22-year-old student, Lawrence Warunge, who confessed to killing his parents, two brothers, and a farmworker in Karura area, Kiambu county, Kenya, is not fit to stand trial, the court has ruled. This is after a psychiatric report was presented at Kiambu Law Courts on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Warunge and his girlfriend were arrested after…
A Niger Republic national, Haruna Yusuf, and his two sons were on Monday, January 25 paraded by the Nigerian Police Force over alleged banditry and gunrunning. The 47-year-old resident of Muduru village in the Mani Local Government Area of Katsina was accused of leading a syndicate supplying arms from the Niger Republic to bandits in Zamfara…
A member of a local vigilante group in Rivers State, popularly known as OSPAC, has allegedly shot and killed a woman, identified as Mrs. Beatrice Obisike, at a burial ceremony in a community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The incident reportedly happened in Rumukeni village on Saturday. The incident happened less than…
Popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho old House has been allegedly set on fire by suspected Fulani herdsmen at Soka area in Ibadan, Oyo State. The allegations on streets is that the Fulanis are behind the act, as a repraisal attack. Eye Witnesses said the house was set on fire…
Two persons have reportedly died in a fatal accident that occurred along Agagu road towards Customs Junction in Akure, Ondo state today January 25. According to reports, the accident involved a Mercedez Benz and a Motorcycle. The driver of the Benz reportedly ran into the motorcycle before ramming into closed shops nearby.
Mexico’s President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has tested positive for Coronavirus. The South American country’s President who has been criticized for his handling of his country’s pandemic and for not setting an example of prevention in public, said his symptoms are mild and he is currently undergoing treatment. Obrador tweeted; “I regret to inform you that…
A total of 176 persons have died in various road crashes that occurred across Ogun State between January and December 2020, GIOTV learned. The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, confirmed this to our correspondent in Abeokuta on Monday. During the period, a total of 852 road traffic crashes happened in the state,…
Gunmen have abducted the spokesperson for the Edo State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs. Bridget Esene. The PPRO was abducted around the Iqueniro area off Agbor Road, on Sunday morning, January 24, on her way to church in Benin City. It was gathered that the suspected kidnappers trailed Esene from her home to…
The management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, has shut down the institution indefinitely. The indefinite closure of the school was coming about 24 hours after an accident caused by a truck belonging to Dangote Group claimed the lives of some students of the institution. It was reported that about 12 persons were feared killed…
Seven children, a security guard identified as Joseph Mathew, including two housewives; Rukaiyyat Salihu, and Suwaiba Momoh, from the Rachael’s Orphanage Home, Abaji Area Council, Abuja, have been abducted by Gunmen who stormed the home on Saturday. While the police claimed they had rescued one of the hostages, it added that efforts were being intensified…