A hunter, Sunday Olubusade, has reportedly killed a 30-year-old palm wine taper, identified as Kehinde, who he mistook for an antelope in Ondo town, Ondo State. It was gathered that the victim, after the day’s work, went to a river to bathe when the hunter shot him. A police source who spoke to the Vanguard…
A Minna, Niger State High Court has issued a warrant of arrest for General Faruk Yahaya, Chief of Army Staff for contempt. Justice Halima Abdulmalik, who presided over the case, said the order followed notice brought before the court pursuant to order 42 rule 10 of the Niger State High Court Civil Procedure 2018. He…
Alleged kidnap kingpin John Ike Lyon, and his accomplice, Emmanuel Angase, have pleaded not guilty to a 14-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit a felony, kidnapping, and armed robbery filed against them before the Bayelsa State Judiciary Complex, Yenagoa. Recall that Lyon who used to be a cleaner in a bank, and the other suspects, were…
PHOTOS: INEC Moves BVAS By Air To Various States In Preparation For 2023 Elections The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigeria’s electoral agency, has started flying the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) to several states. In order to prepare for the general elections in 2023, the INEC is traveling to the states with the BVAS….
A final year student of the Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education Kangere, who stabbed his friend to death, has been arrested by detectives attached to the Bauchi State Police Command. According to a witness who spoke to the Nigerian Tribune, the deceased, Usman Umar, also a final year student of the same school, was…
Nigerians living in Canada will now have access to the highly coveted 64-page 10-year validity passport as the federal government has rolled out the new enhanced passport and commissioned the central Passport Production Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Speaking during the launch in Canada, Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, stated that Nigeria is amongst…
The police in Cross River state have arrested a yet-to-be-identified woman for allegedly béheading her 11-month-old baby in the Yonen community of Ugep, Yakurr local government area on Tuesday, November 29. Confirming the arrest to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, Irene Ugbo said the suspect was almost lynched by a mob after…
A 27-year-old suspected Yahoo boy, Obeta John, was on Tuesday, November 29, arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for allegedly killing his girlfriend, one Idowu Buhari, an HND1 Mass Communication student of Gateway polytechnic Saapade. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspect was…
The Bayelsa state police command will on Wednesday, November 30, arraigned kidnap kingpin, John Ewa (Lyon), who was arrested in September this year. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Asinim Butswat, John Lyon and his cohorts will be arraigned in High Court 6, Yenagoa, today. “John Ewa ‘aka’…
A s3x worker has been reportedly killed by a customer at a hotel on Benin Street in Sabon Gari, Zaria, Kaduna State. The corpse of the lady identified as Blessing John was discovered by hotel staff. The hotel which also serves as a pub, has been said to accommodate female s3x workers who lodge on…