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Ambulance conveying corpse causes multiple accidents in Delta

Ambulance conveying corpse causes multiple accidents in Delta

By Perez Brisibe UGHELLI- THERE was pandemonium last Saturday at the Ohoror junction axis of East-West road in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State when an ambulance carrying a corpse for burial, was involved in multiple accidents. The ambulance with registration number, Delta AA 232 TDU, was said to have been heading to […]

Secondary school students destroy vehicles during fracas in Ibadan

Secondary school students destroy vehicles during fracas in Ibadan

Ola Ajayi – Ibadan Students of IMG and Oke Bola Comprehensive High School Wednesday threw caution to the wind as they engaged in a bloody clash which left many of them injured. According to information gathered, dangerous weapons like a cutlass, knife, Axe were freely used while the fracas lasted. An unconfirmed report had it […]

Shariah police arrests woman who marries two husbands in Kano

Shariah police arrests woman who marries two husbands in Kano

By Bashir Bello – Kano A 37 years old woman, Hauwa Ali, who thought her sick husband was dead and decided to marry another man, has been arrested by the Hisbah Corps (Shariah police) in Kumbotso local government area of Kano State. The Corps Public Relations Officer, PRO, Lawan Ibrahim Fagge, who confirmed the development […]

Man allegedly kills friend’s 4 years old son in Adamawa

Man allegedly kills friend’s 4 years old son in Adamawa

By Umar Yusuf A couple in Yola, Adamawa State capital, is still in shock over the killing of their four-year-old son by a family friend they harboured for a night in their family house. The shocked father, Mr Stepthen Tarfa, said the suspect, John Pwaddon, an acquittance he knew while living in Lagos about a […]

Court remands pastor, wife for allegedly stealing N63.5m

Court remands pastor, wife for allegedly stealing N63.5m

By Jane Echewodo A pastor and his wife were, yesterday, remanded in prison custody by an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos for allegedly stealing to a tune of N63.5 million belonging to one late Mrs Odemuyiwa Janet Adeola. The defendants identified as Harry Uyanwanne, senior pastor of temple international church and Oluwakemi Odemuyiwa (a.k.a Kristein […]

I was charmed by two men to steal from my employer, woman tells court

I was charmed by two men to steal from my employer, woman tells court

By Onozure Dania – Lagos A 29-year-old woman, Peculiar Etim, who allegedly claimed that she was charmed by two men to steal the sum of N345, 930 from her employer, was arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court, sitting in Igbosere, yesterday. The defendant, whose residential address was not stated, is facing a two-count charge of […]

Pharmacist, four others killed in Benue bloody cult war

Pharmacist, four others killed in Benue bloody cult war

By Peter Duru – Makurdi A pharmacist, name withheld, and four others have been reportedly hacked to death in a bloody cult war currently raging in Ugbokolo town, Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue state. Vanguard gathered from sources that the clashes had created panic among residents of the town with the roads and business […]

Again, gunmen invade Delta community, kill husband, abduct wife, injure daughter

Again, gunmen invade Delta community, kill husband, abduct wife, injure daughter

By Festus Ahon – Asaba Suspected gunmen again invaded Issele-Azagba, a community in Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, killing a man, injured his daughter and abducted his wife. The Vanguard gathered that the gunmen who stormed the community, Sunday night, attacked the resident of the yet to be unidentified man, shooting sporadically and […]

Suspected hemp dealer charged with stabbing neighbour to death

Suspected hemp dealer charged with stabbing neighbour to death

A 20-year-old suspected hemp seller, Moses Haruna, was on Monday remanded by a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, for allegedly stabbing his neighbour to death. The police charged Haruna with conspiracy to commit murder and murder, but the court did not take his plea. Chief Magistrate Oluwatoyin Oghere ordered that Haruna should  be […]

Kazeem Tiyamiyu: Family of slain footballer demands justice

Kazeem Tiyamiyu: Family of slain footballer demands justice

The family of Remo Stars Football Club (RSFC) Assistant Captain, Kazeem Tiyamiyu (Kaka), allegedly killed by some operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on the Sagamu-Abeokuta road is demanding justice. The family said that the Ogun Government should ensure that the killers of the deceased were brought to book. The family made the demand […]