Three men arrested for blackmailing and repeatedly gang raping 12-year-old girl after they befriended her online

A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by three men in Bhopal, India after they befriended her while playing an online game, the police said. The three accused, who also blackmailed the girl and threatened to upload her objectionable video online if she resisted their advances, were arrested on Wednesday night, October 14.  According to police complaint filed…

Two notorious traffic robbers nabbed in Lagos

Two suspected traffic robbers have been arrested by the Mile 2 Community Security Team in Lagos. The suspects were reportedly arrested at Mile 2 bus stop around 5:30 p.m on Thursday, October 15, while allegedly dispossessing passengers of their valuables in traffic. The arrest was led by the commandant of the community security team, Prince Ajele Abeyi Abayomi…

Man arrested for the murder of actor, Thomas Jefferson Byrd

Atlanta police have announced that they have made an arrest in the shooting death of American actor, Thomas Jefferson Byrd. Homicide detectives on Wednesday October 14, obtained the warrant for the arrest of 30-year-old Antonio Demetrice Rhynes on a felony murder charge based on evidence and tips from the public, and officers arrested him early…

Four Nigerians arrested in India for alleged cyber fraud

Four Nigerian nationals and one Indian citizen have been arrested for allegedly duping a former Army nurse of Rs 41.70 lakh after befriending her on social media. The accused identified as Michael Scott Kolain (23), Idu Dollar Okeke (32), Imu Sunday Azubaike (32), Kelvin Neke (29) (all Nigerians) and Sujeet Dilip Tiwari (25) were arrested from Delhi…

Nigeria is only African country barred from 2022 US visa lottery

Nigerians have been barred from participating in the United States’ visa lottery in 2022. This was disclosed in a document titled ‘Instructions for the 2022 diversity immigrant visa program (dv-2022)’ obtained from the US’ website on Thursday, October 15. “In Africa, natives of Nigeria are not eligible for this year’s Diversity Visa program,” the document stated. It stated that Nigeria was barred…

FG directs all civil servants to resume next Monday

The Federal Government has directed civil servants who have not been going to work since March this year when the lockdown declared to curtail the spread of COVID-19 started, to resume for work come Monday, October 19. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha; and the National Coordinator, Sanni Aliyu, disclosed this…

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