STREET HAWKING: Why we defy FCTA to sell on Abuja streets
It is 1:45pm on Herbert Macaulay Way, one of the busiest roads in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. Top ranging vehicles ply here as a routine because of the presence of the National Oil company on this road.
I was gang-raped by herdsmen, offered blood to drink as water ― Kidnapped victim
By Evelyn Usman Twenty-five-year-old Victoria Okocha gave a chilling account of how she was abducted by suspected herdsmen in Isa-Ogwashi-Uku area of Delta state, gang-raped and forced to drink another victim’s blood as water, while in her captors’ den. Okocha left her home town in Ubulu-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government of the state last Friday, […]
‘Yahoo boy’ in trouble over $2,500 internet fraud
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State has convicted one Timileyin Awojodu, over internet fraud of 2,500USD. The convict, who was docked before Justice Peter Life, was said to have fraudulently obtained the money from his American victim. The Prosecutor from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, […]
In Niger: Man, 60, lures 8-year-old girl with N100, rapes her
By Wole Mosadomi A 60-year-old man, Haruna Lawal, who allegedly raped an eight-year-old girl after luring her with N100, has been arrested by operatives of Niger State Police Command. The suspect, said to be a scavenger, was arrested in Wushishi town, headquarters of Wushishi Local Government Area of the state, last Saturday. ALSO READ: I […]
Man taking shelter from rain rapes 13-yr-old girl in her mother’s shop
The Police in Jos have arrested a 39-year-old businessman, Abdul Abdul, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl after buying N20 sachet water in her mother’s makeshift store.
BEDC staff escapes death in Ughelli
Perez Brisibe A staff of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, is currently battling for his life at a private hospital in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State after he was attacked by some persons claiming to be members of BEDC Electricity Task Force. The task force, according to eyewitnesses […]
