Men of the Anti-kidnapping and Cybercrime Unit of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two notorious criminals on its most-wanted list. The suspects, Samson Ibiweh and Philip Chirer were arrested along Ofunama Road in Ovia South-West local government area of Edo state while on their way to Ofunama forest to blow up the Petroleum…
A Chief Magistrate sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday, remanded a security staff of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Mgbechi Wekwa, for an alleged unlawful and sexual abuse of a 16-year-old-year-old girl. Recall that the 45-year-old suspect was said to have organized some boys to abduct the victim at gunpoint from Aluu in Ikwerre local…
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging one Sodeinye Mbatumukeke for murdering a Jumia delivery agent, Chukkwuma Eleji. Justice I. P. Chigoezi-Igwe, while delivering judgment on Monday, Feb 15, in Port Harcourt discharged and acquitted the second defendant in the case, Divine Naabe, of the…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared that Nigerians have the right to live in peace and safety. Osinbajo made the remark while condemning the crisis in Shasha area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Osinbajo said Shasa represents Nigeria’s unity, hence a disagreement should not be given an ethnic colouration. Recall that crisis erupted in Shasa Market…
The sitting Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has said that Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, is a child of circumstance. Igboho gained prominence after he issued an ultimatum for criminal herdsmen to vacate Oyo State over the rape, kidnappings, killings and maimings attributed to them in the state….
Japan’s economy booked double-digit growth in the last quarter of 2020, the second quarter in a row, continuing to recover following a historic recession, a government report showed on Monday. The economy grew at an annualised rate of 12.7 percent in the October-to-December period, beating the median forecast of 9.4-per-cent growth by analysts. The survey,…
Kwara State High Court in Ilorin has sentenced a 34-year-old graduate of Agricultural Science, Kelvin Monye, to six months imprisonment for internet romance scam. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stated in a tweet via its verified account, Monday, that the trial judge, Mahmood Abdulgafar, ordered the convict to forfeit N460,000 and other valuables…
Passengers scampered for safety as a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus conveying 45 persons suddenly caught fire on Monday close to Anthony Bus Stop, Ikorodu Road, Lagos, causing panic among road users. Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, southwest Zonal Office, NEMA, who confirmed the development to NAN said the bus was en route to TBS…
Iyiola Omisore, a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Omisore defected to the APC at his polling Unit, Ward 6 in Ile-Ife, Osun State, after which, he picked his membership card. The former Deputy Governor had contested the 2018 governorship election on the platform of the Social…
A 28-year-old police constable allegedly shot her 33-year-old partner and their five-month-old son dead before turning the gun on herself in South Africa. The horrible incident occurred on Saturday evening, February 13, 2021, at Embalenhle near Secunda in Mpumalanga province. Mpumalanga Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Mondli Zuma, who confirmed the incident on Monday, said the constable…