Italian mafia boss pallone escape from prison

05 Mar 2023

A mafia boss has broken out of a Sardinian prison using a rudimentary method of escape. Marco Raduano, known as “Pallone”, fled from the high-security Badu ‘e Carros Prison in Nuoro, to the east of the island, on Saturday morning. The 39-year-old somehow procured a key for the prison’s courtyard, then scrambled down the exterior […]

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Heavily armed men kill village head in Kano

05 Mar 2023

Heavily armed men, in their numbers, stormed Maigari village in Rimin Gado Local Government of Kano State on Sunday and shot dead the village head, Alhaji Dahiru Abba. The gunmen, according to an eyewitness, rode on motorcycles. A family source confirmed that the gunmen did not take anything from the victim’s house. The village head […]

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Bandits kill DPO in Zamfara

05 Mar 2023

A Divisional Police Officer in Maru town, Maru Local Government area of Zamfara State, SP Kazeem Raheem, was reportedly killed by bandits in the early hours of Saturday, March 4. The DPO was killed by bandits alongside a yet-to-be-identified police sergeant and a vigilante. A source from the community said that bandits were in the […]

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Driver kidnaps and kills boss in Ondo

05 Mar 2023

A middle-aged driver, Idowu Adekanye, has been arraigned by the police for the kidnap and murder of his boss, Omololu Olowosoyo, in Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was alleged that Olowosoyo, was kidnapped and killed by the suspect in collaboration with some other accomplices. Adekanye was arraigned before the state magistrate court […]

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Four dead in motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja road

05 Mar 2023

Four persons lost their lives in a motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja road on Thursday evening. The accident involved a trailer and Hilux heading to Abuja with six persons. Mr Yusuf Musa, who works with Olam Industry, near Kateri village along Kaduna-Abuja road, said he was on duty at the company’s main gate when he heard […]

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Cash withdrawal limit is illegal- Supreme Court

05 Mar 2023

The Supreme Court has adjudged the cash withdrawal limits imposed by banks as a result of scarcity of currency notes in circulation as a violation of citizens’ rights. A seven-man panel of the court led by John Okoro made the declaration in a unanimous judgement delivered on Friday. “Such restriction on an owner’s right to […]

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Police confirms 12 people killed in an explosion in Rivers on Friday morning

04 Mar 2023

The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that 12 people were killed in an early Friday morning explosion in Rumuekpe, Emoha Local Government Area of the state. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, said in a statement in Port Harcourt that preliminary investigation revealed that the victims were scooping crude product when the site caught […]

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Court discharges and acquits a 55-year-old lecturer accused of rape

04 Mar 2023

Dr Ayinde Olukayode, a 55-year-old university lecturer, was discharged and acquitted of alleged rape by Justice Adekunle Adeleye of an Ado-Ekiti High Court. Olukayode, an Ekiti State University (EKSU) lecturer, has been on trial for alleged rape in violation of Section 31 (c) of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. […]

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Ondo: Police charge a driver with kidnapping and murdering a businessman

04 Mar 2023

Idowu Adekanye, a middle-aged driver, was charged on Friday by the Ondo State Police Command with the murder and kidnapping of a businessman named Omololu Olowosoyo in Ondo State’s Irele Local Government Area.  Adekanye committed the crime on January 14, 2023, along the Ore-Irele road, according to Police Prosecutor Taiwo Oniyere, and was charged with […]

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