A 40-year-old man, Usman Sama’ila has allegedly murdered his 17-year-old stepson over the distraction of wife’s love at Tsakuwama Village in Miga Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Spokesman of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) State command SC. Adamu Shehu confirmed the incident. He said the incident occurred on 14th August 2020,…
Chelsea has confirmed squad numbers for the 2020/2021 season. This includes the five new signings the Blues have already made this summer. Hakim Ziyech arrived first from Ajax and has been handed the no. 22 shirt. He inherits it from Christian Pulisic, who is the new no. 10. Pedro’s departure has freed up the No.11…
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation has slammed Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for refusing to greet the Ooni of Ife. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, had arrived at the coronation of the Oniru of Iruland in Lagos State, on Sunday, September 6 and was walking…
Police in Kano has arrested 270 crime suspects for various offenses. Among the suspects were 45 armed robbers, eight kidnappers, and 35 vehicle thieves. Other suspects included eight drug dealers, 28 fraudsters, and 146 thugs, among others. Nine victims were rescued and several items, including firearms, cars, foodstuff recovered during the raids. Among those rescued…
A woman was stabbed to death, allegedly by a Keke NAPEP driver, one week after she took to Facebook to celebrate her birthday. Wunato Esther Chuwang, who celebrated her birthday on August 28, was murdered on September 5, in Rukuba, Jos. Friends of the deceased have published Facebook posts to mourn her while expressing shock…
No fewer than 264 suicide cases were recorded in Nigeria within the last 4 years. The victims, comprising males and females, took their lives between January 2017 and August 2020, according to an investigation by Daily Trust to mark World Suicide Prevention Day, which is today, September 10. The theme of this year’s World Suicide…
A young boy said to be a Junior Secondary School, JSS 3 student has sustained a life-threatening injuries after he was allegedly knocked down by some disbanded members of Rivers Taskforce while trying to wrest control of the steering wheel following an argument with a cab driver in Rivers State. It was gathered that the incident happened on…
The Debt Management Office (DMO), on Wednesday, September 9, released Nigeria’s total public debt stock as of June 31, 2020, and put the country’s entire debt at N31.009trillion, indicating 8.3 percent rise from N28.628 trillion in March 2020. According to Vanguard, the figure comprised the debt stock of the federal government, the 36 state governments…
A pastor with the Living Faith Church (Winners), Delta State, Emmanuel Mokogwu, has been arrested for allegedly extorting the sum of N350,000 from a woman who he claimed was about to die. The clergyman who visited the victim, Theresa Okolie, at her home and told her he saw a vision where the spirit of untimely…