Imo police locate abducted NYSC members’ camp, IED threat delays rescue
The Imo State Police Command has identified the location where 19 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted in the state are believed to be held, but security operatives have delayed moving into the area over fears that the camp has been planted with improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The Commissioner of Police, Audu Bosso, […]
Tanker driver assistant killed in fuel station fire outbreak in Kano
By Bashir Bello – Kano A twenty-five-year-old Petroleum Tanker driver assistant, Adamu Salisu, reportedly lost his life as a result of a fire outbreak that engulfed the Audu Manager fuel station situated at Kofar Ruwa Road in Dala Local Government Area of Kano state. It was gathered that the incident happened on Monday night when […]
Rivers: One dead, 2 hospitalized in Buen in-laws fracas
By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt A deadly fracas among two families related by marriage in Buen Kpete Bunu, Tai Local Government Area, Rivers State, has left one person dead and two brothers in critical health condition. The tragedy played out Monday as Mbogerewin Nkpeene, joined by siblings, attacked relatives of his late wife, Nnunuwan, […]
Army arrests notorious Nigerien gun runner, bandits’ informants
By Shehu Danjuma – Katsina
Two sentenced to death over murder of Enugu Lawyer
By Dennis Agbo TWO suspected masterminds in the murder of former Executive Secretary of Enugu State Committee on Adada state creation, Mr Ejimofor Ozongwu, have been sentenced to death by an Enugu State High Court. Delivering judgment on Monday, Justice Afam Nwobodo said he found a former President General of Okwojo-Ngwo community in Udi Local […]
Father bags 20 years imprisonment for testing daughter’s virginity
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 37-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Emmanuel Idoko, to 20 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting his 12-year-old daughter. Justice Sybil Nwaka, while delivering judgment on the charge of sexual assault by penetration against Idoko, said the prosecution provided ingredients necessary to prove its case. Idoko was […]
