The long arm of the law has caught up with a 65-year-old man, Bayo Akinwete, who was dragged before an Ado Ekiti Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for serially raping his 5-year-old daughter (name withheld). The court presided over by Mrs. Kehinde Awosika also heard that Akinwete gave the small girl alcoholic drink to intoxicate her…
A Nollywood writer, actor and director, Kagho Harley Akpor, has reportedly drowned in a swimming pool at a popular hotel in Asaba, Delta State. Although the details of the incident were still sketchy as of press time, sources said Akpor was at a location shooting a movie with other crew members when he fell into…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court yesterday remanded in prison an Islamic cleric, Abdulsalam Salaudeen, following his arraignment for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl in a mosque. Justice Abiola Soladoye remanded him at the request of the prosecutor’s, Ms T. Olanrewaju-Dawodu. She adjourned till October 14 for trial. The News Agency of Nigeria…
A 21-year-old bride, Fatima Musa, has allegedly attempted to kill her husband, Saheed Husaini, by stabbing him in the abdomen over a misunderstanding. Fatima, a Law student of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), allegedly committed the offence at 1.30 a.m on Saturday at their Ungwar Mai Kalwa, Naibawa Quarters home in Kumbotso Local Government Area of…
Over 1,000 Internally Displaced Persons are battling malaria fever in their Taraba camp due to poor condition of the Nukkai Primary School turned camp, the camp leader, Mr Danlami Kwambo, has said. He also said no fewer than 48 women in the camp were pregnant and four others already delivered of babies in last three…
There was tension on Friday in Abraka, Delta State, following the reported killing of an 18-year-old girl identified as Favour Ogheneyenrohwo. It was alleged that the girl was a victim of ritual killing, which had become a trend in the university community in recent times. Our correspondent gathered that the 18-year-old was strangled to death…
There was tension in the ancient town of Isua, headquarters of Akoko South East local government area of Ondo State, on Friday, when the 13-year-old son of a fulani herdsman, Suleiman, who was earlier declared missing, was found dead in a river, where he was allegedly dumped by suspected assailants. The father of the deceased, …
The police in Abuja have arrested one Mustapha Aliyu with a freshly severed head of a three-year-old boy, identified as Usman Awalu. The 22-year-old reportedly confessed that he had beheaded four children, adding that he was paid N170,000 for every male head and N160,000 for the female head he supplied to his boss who is…
The police in Lagos is holding a 22-year-old man, who allegedly killed his employer and her mother. Joseph Ogbu was on Thursday arrested for allegedly killing Oreoluwa John, 38, and her 89-year-old mother, Adejoke John. He allegedly committed the crime two days after he was employed as a houseboy. The Nation learnt that the incident…
The woman who allegedly stole a three-day-old baby from Plateau State Specialists Hospital in Jos, the state capital, has given reasons for her action. The police arrested Mrs. Leritshimwa Dungjil Diyal early this week for stealing an infant after she lied to the mother that a doctor requested for the baby for treatment. She said…