Following the death of 12-year-old Whitney Adeniran, the government of Lagos State has placed Chrisland High School, Ikeja, on probation for one academic session to monitor adherence to safety policies and guidelines. The State Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo disclosed this on Tuesday, April 4, while giving an update on the recent meeting between the…
A 38-year-old serial paedophile, Godspower Ojakovo has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a Delta State High Court sitting at Effurun Criminal Division for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 10-year-old girl. The court, presided over by Honourable Justice Michael Nduka Obi, convicted the defendant on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, for defiling the minor….
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has responded to a statement by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya, that it and Eastern Security Network, ESN, are defying the military and threatening the integrity of the nation. IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, urged Lt. Gen. Yahaya…
A cockerel has been handed the death penalty by a magistrate court located at Gidan Murtala in Kano State. The court ordered Isyaku Shu’aibu, the owner of the noisy cockerel to slaughter it or face a penalty. The court gave the order on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, after two neighbours of the owner of the…
A young electrician has been confirmed dead after he was electrocuted at Obingwa, Abia State, while trying to connect electricity from a power transformer. The man simply identified as Allison, who was said to be a popular electrician, was seen dangling lifelessly from a transformer cable with his hands hooked to wires and his legs…
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Osun Sector Command, has recovered N27.171, 400, and N21,900, at the scene of a fatal multiple-car crash that claimed six lives on Tuesday morning, April 4, 2023. According to the crash report, the collision involved a green Zafira Opel Saab with the license plate GBA 440XA and a red Toyota…
A 20-year-old man, Halifa Hamza has killed his elder brother, Usman Hamza. It was gathered that the man stabbed his brother to death with a pair of scissors in Kurna community in Dala Local Government Area of Kano State. The incident happened on Sunday, April 2, 2023, after an argument erupted between the brothers. In…
A man has been sentenced to three years in prison after knowingly infecting his then-partner with HIV. He was extradited to the UK and jailed for only three years. At Chester Crown Court yesterday, Jamaican-born Jermaine Scott was jailed for three years for the incident after pleading guilty to grievous bodily harm. Scott had been…
The coroner investigating the death of 12-year-old student Whitney Adeniran granted permission to Chrisland school on Tuesday to conduct their own evaluation of the autopsy performed on the deceased’s body. Magistrate Olabisi Fajana granted the permission while ruling on an application filed by the school to enable it to consult an independent pathologist on items…
The Federal Government has announced it has approved 173 digital lending applications to operate in Nigeria. According to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), it has given conditional authorisations to 54 loan applications while 119 got full approvals. The move by the FCCPC comes after years of harassment and cyber bullying that…