly 1:30 p.m., officers received a distress call...
Lagos State Police Command has neutralised nine kidnapping suspects during a gun battle in the Ladipo area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this while addressing newsmen at the Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja. He said that the command recorded a...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A 67-year old man has been arrested by the Police in Bauchi for allegedly raping two girls after he lured them with N500. The suspect, Bala Mohammed, reportedly lured the girls into his room and allegedly had carnal knowledge of them without their...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has rescued a 19-year old lady who was on the verge of committing suicide in the Ikorodu area of the state. Police spokeman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a post he shared on his X...
Police Command in Lagos State said that a yet-to-be identified 61-year-old man has lost his life after being electrocuted during the flood incident. Police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the death in a post he shared on his X handle @benHundeyin on Thursday. He said that the incident...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A group of disgruntled youths on Wednesday launched a violent attack on the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) offices in Sankara, Ukum Local Government Area, Benue State, resulting in the destruction and burning of the premises. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and...
Rivers State Police Command has reviewed how it recovered human parts from Felix Nwaobakata, the Leader, ONELGA Security Planning and Advisory Committee (OSPAC), who is currently in its detention. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that the vigilance group leader was arrested...