In a shocking incident in Kasoa, Ghana, a 22-year-old man named Kwabena Osei and his 19-year-old girlfriend have tragically lost their lives after being set ablaze by friends over GHS 190,000 allegedly made from internet fraud. According to a report by GhPage, Osei, an alleged member of a gang of internet fraudsters, was targeted after…
A middle-aged man identified as Odogwu Chibuzor was shot while attempting, along with other fleeing suspects, to siphon diesel from heavy-duty trucks at the Dangote Cement plant in the Ibese area of Ogun State. Our correspondent learnt on Thursday that three other members of the armed gang fled the scene when security guards swooped in…
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has detained a 25-year-old man, Chibunnma Chimelie, who allegedly stabbed his 68-year-old father to death. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos. He said that the incident happened on Thursday at 10:00 p.m. in the Isolo…
The Southwest Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, has foiled five kidnapping attempts and rescued nine victims in Ondo State within the past week. This was made known by the Ondo State Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, during a parade of 20 suspected criminals at the Command’s Headquarters in Alagbaka, Akure, on…
Gunmen have beheaded a couple in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria’s South-east. Jacob Udo and his wife, Comfort, were attacked and beheaded by the hoodlums in their residence. The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, occurred on Tuesday night in Isiala Community in the local government area. The hoodlums were said to have dismembered…
Suspected gunmen killed three policemen and set their vehicle ablaze in Nnewi, Anambra State, early Thursday morning. The attack was confirmed by Tochukwu Ikenga, Superintendent of Police and Public Relations Officer, in a statement. He said: “Joint Security Force, begins manhunt operation on armed men who murdered two police operatives on investigation activities in the…
Gunmen on Wednesday abducted and killed the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Suru Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Alhaji Bako Bala. According to a post on the official Facebook page of the Special Adviser to the Kebbi Governor on Television and Radio, Alhaji Zaidu Bala Kofa Sabuwa, the armed men…
A 60-year-old White South African farmer identified as Zachariah Johannes Olivier, and his two workers, Adrian de Wet, 19, and William Musora, 50, have been accused of killing two Black women, Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, and feeding their bodies to pigs. The alleged murder of the two Black women has sparked outrage…
A man, Daniel Amaso, has been sentenced to life in prison by a Bayelsa State high court sitting in Yenagoa for raping a 17-year-old pre-degree student of the state-owned Niger Delta University in Amassoma. The convict was arraigned for forcefully entering the 17-year-old apartment in Amassoma community, Southern Ijaw LGA, with a knife. He was…
A Nigerian police inspector, Mohammed Bulama, has stabbed a Yobe resident, Abdulmalik Pompomari, to death at CMC Area, Zango, Damaturu, the state capital. PThe police inspector attached to the Police Mobile Force (PMF), 41 Division, Damaturu in Yobe State, who has been arrested, was alleged of stabbing Pompomari, a suspect to death over a N200…