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…
Palpable fear gripped residents of Ora Igbomina in Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State on Monday night when armed bandits invaded the ancient town, killed the leader of non-indigenes in the community, and abducted a former customs officer, Mr Emmanuel Owolabi, from his residence. The perpetrators, who reportedly rented the air with repeated gunshots,…
Suspected bandits have killed a former Vice Chairman of Bukkuyyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Hon. Mu’azu Muhammad Gwashi, despite collecting a ₦15 million ransom from his family. The Guardian gathered that Gwashi was abducted about five months ago and held in captivity until he was murdered last weekend. Confirming the incident in a…
There is tension in the Maraba, Hotoro area of Kano metropolis following the gruesome killing of 70-year-old Alkassim Muhammed, who served as muezzin of a local mosque in the area. The muezzin was reportedly attacked around 5am, when he was about to call the Subhi prayer. His attacker overpowered him and slit his throat, leaving…
Vitalis Nwoko has been apprehended by the police for killing his wife following a domestic dispute. Mr Nwoko is a resident of Umuagba in Ahiazu Mbaise LGA. Mr Nwoko was arrested by the Ahiazu Mbaise Divisional Headquarters of the Imo police command for fatally assaulting his wife, Uloma. The command’s spokesman, Henry Okoye, in a…
