A 24-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a Filipina model who was found dead in River Severn in Worcester. Charles Byrne, 24, was charged with murder and attempted murder after the body of the woman, named locally as Christina Rowe, was found in Worcester, West Mercia police said on Thursday night. …
A young man identified as Muktar Akhtar, a resident of Kano, has been declared missing by his family. The man was said to have disappeared for almost five days without a trace. Tweets by his family and friends called on anyone with useful information about his whereabouts to contact them. “I never imagined it…
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old prophet, Anietie Inyang from Ikot Ebak village, Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly sodomising a 12-year-old boy. Prophet Anietie Inyang was alleged to have engaged in anal sex with the victim, who lives with his grandmother at Ikot Ada Utor in Afaha Clan…
Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi has told Governors in the country to find other ways to address insecurity in their respective states rather than always going to the Presidency for solutions. Addressing reporters in Abuja on Monday February 8, Abdullahi said the Senate was disturbed that herdsmen/farmers’ crises, banditry and insurgency remain unabated. He…
Orduen Takema, the Senior Special Assistant to Benue State Governor on Revenue and Taxation, has died. Takema reportedly slumped and died on Monday night, February 8, few hours after he buried his late cousin, Hemen Nyikwagh at Tse Takema in Gboko. The deceased’s cousin, Smith Akôm Takema posted a photo they took at the burial…
Brig. General Mohammed M. Yerima has been appointed as the new Director of Army Public Relation. The Nation reported that Brig. Gen. Yerima will on Wednesday February 10, take over from Brig. General Sagir Musa who has been in the position in acting capacity since the exit of Brig. General Kukasheka Usmam. The new Nigerian…
A retired Assistant Comptroller-General of Immigration, Abdulahi Rakieu, and three other persons have been abducted in the Tungan Maje area of Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja on Saturday, February 6. The kidnappers were said to have raided the victims’ houses and whisked them away. This comes few days after a Punch…
Suspected bandits have killed at least nineteen persons and injured several others during two separate attacks in Birnin Gwari and Kajuru Local Government areas of Kaduna State. Confirming the incident, the Kaduna State Commissioner for internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement released, said fourteen persons were killed on Saturday February 6 by…
Chairman of Zamfara State Council of Chiefs and Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Muhammad Ahmed has again warned against polygamy which he claimed is responsible for the falling standard of education in the country. Speaking during a meeting with seventeen emirs of the state and the chairman, Zamfara State Universal Education Board, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu Maradun…
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters has approved the returned control of the Lekki Toll Gate plaza to its owners, the Lekki Concession Company (LCC). The panel suspended operations of the toll plaza after the gunshot incident on October 20, 2020. Military men…
