Favour Madu, the sister of deceased gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, on Monday told a Federal Capital Territory High Court, about the ill-treatment meted to her sister by her husband, Peter. Madu, a data processing officer with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Enugu, testified as a second witness for the prosecution in the alleged culpable…
Dominion Okoro,the maid of late Madam Maria Igbinedion, mother of ex-governor of Edo state, Lucky Igbinedion, has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing the 85-year-old woman at her residence in GRA Benin City on December 2 2021, before eloping with her jewelry. Okoro who had served as the housemaid for the deceased for…
Terrorists attacked Maraban Kajuru in Kajuru Local Government Kaduna State and killed one Mr. Bulus, and kidnapped 12 persons including his family members. A member of the community, Nathan Dikko Aliyu, who confirmed the incident, said the attack occurred on Friday night, June 17. “MARABAN KAJURU: The unabated killings and kidnappings of our people for ransom….
The Zamfara State Police Command has killed one bandit during a gun battle in Saran Gamawa and Unguwar Mata villages in Gummi Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the Command, SP Muhammad Shehu, who confirmed in a statement on Monday, June 20, said an AK 47 rifle was recovered at the scene while other bandits…
Maryam Olawunmi Afolabi Ahmed, a young woman, lost her life in a fatal accident five days after her wedding in Kaduna State. Maryam, a final-year student at Kaduna Polytechnic, was one of 18 passengers that died in a fatal bus accident in the early hours of Sunday, June 19, in Gidan Kwano, along the Minna-Bida…
The gunmen who kidnapped former Nigeria Football Federation Secretary Alhaji Sani Toro, former Assistant Coach of the Nigeria Super Eagles Garba Yila, and one of their friends Alhaji Isa Jah are reportedly demanding N150 million in ransom. The victims were abducted around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, while returning to Bauchi from Abuja, where…
Matthew Umukoro, 42, a field technician with Ikeja Electric, died after falling from an electric pole in Lagos. According to reports, the incident occurred on Igbe Road, Igbogbo, in the state’s Ikorodu Local Government Area. According to a PUNCH report, late Umukoro was working on wires to provide power to residents of the Itedo Oluwa…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Ahmed Sani Toro. Toro was abducted on Saturday night, June 18, on Abuja-Jos road alongside a former Golden Eaglets assistant coach, Garba Iliya. It was gathered that the victims were said to be traveling back to Bauchi after attending…
A man, Mr Chimezie Nwosu and his wife, Victoria have been arrested by the Imo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force. They were nabbed for allegedly chaining their seven-year-old son, Kelechi and dumping him in a room. The suspects were said to have committed the offence around the World Bank area of Owerri, the…
In what will come across as a really startling development, a student of Command Secondary School, Enugu has been reportedly flogged to death by a soldier whose identity is yet to be revealed. The student who was in senior secondary one (SS 1) was beaten repeatedly on the head for allegedly having bushy hair and…