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The Federal Government has brought charges against eight Chinese nationals and one Nigerian for engaging in illegal mining activities in the Lokpaukwu community of Umuchieze, Umunneochi Local Government Area, Abia State. In a statement released by Segun Tomori, the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, the suspects were apprehended by…
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the release of a skit maker and prankster, Zion Ubani, better known as Zfancy. Report recalls that the NPF-National Cybercrime Centre had on Thursday, July 4, arrested Zfancy in Abuja over prank videos accusing him of heinous crimes, including rape. However, the Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, ACP Olumuyiwa…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) from the Iddo Police Division of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command have arrested Nuhu Ezra, who was found in possession of human remains. The arrest took place on July 9, 2024, around 9:00 pm in Gosa Kipikipi village, Lugbe, Abuja. Acting on credible intelligence, police found Ezra…
A watchmaker, Oludayo Oladele, Awodeji Muyiwa and a herbseller, Jelili Kareem were Tuesday sentenced to death for robbing and killing a corps member, Adebayo Mukaila in Osogbo, Osun State capital. The duo had on January 28, 2020 the Omo-West area robbed and killed Adebayo, a corps member and recharge card vendor at his shop in…
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho, has denied former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello’s request to transfer his money laundering trial from Abuja to the Lokoja division of the court. In a letter dated July 2, Chief Judge Tsoho outlined the reasons for rejecting the transfer. He cited a pending appeal…
A Nigerian man has been jailed in the United Kingdom for violently assaulting and raping a woman who later jumped from a window to escape. Oladip Oshodi, 48, of Dagenham, East London, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 5 July 2024, where he was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for two counts of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked INTERPOL in North African countries Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Algeria to place former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, on its watchlist. The Nation reports that the antigraft agency took the decision based on credible intelligence. Sources in the agency were quoted to have said…
Unknown gunmen opened fire on a patrol vehicle, killing three vigilante operatives and a teenager in the Umuaka community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. It was gathered that the vigilantes were on patrol on Sunday evening, July 7, 2024, in the community when the gunmen attacked them near Afor Umuaka and…
As part of measures to stop the smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, from Nigeria to neighbouring countries, the Federal Government has detained five fuel tankers and sealed three filling stations in border towns. It was also gathered on Sunday that the continued anti-smuggling operations of the Federal Government through the Nigeria Customs…
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers killed a woman in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. The incident which has caused panic among residents of the area occurred along NTA Road, Ado Ekiti around 7 am on Saturday, July 6, 2024. The woman, whose identity is not yet ascertained, was shot dead by the gunmen…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have raided the Lagos base of a high-profile cocaine syndicate where large consignments of the class A drug meant for export and local distribution were recovered. According to the NDLEA, the syndicate is headed by a couple: Agbakoba John Mmadu, and Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe…
In a recent attack, bandits have abducted two journalists and their family members in Kaduna State. The assailants invaded Danhonu 2 community in Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area, targeting the homes of AbdulGafar Alabelewe of The Nation newspaper and AbdulRaheem Aodu of the Blueprint Newspaper. The victims, along with their wives and children, were…
The Ogun State Police Command has initiated an investigation into the alleged killing of betting agent Anuoluwapo Abiodun by a police officer. Anuoluwapo Abiodun, a Moshood Abiola Polytechnic graduate, was reportedly shot at the entrance of his shop in the Imala Elega area by a police officer suspected of being intoxicated. Witnesses reported that the…
Some officers of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun were injured on Friday following an attack by a group of people suspected to be herdsmen in Akure, the state capital. It was gathered that the corps arrested some cows which allegedly ruined farmlands in Osi and Igboba Communities in the North…
A 30-year-old teacher, Rebecca Joynes, has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for engaging in sexual activity with two of her teenage students. What went down The trial revealed that Joynes had groomed both boys, who were 15 years old at the time, by first connecting with them through social media….
