Category: Top Stories
Husband beats wife to death over loaf of bread
09 Jan 2023
A young mother-of-five has died allegedly after she was beaten by her husband over a loaf of bread. The deceased, identified as Ogochukwu Anene, from Umuokpu village in Awka, Anambra State, was married to one Mr Ndubisi Wilson Uwadiegwu from Enugu state and their union was blessed with four sons and a daughter. However, the […]
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Police rescue kidnapped girl, arrest suspect
08 Jan 2023
The Police in Ondo State have arrested a suspect over his alleged kidnap of a six year-old girl in her mother’s car at a groceries shop in Akure.SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ondo State Command, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Akure on Saturday. She said that […]
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Man killed and burnt in Ondo
07 Jan 2023
A yet-to-be-identified young man has been killed, with his body burnt and dumped inside a gutter at the Oke Aro, Akure, the Ondo State capital, by suspected cult members. Residents of the community woke up on Thursday, January 5, to find a sack with the body of the deceased dumped in the drainage. A resident […]
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Son kidnaps father, collects N2.5m ransom
07 Jan 2023
The Kwara state police command has arrested a man identified as Issa Naigheti for kidnapping his father and collecting a ransom of N2.5m. Spokesman of the command, Ajayi Okasanmi, said the suspect was arrested around Kambi area of Ilorin by officers attached to the anti-kidnapping team of the Kwara police command. Naigheti confessed to the […]
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Police arrest 61 suspected thugs in Kano
06 Jan 2023
The Kano State Police Command on Thursday said 61 suspected political thugs had been arrested in its efforts to rid the state of all forms of crimes and criminality, especially during political campaigns. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mamman Dauda, made the disclosure in a statement issued to newsmen by the Command’s […]
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Gunmen kill councilor and three others in Delta
06 Jan 2023
Gunmen suspected to be cultists killed a councillor, Bigha Grikpa and three others in Sapele town, Delta State Grikpa, the deputy leader of Warri North council, was shot dead by gunmen who stormed the Mission Road area of the town in the early hours of Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Other victims include Mathew Ekiopa, who […]
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Zamfara: Police capture five alleged bandits, defeat one, and seize firearms
05 Jan 2023
On Wednesday, the Zamfara Police Command reported neutralizing one alleged bandit and detaining five others for kidnapping, livestock rustling, and possession of weapons and ammunition. SP Mohammed Shehu, a police public relations officer with the Zamfara State Command, released a statement on Facebook. Gusau, according to the police, successfully repulsed a bandit attack, and the […]
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Soldiers open fire at a passengers bus while fighting with Gunmen as stray bullets kill a final year medical student and others
05 Jan 2023
Lawless Nigerian Army Personnel Open Fire On Passengers’ Bus In Imo State, Kill Final-Year Medical Student, Others Some errant personnel of the Nigerian Army deployed to a checkpoint in Imo State have opened fire on a commercial bus conveying passengers from Owerri, Imo State, to Umuaka, SaharaReporters has gathered. The incident, it was learnt, occurred […]
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Immigration saves six Jigawa human trafficking victims
04 Jan 2023
Six victims of human trafficking in the state were reportedly rescued, according to the Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service. The victims were saved by the command’s men on Sunday, according to Mr. Ahmed Bagari, the state’s NIS Comptroller, who spoke to reporters in Dutse on Monday. The victims were rescued at around 6:30 […]
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