Cross River: Ritual killings resurface ahead of 2027 elections
Observations over the last 11 years have shown that in Cross River State, cases of alleged ritual killings tend to increase as general elections draw near, with women accounting for more than 90 per cent of the reported victims. Our Correspondent, Emma Una, highlights the ugly trend in the last decade.
Lifeline as LG Chair moves to secure abused Enugu girl’s future
REPRIEVE has come the way of 10 years old, Miss Nneoma Nnadi who was abused by her foster parents that drilled nails into her head and used electric iron to inflict body injuries and inserted pepper into her private part.
Disappearance charms disappoint fraudsters during Police raid
•Fake currency, victim’s cash recovered By Evelyn Usman It was the end of the road for five suspected fraudsters otherwise known as 419 who have been defrauding gullible Nigerians, following their arrest by the Area ‘B’ Police command, Apapa, Lagos. Their likes walk in a group of two or three and are everywhere across the […]
I joined cultism to bring shame to my family, suspect narrates
By Evelyn Usman A suspected member of Eiye confraternity, Muiz Lawal, 21, popularly called Onishawa, who was arrested following a cult clash in the Denton area of Lagos, denied killing anyone since he joined the group. He stated that he joined cultism in 2018, to spite his grandfather and “bring shame to members of my […]
FCCPC arraigns plastic surgeon in patient’s death controversy
By Innocent Anaba Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, has arraigned a plastic surgeon, Dr. Adepoju Anuoluwapo before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for allegedly obstructing investigation into the death of one of her patient, Mrs Nneka Onwuzuligbo. FCCPC in a five-count charge brought against the surgeon, Anuoluwapo, and her cosmetic surgery […]
2 die, 10 rescued, 2 missing in Lagos boat accident
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Tragedy struck Friday night in Lagos when a 14-passenger capacity boat along Ebute-Ero Jetty, suddenly capsized. Two persons were confirmed dead in the Lagos boat accident, while 10 persons were rescued. According to a report, two persons were still missing, including the captain of the ill-fated boat accident. The occupants of the […]
