Some Nigerian fraudsters arrested for fraud in Banglades Sixty-six Nigerians are spending various terms in prisons in Bangladsh for fraud and other crimes, a report by the country’s top newspaper, Dhaka Tribune said. The Nigerians make up majority of the 86 Africans jailed across the country. The other 20 9 are from Cameroon, Tanzania, G)hana,…
A lecturer with the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (UAM) Karl Kwaghger, was brutally murdered by unknown armed men on Saturday, November 28. Kwaghger, an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering department, was found in a pool of his blood at the premises of the JS Tarka Foundation in the Benue state capital. It was gathered…
Three firemen of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service were reportedly injured and a fire engine of the Agency damaged by hoodlums, who attacked the officials in the course of duty on Sunday, November 29. Acting Head of the Agency, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, who confirmed the incident, expressed displeasure over the incessant attacks on…
Deputy chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos chapter Ganiu Oyedepo popularly known as Koko Zaria has launched his hotel. Koko Zaria is deputy to the Lagos NURTW chairman Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo. Koko Zaria announced in an Instagram post during the week that his new establishment Zargarza Hotel would…
The police in India have arrested a 30-year-old woman, her son, 10, and two of his friends after they were accused of insulting the National Flag in Umreth town in Gujarat’s Anand district on Wednesday, November 25. The woman and the three boys, in the age group of 10 to 14 years, were booked under…
Omeli Humphery Darlington, a Nigerian man, has accused the police of acute torture. The man submitted a petition to the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry against the Nigeria Police Force on how he was brutalised and assaulted in 2013. Darlington explained to the panel how he was wrongly accused by his company, First Bank…
A father who took advantage of his daughter by sleeping with her since she was 10 has been handed life imprisonment by a court in Akure. The Akure High Court presided over by Justice Samuel Bola handed the sentence to one Alo Olusola. The convict was said to have started have sexual intercourse with his…
Troops of Operation Fire Ball have eliminated five Boko Haram (BHT)/ISWAP terrorists and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition as well as bags of assorted grains in recent attacks on their hideouts in Borno. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Onyeuko said that Operation…
Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested a suspected armed robber, Salisu Abubakar while trying to smuggle a stolen Toyota Corolla into Cameroon. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, November 27, said the suspect was the leader of a robbery gang that attacked…
Rivers State Police Command has arrested three suspects believed to be connected to explosives which went off at Christain Universal Church International, located at Mile 3, Diobu area of Port Harcourt. It was gathered that the church is run by the father of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. A local security outfit in the area…