Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a businessman, Uzondu Precious Chimaobi, to four years imprisonment for refusing to accept the Naira as legal tender. A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stated that Chimaobi was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on…
Many people were feared dead as suspected armed herders invaded the Otobi community in the Akpa district of the Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State on Tuesday. A resident of Otobi Community, Edwin Emma, told journalists on the phone that the renewed attack left many persons feared killed. He said, “We are being attacked…
A student of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science, and Technology (BOUESTI) in Ikere Ekiti, Femi Bejide, has been accused of raping a fellow student, Ojufun Precious, and later threatening to expose a nude video of her. Sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident, occurred on April 11, 2025, at about 1205hrs when Bejide allegedly…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a man in the Czech Republic has been accused of killing his wife just days after their wedding. A police spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday that the 46-year-old is being held on suspicion of murder. According to local media reports, the couple had only been married for a few days. The alleged…
The Angwan Kari community in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State has been thrown into mourning following the gruesome murder of Mr Williams Wasiu Jimoh and his wife, Mrs Banke William Jimoh, by unknown assailants in their apartment. The couple reportedly met their untimely death when the assailants invaded their home at midnight on…
A night of prayers turned into a nightmare on Friday when armed men stormed a mountain-top vigil in the Egbola area, Lokoja Local Government Area, Kogi State, abducting an unknown number of worshippers. The attackers believed to be armed kidnappers, struck in the dead of night, firing indiscriminately to terrorize the congregation before dragging several…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned a Chinese national, Liu Beixiang, also known as Lao Liu, before Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos, over an allegation of providing false information to a government official. Liu is facing a one-count charge bordering on deliberately supplying false information to an…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Nnamdi Anyaji, for killing his mother and attempted to commit suicide. It was gathered that the 49-year-old Anyaji, an indigene of Amudo Village in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, after killing his mother, Dorathy Anyaji aged 68 years, attempted to kill himself before…
Gruesome killings continue on the Plateau as a father and his two sons are reportedly killed in Zogu village, Miango District, Bassa Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson of Irigwe Development Association, Sam Jugo, confirmed the incident to journalists in Jos on Saturday. Jugo gave the names of the victims as Weyi Gebeh,…
A suspected thief, allegedly identified as Jeremiah Kosesochi Nwoke has reportedly died while attempting to cart away the Agemo statue located at the Itoro Roundabout in Ijebu Ode. The incident, which occurred overnight, has thrown residents into shock as the statue stands near the roundabout leading to the ultramodern palace of the Awujale of Ijebuland….