Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen said she held back tears while listening to the children of late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi Nwachukwu share their mother’s ordeal in the hands of their father. Tallen spoke today when she appeared on NTA’s Good Morning Nigeria’s breakfast show, according to Punch. According to the minister, the…
He was suppose to sleep with her for seven days in order to get rich. A young man identified as Ifeanyi Njoku has been arrested by the Lagos State Police for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Precious Okeke in an estate at Badore, Ajah area of Lagos State. Ifeanyi, who is suspected to be a ritualist,…
A Russian soldier who allegedly filmed himself having unlawful carnal knowledge of a one-year-old baby in Ukraine and shared the horrific video on social media has been arrested. Alexei Bychkov is accused of being the man behind the assault, with reports in the Russian media saying he was detained by local police. The arrest comes…
Ms Favour Made, the sister of the late gospel music artiste who died last week of alleged Cancer of the throat, Sister Osinachi Nwachukwu, has spoken on the circumstances leading to her sister’s death. Made revealed to Vanguard Metro that, her sister died as a result of a cluster of blood in the chest from…
The FCT police command has arrested the husband of deceased gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu. Mr Nwachukwu was arrested by men of the Lugbe police division on Sunday, April 10 after the brother of the late singer reported a case of suspected homicide to the police. This comes amidst reports he has over the years subjected…
Defence lawyers yesterday concluded cross-examination of the second prosecution witness in the trial of a popular artist, Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, who is charged with alleged cybercrime. The second prosecution witness, Mr Augustine Anosike, is a forensic analyst, who began evidence in 2021. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Economic and…
Reno Omokri, a former Aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday shared a video of the Nigerian military intercepting a vehicle loading supplies allegedly meant for bandits. The vehicle, in the video, loads food supplies, cartons and bags allegedly containing money being taken to bandits. The location where the video was shot is yet unknown….
Olupona Olusegun Adewale, a young man who is currently undergoing his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in Ekiti State, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). SaharaReporters reports that Adewale was on March 24, 2022, arrested at a branch of Union Bank in Akure, Ondo state. It was learnt that…
Just last week, Nigerians got the news of the bombing of an Abuja-Kaduna train and the shooting of the passengers by bandits. This type of news has become so frequent under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. In less than a year, Nigerians will vote, in another general election, to elect a successor to President…
One of the injured victims of the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train attack, Sergeant Haruna Muhammad Funtua, is dead. The deceased sustained gun injuries in his head and chest during the attack and died on Tuesday, April 5. According to Idris, a journalist and academic, the late Haruna was among the elders in his community, Funtua Local…
N100 million paid as ransom to bandits has been reportedly intercepted by the Nigerian Army. According to Sahara Reporters, the money was hidden in cartons inside a red car. The soldiers also recovered several crates of eggs from the vehicle. Video below:
Four suspected drug dealers have been arrested by men of the Adamawa State Police Command with 144 cartons of hard drugs recovered from them. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, in a statement on Wednesday, said 28 cartons of pentazone injections, 29 cartons of tramadol tabs, 74 cartons of red tramadol capsule,12 cartons of…
According to a report by SaharaReporters, all operations at Medville Global Health Center have been temporarily shut down by Lagos State government. The Executive Secretary of the Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA), Abiola Idowu, disclosed the development in a statement issued on Tuesday. Idowu asserted that the preliminary investigations carried out by the…
A Nigerian lady has lamented after losing her older brother. According to the Twitter user, @_raregem_, his brother was among those killed by bandits in Kaduna state on Monday, April 4. In a tweet she shared online, the distraught lady said Nigeria has happened to her family. She added that her late brother left behind…
Mubarak Bala, a popular Kano-born atheist, has been handed a 24-year jail term after pleading guilty to all the 18-count charges levelled against him. Bala, who is the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, was arrested at his home in Kaduna on April 28, 2020, and taken to Kano, where complaints of blasphemy and…
Bandits preying the Abuja-Kaduna Highway have abducted 22 villagers, according to a report by DailyTrust. The report revealed that bandits raided some houses at Anguwar Maji, in Jere town along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway before kidnapping their victims. The attack which took place in the community which shares a boundary with Tafa-Sabon -Wuse in Niger State,…
A fight between Hausa motorcyclists and area boys in Lagos has left one person dead. The incident happened in the Baruwa-Gate area of Ipaja, Lagos State. In an update, the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command said, “Our officers responded to the violent fights that broke out in Baruwa/Gate area of Ipaja this…
A suspected female fraudster who specialises in swapping people’s ATM cards at ATM points has been arrested. The lady identified as Osasi Chinozom Juliet was arrested by Kano State Police Command. Spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, April 4, said the suspect who was found…
A female medical doctor has allegedly been killed in the horrific incident on the Abuja-Kaduna train. Last night, the doctor, Identified only as Chinelo, took to Twitter to plead for prayers after suffering a bullet wound during the incident. She wrote: “I’m in the train . I have been shot please pray for me.” A…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Osondu Victor Igwilo, a suspect wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2018. EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known in a statement on Monday, March 14. Uwujaren said Igwilo, 52, is the alleged leader of a criminal network of “catchers”. He was arrested…
