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 Traditional ruler accused of rape is granted bail
After spending six months at the Ilesa prison for allegedly raping a 26-year old Email scammers tout assets of deposed Arab leader
Scam emails supposedly from close aides or relatives of deposed Arab leaders are offering US: Nigerian Pastor Convicted For Cheating on Dying Cancer Patients
A Nigerian-born doctor and ordained pastor, Rev. Christine Daniel, who has been convicted by Top Boko Haram Leader Arrested In Maiduguri
Security forces have arrested a top commander of a radical Muslim sect who is |
 UK’s Most Wanted Drug Suspect Arrested In Lagos
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday gave an account of how it Witnesses flood court against woman accused of impersonating First Lady
Witnesses, mainly from the hometown of a woman, Princess Monica Otta, facing trial before Bandits steal N19m in Bauchi deadly bank raid
Five policemen were killed in Monday's attacks on a police station and a bank GHANAIAN FARMER HACKS MAN TO DEATH FOR SLEEPING WITH HIS WIFE
A 62-year farmer in Ghana has stabbed his colleague to death after he suspected Assigned to guard a funeral, drunk Nigeria police officers shoot, kill 3 mourners
Authorities say four drunk officers with Nigeria's federal police force opened fire on a |
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Suspected ritualist kills 6-yr-old boy in Minna
A six-year-old boy simply identified as Dan-Haru was on Saturday afternoon beheaded by a suspected ritualist in Chanchaga, a suburb of Minna, the Niger capital. It was reported that the headless corpse was dumped in a well. NAN gathered that the victim was left at home with his four-year-old
Benin youth protest abduction and death of musician
The death of a Benin City-based musician, Omoregbe Okpenyen, popularly known as Bayo Ade and his father, Pa Okpenyen, threw the city into pandemonium on Monday as thousands of youth protested the death of the artiste who was allegedly kidnapped on Sunday morning.
Bayo Ade, who was billed to perform
Conductor jailed for stealing passenger’s phone
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced an 18-year old bus conductor, Henry James, to two weeks imprisonment for stealing a phone belonging to a passenger, Edem Udoh, of Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja. The convict was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to the theft charge.
The police prosecutor, Silas Nanpan,
Customs arrests 16 foreign smugglers of unregistered drugs
The Customs area comptroller in charge of Adamawa and Taraba states command on Tuesday paraded 16 foreigners arrested alongside a Nigerian for alleged illegal importation of commodities worth over ₦5 million into the country.
The suspects, comprising of 15 nationals from Central African Republic and one Camerounian, were arrested through
Delta State – Angry Pastor Pour Acid on Son For Sexing His Wife
A Pastor of a New Generation Church in Mechanic Village rd, Oleh in Delta State has allegedly pour acid on his son.
According to reports the pastor couldn’t control his temper when he was told that his son drank from his bottle of wine and fondled his wife in a
The man who made history for bribery
A one-time deputy director with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Osuji Jean-Charles, was reportedly sighted on Wednesday at the Minna Hiltop mansion of former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, where he had gone to felicitate with the former head of state on his 70th birthday.
Mr Osuji arrived at the
Nigerian Model Shonola & Sister Jailed For Looting In Recent London Riots
22 year old pretty Nigerian model Shonola Smith alongside her sister Alicia and 22-year-old friend Donness Bissessar are already facing the consequences emanating from the recent London riot. Shonola from South Norwood, South London, was jailed for six months after admitting trying to steal from an Argos store in
Fake doctor nabbed in Kano
A suspected fake doctor who has been into the illegal act was yesterday nabbed by police in Kano after the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kano State chapter tipped them off on the development. The man who was alleged to be operating with forged documents bearing the name Dr. Ibrahim
EFCC puts PEF boss under surveillance, seizes her passport
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has tightened the noose around the neck of Adefunke Kasali, executive secretary, Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), who was on Thursday quizzed by the commission over an alleged multimillion naira fraud.
Though the PEF boss was released after being interrogated for hours on some grey
Saudi Arabia: Pakistani man caught raping a 13-year-old Nigerian girl
Saudi Arabia’s religious police arrested a Pakistani man after catching him raping a screaming 13-year-old Nigerian girl inside his car under the cover of night.
Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice were on a routine night patrol in the western town of Makkah
Auchi bank robbery claims one life
Suspected armed robbers yesterday invaded the polytechnic town of Auchi, the administrative headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area in Edo State, killing a yet-to-be-identified police officer and injuring another person in the process.
The latest robbery was targeted at the Auchi branch of a bank where they successfully operated
Ogun police declares man wanted over kidnap of student
A hunchback who has also been identified as an herbalist, Ganiyu Ogungbe, is now on the wanted list of the Ogun State Police Command over the alleged kidnapping of an undergraduate (name withheld) of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye.
The runaway suspect, popularly called Ajela, is accused of collaborating
Fake Pregnant Woman Held
44-year old woman and mother of three children has been arrested by the police at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, for faking pregnancy to earn a living as a beggar.
The suspect, Mrs. Kemi Durojaye, was nabbed yesterday begging for alms at airport
Nigerian Police Shoot Musician In Error
Wife of a Kaduna-based Hip-Hop musician, Christabel Ukpabia has alleged that the police in Kaduna wrongly shot her musician husband, Stanley Ukpabia a.k.a. Desty Randy for alleged robbery.
But the police have denied shooting anybody. However, it confirmed that an armed robbery suspect Randy was arrested and in the process
Gunmen Open Fire on Maiduguri Police Station
About the same time a bomb exploded killing two persons, gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram Thursday attacked a police station in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The bomb, which also injured two persons, exploded beside a bank along Baga Road at 8.20am, causing panic among residents as people scampered