Ruth Auta, a Nigerian working as a nurse in the United Kingdom (UK), has been sentenced to three years in prison over the death of her 10-week-old son, Joshua Akerele. Auta was sentenced by a Bolton Crown court in the UK after she was found guilty of leaving the baby (without anyone watching over the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that an Anambra-based pastor, Mr. Elijah Emeka Ibeabuchi, has allegedly stabbed his wife, the late Ogechukwu Okafor, to death in the state. Tribune Online gathered that the incident, which occurred on August 13, 2024, was reported to the State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare by the deceased’s family over the weekend,…
A 19-year-old girl, Fatimo Agboke, has allegedly stabbed her friend Faruk Azeez to death following a heated argument in the Ijegun area of Lagos on Monday night. The incident occurred around 9:20 PM, and despite efforts to rush the 20-year-old victim, Faruk Azeez, to the hospital, he succumbed to his injuries. According to the Lagos…
Gunmen, on Saturday, invaded a church, God’s Doing Healing and Deliverance Ministry, in Orodo, Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, and left one youth leader, Samuel Ogbonna, dead. Until his death, Ogbonna was the proprietor of Feel at Home, a restaurant/bar located within the environment, and a close aide to the general overseer of…
An Ikeja special offences court has sentenced Marco Ramirez, an American businessman, to 74 years in prison for fraud. Ramirez was convicted on Tuesday on charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). EFCC had initially arraigned the convict on a 12-count charge but later re-arraigned him on a 16-count charge…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Sunny Taxman, a businessman from Enugu State, has been murdered by suspected kidnappers after his family paid a ransom of N10 million. Taxman, who was based in Onitsha, Anambra State, was kidnapped three weeks ago while inside his vehicle by unidentified assailants. Although details of the incident are unclear, sources confirm…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the operatives of Nigeria Police Force, Kano State Command, on Tuesday, rescued a four-year-old boy, Muhammad Jamilu, who had recently been kidnapped. The police also arrested three suspects in connection with the abduction. The spokesman for the State Police Command, Abdullahi Kiyawa, who confirmed the arrest in a press statement in…
Northampton Crown Court in the United Kingdom has found two Nigerians, Tosin Dada and Solomon Adebiyi, guilty of multiple rape charges. Northamptonshire Police disclosed this in a statement on its official Facebook page on Monday, obtained by PUNCH Online on Tuesday. This follows weeks after a Nigerian pilot, Olukayode Ojo, was convicted in a Texas…
An 18-year old boy, Kingdom Paul, has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly murdering a 38-year-old prostitute, Victory Oro, in Benin. Kingdom allegedly murdered the woman after an argument ensued between them over the payment for sex after a sex romp in a local hotel. The two had met at a…
A middle-aged man, simply identified as Alfa Ahmed, has reportedly slaughtered his grandfather and uncle in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for an alleged money ritual. Investigations by The PUNCH revealed that the incident happened at the back of a popular market in Apete, in the Ido Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday…