A man identified as Courage, popularly known as “Dogo,” has been reportedly killed at Eboh Quarters, Estate Gate, Irhirhi in Oredo Local Government Area, Benin, Edo State. The Secretary of the Edo State Special Security Squad, John Izegaegbe, confirmed the incident in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Monday Okpebholo, Patrick…
A UK court on Friday found Abdul Halim Khan guilty and convicted him of sexual offences, including raping 12-year-old girls. “Abdul Halim Khan, 54, of Old Forde Road, London, was found guilty of 21 offences, including nine counts of rape,” UK Metro Police announced in a statement on Saturday. The police said that for over…
Tragedy struck on Saturday as a clash between some members of the Benue and Hausa communities at a fruit market in Oil Mill, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State led to the death of one person. Trouble started when a trader at the market asked a wheelbarrow pusher, identified as Zakara Afaaruwu, to make…
A yet -to-identified driver of Mercedes-Benz C-300 absconded after killing a member of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Church, Igando who was on his way to church early Saturday morning. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) confirmed this in a statement by its General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, in Lagos….
Bandits have killed no fewer than 32 farmers in a series of attacks on Tugan-Makeri, Konsoko, and Pissa communities in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. Residents told our correspondent that the first attack occurred at Tunga-Makeri in Konkoso Ward around 3:00 a.m., during which six people were killed. They said the bandits later…
Justice S.M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Friday, convicted and sentenced a Kannywood actress, Saadatu Mohammed Inuwa (a.k.a Samha) to six months imprisonment for the abuse and mutilation of the Naira. The commission’s Kano Zonal Directorate apprehended the actress on 4 February after a video circulated on social media showing…
Two members of a CAC church in Ibadan, Oyo State identified as Ezekiel Akinniyi, 63; and Wale Oguntade have been dragged to court over alleged threats to kill two pastors and other church members. Akinniyi and Oguntade were arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan on charges bordering on conspiracy and threat to life by…
Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have detained a 26-year-old man, Chibunna Nwafor, in connection with the brutal killing of a pregnant nurse in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area. Nwafor, also known as “Offonwadile”, is alleged to be a native doctor who masterminded the crime alongside accomplices. Police sources say the victim was…
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced four of the 13 defendants standing trial over the killing of former Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada East Police Division, SP Bako Amgbasim, to death by hanging. Justice Sika Aprioku, who delivered the judgment, held that the prosecution proved beyond a reasonable…
Professor Abubakar Mohammed El-Jummah, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at the Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State, has died while in the custody of Boko Haram militants, nearly a year after his abduction. Professor El-Jummah was kidnapped on March 3, 2025, along the troubled Damaturu–Buni Yadi–Biu road. He reportedly remained in captivity…