Ghanaian chef, Chef Ebenezer Smith, has been arrested and detained on allegations of fraud. According to Accra-based Asaase Radio, he was arrested just hours after he held a press conference at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra, where he announced that he is the latest Guinness World Record holder for the longest…
CALABAR—Five police officers attached to the Zone 6 Police Headquarters in Cross River State are currently in custody for allegedly abducting and fraudulently extorting N3 million from their unnamed victim. The incident, Vanguard learned, happened while the team was on patrol along the Ikom-Calabar highway. A statement by the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer,…
Bandits have killed Dr Tiri Gyang, a lecturer at the Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State. Two of his children and two other women were also abducted during the midnight onslaught in the school neighbourhood. The deceased, Dr Gyang, was the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University. Sources said the bandits invaded…
About 20 travellers have been reportedly kidnapped along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway by gunmen on Sunday at about 9. pm The gunmen were said to have ambushed the travellers between Sagamu Area Command of the Nigeria Police and Ilisan township. Ilisan Development Council Chairman, Wemmy Osude disclosed to newsmen that the information reaching him suggests that…
Following an attack on their checkpoint by unknown gunmen in Aba, two police officers have been shot dead while one was injured, This is barely one month after some yet-to-be-identified gunmen also attacked a military checkpoint at Obikabia junction killing five soldiers and burning their patrol vans. The incident which took place at Opobo junction,…
The Kano State government is working towards the creation of a special court for the speedy dispensation of justice on gender-based violence and child rights abuse in the state. This was hinted at by the state Chief Justice, Dije Aboki, on Thursday, at the second quarter National Executive Council pre-convention meeting of the International Federation…
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has filed a defamation lawsuit against House of Representatives member Kafilat Ogbara and Arise Television. Speaking to the media in Abuja, the minister stated that the writ of summons was issued in response to false allegations made by Kafilat Ogbara, Chairperson of the House Committee on Women…
A yet-to-be identified man suspected to be a cable vandal has died inside the powerhouse of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos The suspected vandal had allegedly attempted to steal electrical cables and other equipment inside the FAAN powerhouse before he was electrocuted by the cables….
About seven persons were killed in a fresh bandit attack, Saturday night, on Mai Dabino village, in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to an eyewitness, the attack saw the abduction of an unspecified number of persons, mostly women and children who had been taken to a nearby forest. The eyewitness said yesterday…
The assistant to the CEO of Gokada killed the business mogul out of “unconditional love” for his girlfriend because he feared that she would leave him if she found he was funding their lavish life by embezzling from his boss, his attorney argued Friday, June 21. Fahim Saleh, the CEO of Nigeria-based motorbike startup Gokada,…
An angry mob in Pakistan has broken into a police station to snatch a tourist who they then beat to death before setting his body on fire over allegations that he had desecrated Islam’s holy book, the Quran. The man, Mohammad Ismail, was a tourist who had been staying at a hotel in the town…
Gunmen have again struck at the teaching hospital road area of Ado Ekiti, killing a Point of Sale agent well known as Alfa Taofeek. It was reported that the gunmen who came on a motorbike shot and killed Alfa Taofeek and made away with his money and other valuables. Another source who doesn’t want to…
When invading Russian troops advanced towards Kyiv and the first explosions rang out in the suburbs, Daria Zymenko took refuge in Gavronshchyna, her parents’ village near the Ukrainian capital. The Russians took control of Gavronshchyna soon after. One day several soldiers, drunk and armed, burst into the family’s home, saying that Zymenko, an illustrator, must…
Ondo activist and media personality, Ogunmola Oluwaseun Joshua also known as Ogbeni Sugar, shared photos of the final student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Modupe Ayandare, who allegedly committed suicide after attending a church vigil. Modupe, who was in the 500 level of the Department of Agronomy of the institution, was found hanged…
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has vowed to join force with the security agencies to flush out criminal gangs in the state. The governor made this vow when he received the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Obinna Onubogu, who was on a courtesy visit to the Government House in…
A former member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been convicted of attempted murder and rape after intentionally infecting his girlfriend with HIV. Leon Santos Conga appeared before the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, where he was found guilty of rape and attempted murder. The victim, Antoinette…
