By Festus Ahon & Ochuko Akuopha – Ughelli At least three persons were Thursday, shot dead in a renewed hostilities between Iwhreko and Ekiugbo communities, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State over the ownership of the Ughelli Main Market. The communities have been at loggerheads over the ownership of the land on which the […]

By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has paraded three suspected gunmen who abducted a doctor and a nurse on the Abeokuta-Imeko road. The suspects, Babuga Abubakar, Umaru Usman, and Mohammed Bello, were paraded alongside other suspected criminals who also committed crimes ranging from robbery, cultism, kidnapping amongst others. […]

A Benin High Court on Wednesday adjourned until May 26 the case against Austin Olokor for the alleged murder of two locals, Okhuoimose Omorodion and Genesis Orji. The deceased were allegedly killed last year during the internal crisis at Ologbo community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo. At the resumed hearing, the state Prosecuting […]

The Benue Police Command said the three abducted students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM), regained freedom on Tuesday night unhurt. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Makurdi that no ramson was paid for their release. NAN reports that […]

By David Royal A sex attacker had his penis and testicles hacked off and fed to wild pigs in a revenge attack after he allegedly attempted to rape his niece in Brazil. The 36-year-old man, who has not been named, sparked widespread anger in the northern Brazilian municipality of Olhos D’Agua after he allegedly tried to […]