A female kidnapper linked to the abduction of several kids in Kano who she reportedly trafficked to Anambra State, has been rearrested after escaping from custody. Mercy Paul who was rearrested by operatives of the Department of State Services, after she escaped from a hospital she was taken to for treatment after falling ill at Kano Kurmawa…
Five sisters have been arrested and arraigned in court for beating their brother to death on Sunday, February 16, after he demanded a share of the dowry paid for one of his sisters. 51-year-old Paul Njeri was reportedly brutalized by his sisters at a goat-eating ceremony that preceded the dowry-payment event at Mwimuto Village in Kiambu County of Kenya. …
The Police in Ebonyi on has arraigned one Richard Okpu, 20; and Ginikachi Idam, 18, before a Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Abakaliki, for allegedly killing one Kelechi Isaac. The victim was said to have allegedly gone to a native doctor to obtain charms that would prevent bullets from penetrating into his body, any time he…
The Ekiti State Government has said efforts are in the pipeline to translate the State’s laws among which include the law establishing Ekiti State Security Network Agency bill otherwise called ‘Amotekun Corps’ into the Yoruba language. The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Mr. Olawale Fapohunda in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday while addressing newsmen. Fapohunda said the…
The Nagpur police on Sunday arrested a hugely popular Nigerian footballer, who absconded after coming out on bail in a visa fraud case. O. K Emmanuel was arrested when he arrived to take part in a Seven’s football tournament in Kozhikode. He plays for Royal Travels FC, a popular sevens-football team based in Kozhikode and…
26-year-old Kannada playback singer Sushmitha Raje committed suicide by hanging herself at her mother’s house at Malagala near Nagarabavi in Bengaluru on Monday. In a suicide letter, Sushmitha accused her husband Sharath Kumar, software engineer, his aunt Vydehi and his sister Geetha of torturing her over dowry. The singer got married to Sharath Kumar in…
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have attacked men of Sector Five of the Special Task Force, Operation Save Haven (OPSH), killing two soldiers and injuring one at X-Land of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau. An eye witness and resident of the area, who preferred anonymity, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the…
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Southwest on Tuesday urged Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to revert the proscription decision on the union’s activities in the state. It issued a seven-day ultimatum to the government to also revert the appointment of ex-chairman of a faction of the union in the state, Alhaji…
The Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, on Tuesday in Abuja, arraigned three medical doctors for their alleged roles in the death of three-month-old Peace Oluwole. The accused medical practitioners, Dr. Iyoha Joseph, Dr. Obafemi Kuye and Dr. Mukaila Oyewunmi Oladipo, were accused of conducting themselves unprofessionally by administering unnecessary drugs, delaying necessary actions and…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission (ICPC) has arrested and arraigned a former staff of the Ondo state command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (formerly Nigerian Prison Service), Mrs. Opadule Caroline Abimbola on a seven-count charge bordering on dishonesty and corruption. Abimbola was accused of concealing the receipt of salary overpayments at various times in…