GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Niger State Police Command said one officer killed himself amid an investigation into missing ammunition. The officer, Isah Abdullahi, a deputy superintendent of police, was attached to the 12 Police Mobile Force (PMF) unit in Minna, the state capital. Wasiu Abiodun, the command’s spokesperson, in a statement on Friday, said…
Olle community in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi has come under attack following an invasion by suspected bandits on friday killing two and abducted several people along farm routes in the area. According to report, the bandits struck residents on their way to their farms, killing at least two people during the assault. The…
The Ekiti State Government has dismissed a medical doctor at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, over a surgery involving a patient, Joshua Afolayan. The state also suspended the surgical team present during the operation for one month. Afolayan, who said he visited the hospital following an accident, alleged that his two kidneys…
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a woman, Rita Ughale, from Kokori community in Ethiope East Local Government Area, over the alleged sale of her two-month-old baby boy. Police said the baby was sold for ₦1.5 million to a couple identified as Osas Omijie (39) and Judith Omijie (30). The Police Public…
Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad of the Lagos State Police Command on Thursday arrested five suspects in connection with a fake and stage-managed kidnapping incident in a viral video. The viral video involved a schoolboy seen pleading for mercy in a fake kidnappers’ den. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Lagos State Command,…
A French court on Thursday sentenced a doctor to life in jail for poisoning 30 child and adult patients, 12 of whom died, in an alleged attempt to discredit co-workers. Frederic Pechier, 53, worked as an anaesthetist in two clinics in the eastern city of Besancon, when patients went into cardiac arrest in suspicious circumstances…
At least four individuals have reportedly lost their lives, several women were brutally tortured, and another person is missing following attacks by suspected armed herders on the Udei and Nzorov communities in Guma Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. The violent incidents are said to have occurred Monday evening when a group of displaced…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has nabbed five herbalists for allegedly defrauding one of their victims of N26,550,000, and being in possession of fake $3.4 million, €280,000 notes. The EFCC, in a statement on Wednesday, said its Ibadan Zonal Directorate nabbed the herbalists who engage in defrauding victims of their monies in exchange…
At least 12 miners were reportedly killed when unknown gunmen stormed a mining site in Ratoso Fan District of Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau State. The incident, according to residents, occurred Tuesday night when the attackers stormed the site while the victims were engaged in mining activities and opened fire on them. However,…
A “jealous” husband, Hai Van Nguyen, stabbed his wife and mother to his three children to death, Hien Thi Vu in her own home in South London because he believed she was having an affair. Nguyen who lives on Hatfield Close, in New Cross Gate, Lewisham, was found guilty of killing Hien in her home…