Boat crash claims 12 lives in Lafia
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has commiserated with the state government and Lafia Local Government Area over the death of 12 people in a boat accident at a river,…
Man kills son, dumps burnt corpse in pit toilet over cassava in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it had arrested one Innocent Uko for allegedly killing his 26-year-old son, Boniface, for harvesting cassava on his farm. Uko, who hailed from…
Yahoo boys in custody for burying newborn alive – Rivers
The Port Harcourt Local Government Authority Area Security Watch and policemen have arrested about 12 suspected internet fraudsters who allegedly buried a newborn baby alive at Andoni waterfront in Eagle…
Woman kills four-day-old stepson with insecticide in Bauchi
A 24-year-old woman, Furera Abubakar, has been arrested for allegedly killing her co-wife’s four-day-old baby with an insecticide. The incident was said to have occurred at Bantu Village in the…
House help brutally kills UNIZIK employee, body laid to rest in Anambra
An employee of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Mr Chima Anolue, who was brutally killed by his househelp has been buried in Igboukwu community, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.…
DSS operative stabs agent over electricity bill in Osun
An operative of the Department of State Security in Osun State Command, simply identified as Abiodun, allegedly stabbed and injured an estate agent, Oladele Omosola, during a disagreement over the…
Police Arrest: 25 youths kill woman over withcraft, community pleads their release
The traditional rulers’ council of the Old-Netim community, Akamkpa local government area of Cross River State, has appealed to the police to free 25 youths alleged to have been wrongly…
Gunmen kill retired policeman, wife in Imo
Three gunmen on Sunday night shot dead a couple identified as Mr and Mrs Sampson Owobo in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Our correspondent gathered that Owobo who hailed from…
Five electrocuted, four hospitalised while erecting billboard in Rivers
No fewer than five persons were electrocuted while trying to mount a billboard in the Obiri-Ikwerre area of Rumuosi in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the Rivers State on…
Chibok girls: Troops rescue another abducted girl
Another Chibok girl, Mary Nkeki, has been rescued by troops of Operation Hadin Kai Theater Command. She was rescued on August 14 along with her repentant insurgent husband identified as…
