Suspected herdsmen stabbed farmer to death in Ogun, Nigeria

Suspected herdsmen stabbed a 49-year-old farmer, Rafiu Showemimo, to death in Adao community in Alabata area of Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State, yesterday, Sunday July 14. According to reports, Showemimo was on his way back home from his farm when he was attacked by the suspected herdsmen who reportedly stabbed him in the neck and left him […]

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Suspected herdsmen kill Afenifere leader’s daughter, Funke Fasoranti-Olakunrin

Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the National leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti was killed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Friday. According to a source, Olakunrin was killed along the Ore-Shagamu Expressway at Kajola Village in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state during an armed robbery. The […]

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The Mysterious Murder of a Maverick Musician: The Untold Story of the Death of AYINLA OMOWURA, By Onigegewura

It was from Anti Wura, Buroda Alani’s third wife, that I first heard how Ayinla Omowura died. Buroda Alani was our extended family uncle. And he had a television set. He was one of the three people privileged to own television set in the whole of Itakogun, Ile-Ife in the late 70s/early 80s. Baba Deyeba […]

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30 prostitutes arrested in Jigawa, jailed

The 30 commercial sex workers arrested alongside 18 men during a raid on Saturday by the Jigawa Hisbah command, have been sentenced to three months in prison for prostitution. The arrested sex workers sentenced to three months in prison each after pleading guilty to the charges labeled against them, were also given a fine option of five thousands Naira […]

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£20000 reward offered for information about the killer(s) of 16-year-old Nigerian in London

Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old John Ogunjobi in Tulse Hill are renewing appeals for assistance in finding those responsible for his death. A reward of up to £20,000 is available for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the murder. Officers are also asking anyone […]

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Man caught allegedly cutting a boy’s head in Lagos lynched (Graphic Photos)

An alleged ritualist was caught while the other escaped as they both were said to be cutting a little boys head under the LASU road-Obadore link bridge. The alleged ritualist was lynched and set ablaze. In one of the pictures is one of the mob reportedly putting the little boys body inside a sac.

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Teenage girl allegedly stabs brother to death in Nigeria

It was a calamity in the commercial city of Kano, Nigeria on Saturday night, when a teenage mother, simply identified as Umi, of Nassarawa Local Government Area of the state, allegedly stabbed her elder brother to death. The Police Division in Badawa, shortly after the incident, arrested Umi for allegedly stabbing her 30-year-old brother, Sani […]

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Police arrest Nigerian woman who was sleeping with the man she paid to kill her husband (Photos)

A female Nigerian health worker, 41, who allegedly paid two men to kill her husband and started sleeping with one of them afterwards, has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team. Douglas Ajemine who works with the Rivers State Primary Healthcare Board in Asari-Toru Local Government Area, was […]

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Nigerian awaiting trial detainee dies in Indian prison

A 26-year-old Nigerian detained since last year in an Indian jail in Mathura has died. According to the Times of India, Kumbha died during treatment at the district hospital on Wednesday, July 3. According to Indian police, Kumbha was arrested on September 30 2018 by Mathura police for overstaying in a foreign country, forgery of […]

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Lagos pipeline explosion claims lives, 30 vehicles burnt – LASEMA

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said some people have been confirmed dead and 30 vehicles burnt in the Ijegun, Lagos, Nigeria pipeline explosion. According to the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, Dr. Femi Osanyintolu, the explosion occurred when security operatives intercepted the suspected vandals who were engaged in illegal siphoning of petroleum products […]

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Man kills prostitute, cuts her private part for ritual in Lagos (Graphic photos)

The Lagos state police command have arrested a man simply identified as Bidemi, for stabbing to death a prostitute he brought to his house in Corporation Estate, Mile 2 Lagos state to have sex with but ended up killing her. According to reports, Bidemi who lives alone, came home last night with the lady at about 11pm. […]

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Fayose re-arraigned before a new judge in Lagos

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday re-arraigned former Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti over alleged N6.9 billion fraud and money laundering. Fayose, however, pleaded not guilty before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court in Lagos State, who granted him leave to travel overseas for medical examination. The News Agency of Nigeria […]

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As hoodlums set Nigerian police station ablaze, DPO, 3 other officers killed

The police command in Bayelsa State have announced that a divisional police officer (DPO) and three other officers have been killed. The incident occurred on Monday morning when hoodlums raided a police division in Agudama Ekpetiama, near Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. In a statement issued by police spokesperson, Frank Mba, two other police officers were also […]

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Boat capsizes in Lagos, pregnant woman dies, 16 others missing (Photos)

A pregnant woman has died in a boat mishap that occured in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state yesterday Saturday June 29. According to reports, the boat which was transiting from Badore to Egbin in Ijede Ikorodu, capsized at about 10pm. Three persons survived the incident, one person which is the pregnant woman died while […]

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