Ponle Adebanjo, a man, is accused of murdering his ex-wife after she left him due to domestic abuse. According to reports, Lateefat’s estranged husband burned her to death on Saturday in the Otun-Akute region of Ogun State. On Sunday, the incident was officially confirmed by the state’s police public relations officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi. After the victim’s neighbours reported the …
Anosike Chimobi, one of the suspects detained by the Imo State Police Command in connection with the murder of Ahmad Gulak, a former political advisor to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has admitted to carrying out the heinous act. On Monday, June 27, Chimobi, who is from the state’s Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area, was paraded. It may be remembered that …
The murder of a traditional leader, Chief Francis Kolubo, and the chairman of the Community Development Committee (CDC), Samuel Oburo, by unidentified gunmen has caused palpable tension in the Kalaba community in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State. The killing of the Paramount ruler and the CDC chairman was reportedly attributed to the community’s ongoing chieftaincy dispute and the …
Seven people, including a lawyer and a doctor, were taken hostage by gunmen on the Geregu-Ajaokuta road in Kogi State. On Tuesday, around 2 PM, it was discovered that they had been kidnapped. On Wednesday in Lokoja, the State Police Command confirmed the incident. According to an eyewitness, the gunmen besieged the said road for hours while sporadically firing, abducting …
The Lagos State Police Command has cleared the air over a viral video alleging that a Yahoo Boy hypnotized a woman from California, United States (Internet Fraudster). According to social media claims, the unidentified woman regained her senses three days after being lured to Nigeria by devilish means. After regaining her conscience, the lady argued with the suspected Yahoo Boy, …
Hajia Laure Mai Kunu, the elderly mother of Abdussalam Abdulkarim AA Zaura, a Kano Central Senatorial candidate on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen, according to reports. Hajia Mai Kunu was apprehended on Monday morning at her home in the Rangaza ward of Zaura village in Kano State’s Ungogo Local Government …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the All Progressives Congress (APCsilence )’s on Sunday’s heinous terrorist attack and killing of innocent worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, confirmed the ruling party’s complicity in the terrorist attack across the country. The PDP also chastised President Muhammadu Buhari for issuing a lame and disconnected press statement. The opposition …
A 52-year-old man, Nkereuwem Emah, was sentenced to death by hanging by a Uyo high court presided over by Justice Bassey Nkanang for murdering his pregnant wife, whom he accused of infidelity. Emah, a father of five from Mbiabam in the Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by the court on Friday. …
On Tuesday, three people were reportedly killed in Ogun State when suspected cultists clashed in Abeokuta, the state capital. The brawl occurred as a result of the gruesome killing of a suspected Aiye cult member on Sunday, according to reports. It was discovered that the victim’s coworkers went on the rampage in an attempt to avenge the death of the …
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the outlawed Igno secessionist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has lamented the escalating cases of “senseless killings” in the South-East region and demanded an immediate halt to the carnage. The IPOB leader, who spoke from the Department of State Services (DSS) detention centre in Abuja, expressed outrage over the recent bloodshed …
Inibehe Effiong, a lawyer, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release Baron Nnamdi, an advertising executive. Nnamdi was arrested in Enugu State for posting “offensive 2023 election messages” on two billboards. Effiong said in a statement that the EFCC’s justifications for their actions are “baseless, false, and legally unfounded.” Read Also: Police will arrest riders, passengers in …
Mrs. Roda Jatau is alleged to have shared a video in a WhatsApp group in which a convert ‘insulted’ the Prophet of Islam, resulting in palpable tension in Bauchi. According to a source, Mrs. Jatau works for the Bauchi State Primary Health Care and is from Gombe; however, she was married in the Warji local government area of the state. …
Peter Nielsen was sentenced to death by hanging by a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) on Friday for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. “I hereby sentence you, Peter Nielsen, to be hung by the neck until you die. Nielsen was convicted of counts one and two of murder on Friday by Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile. The …
Unknown gunmen have killed a 45-year-old man Gambo Alhassan Maigini and kidnaped an eight-year-old boy, Khalifa Alhaji T Daguri, in Tarabu village, Kirikasamma Local Government Area of Jigawa State. A family source said the gunmen broke into the house of Daguro on Sunday at about 11:30am and abducted his 36-year-old wife and his eight year-old-son identified as Kalifa. Read Also: EFCC …
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo termed Debora Samuel’s death as “very painful and very regrettable” due to a blasphemy allegation. Osinbajo made the remarks immediately after arriving from Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Friday. The student was allegedly assaulted and killed after making remarks that were deemed insulting to Prophet …
Comrade Idris Haruna Magami, a journalist working for the Zamfara State Radio and Television Service in Gusau, has been kidnapped. Magami was taken on Wednesday while returning to his hometown of Magami, about 40 kilometres from Gusau, the state capital, after closing hours, according to eyewitnesses. Comrade Magami is a well-known journalist of Zamfara Radio and Television Service and the …
Deborah Samuel was brutally murdered, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). For “blasphemy,” a 200-level student at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State was slain. CAN prayed on Friday that “vampires dressed in religious garb will not lead the country into a religious war.” The General Secretary, Joseph Daramola, stated that the killers’ actions must be …
On Tuesday night, gunmen suspected of being bandits raided Ayilamo community in Benue State’s Logo Local Government Area, killing four people and injuring numerous others. According to a community source, Paul Akase, who claimed to have miraculously escaped, the gunmen attacked the neighbourhood and began firing indiscriminately while everyone was fast sleeping. “They came in big numbers and began shooting …
Rev Fr. Joseph Aketeh Bako, a Catholic priest, died eight weeks after being kidnapped and held captive. Rev Fr. Christian Okewu Emanuel, Chancellor of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, made the announcement on Wednesday in Kaduna. On March 8, 2022, Rev. Fr Bako was abducted from his home in Kudenda, Chikun local government area, Kaduna State. His medications were confiscated …
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged governors of South East states, as well as security agencies, with putting an end to gunmen slaughtering cows in Enugu, Imo, Anambra, Abia, and Ebonyi states. It has also condemned recent deaths by a variety of organisations, including security forces and unknown gunmen, and called for peaceful and constructive discourse. …
