A 60-year-old man has been remanded in a custodial centre by a chief magistrate court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 16-year-old girl. The suspect identified as Samuel Gbadamosi was alleged to have committed the offence at Obasekola Street, Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government…
Pandemonium broke out at the Rumuwoji Playground in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Thursday following a twin explosion that rocked the campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress, APC. It was gathered that at least three persons were seriously injured in the unfortunate incident. According to reports, two of the victims are women,…
A middle-aged man who gave his name as Rasaq has been arrested with three human skulls. He was apprehended on January 16 during a stop-and-search operation. According to him, he found the skulls in a gutter in the Ayobo axis of Lagos state and decided to take them for his personal use. ”My life has…
Operatives of the Anti-kidnapping unit of the Bayelsa State Police Command said it has arrested a notorious armed robbery suspect impersonating a military officer. A statement issued on Thursday, through the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Asinim Butswat, said “The suspect Kaizer Freeman was arrested following a complaint by a victim who was robbed…
Operatives of the Anti-kidnapping unit of the Bayelsa State Police Command said it has arrested a notorious armed robbery suspect impersonating a military officer. A statement issued on Thursday, through the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Asinim Butswat, said “The suspect Kaizer Freeman was arrested following a complaint by a victim who was robbed…
Business mogul and billionaire, Tony Elumelu has revealed that he became a bank CEO at 34. According to him, being young wasn’t a stumbling block for him to emerge as the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Trust Bank. He shared this via his Facebook account on Wednesday alongside a throwback photo of himself aged 34….
Zubairu has been run over by a vehicle on the premises of Jos University Teaching Hospital JUTH, after he came for a routine medical checkup. Family members say the late Zubairu who resides in Lamingo, Jos East Local Government Area of the state, had finished his appointment with his doctor and was on his way…
A US-based Nigerian Professor of Theology, Marinus Iwuchukwu, alongside a woman identified as Charce Dunn have been found dead in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. They were found dead along Thorncrest Drive, Wilkins Township, Pittsburg on Tuesday after an alleged “domestic disturbance” around 10 am. The Allegheny County Police said they received a call to check on the…
Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential flagbearer of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, has said that the biggest problem of Nigeria are wealthy people. Kwankwaso, a former two-term governor of Kano stated this while addressing stakeholders on his vision for Nigeria at Chatham House, a world-leading policy institute and think-tank forum. He said, “Forget about the…
Vice President Badara Joof of The Gambia is dead. President Adama Barrow, who disclosed this in a tweet, announced that the tragic incident happened in India. “Fellow #Gambians, it is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing away of my #VicePresident, His Excellency, Badara Alieu Joof. The sad event took place in India…