A court in Pakistan’s conservative Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has sentenced a man(name withheld) to life imprisonment for raping and kidnapping his underage wife, the victim’s lawyer said today. “This is the first decision of its kind in the province,” the lawyer, Mian Safeer, said. The decision was announced by a court that deals with cases ...
A 51-year-old indigene of Isuofia in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, Unegbu Chika, has been arrested for defiling his 14-year-old domestic help. The suspect was apprehended by security operatives yesterday, after a whistleblower drew the attention of the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare, to his observations abo...
A police officer has allegedly shot a man dead in the Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The incident happened on June 23 at Echara Road in Nsukka, according to police authorities in the South-East state. Confirming the incident in a statement yesterday, the Enugu Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, said the Commissioner ...
•Police A 23-year-old scavenger simply identified as Nura was reportedly manhandled by a mob for allegedly stealing a pot of rice at Kango community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A resident of Kango, Ayuba Iliya, said the incident happened on Tuesday around 11:23am when the scavenger allegedly took away the [&hel...
A 47-year-old man, Emmanuel Chukwuma, has been arrested by the Lagos State police for stabbing his 45-year-old girlfriend, Bosede Adefehinti, to death on 7th Avenue, Festac. According to information gathered, the man, popularly known as Oliver on the street, was living with the woman as boyfriend and girlfriend, not as a married couple, report...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, today, said a middle aged man who attempted to steal electrical cables inside its powerhouse was electrocuted. Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, who confirmed the incident, said the agency would leave no stone unturned in ensuring that unauthorised persons were stopped from gaining a...
•Samuel Odugbesan and wife Ejiro A former electrical staff member who lost both arms in a work accident, Samuel Odugbesan, has tied the knot with his partner. Ejirocoded, yesterday shared pictures from their special day on TikTok.
•Force PRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has reacted to a viral video of a police officer opening a car door for a young man and carrying money for him while he sprayed cash at an event Adejobi described the officer’s behaviour as “embarrassing” and “disgusting” to the police force. •The […]...
•Mob A young man identified simply as Yunusa was killed yesterday by an irate mob in Nasaru village, Ningi local government area of Bauchi State, for allegedly making blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad. The incident occurred around 3 pm, as recounted by an anonymous witness, reports Nigerian Tribune. Yunusa reportedly made the blasp...
•Sadiq Zubairu The Kano State Police Command has arrested one Sadiq Zubairu who killed his friend, Bello Adam over his failure to help the victim secure a job after receiving the sum of N3 million. Zubairu had promised the late Adam, who was his former colleague at the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, to help him […]
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