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A High court sitting in Yenogoa, Bayelsa state, Nigeria, on Friday, March 22, sentenced the 42 year old Ogho-Oghene Stephen Akpata to death by hanging for stabbing his wife of just one month, Oyinye Faustina Eze, to death at their home in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa in August 2017. Faustina and Stephen, a returnee from […]
Continue ReadingA senior lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Dr Nnamdi Ogueche, was killed by suspected herdsmen in Enugu state on Wednesday March 20. Graphic photos below:
Continue ReadingArthur Basalirwa, a former student of Makerere University Business School posted a screenshot from a WhatsApp chat, dedicated to one ‘D’ and it read: “Hi D. You will always ask yourself if you had sent me a more meaningful text. These are your last words to me. Goodbye D.” From the screenshots of the WhatsApp […]
Continue ReadingTwo ladies may have been gang-raped and killed and their lifeless bodies dumped at Abrepo, a popular suburb in Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The two ladies, one fair and the other with dark complexion had been most likely killed and dumped in the area due to the fact that the residents […]
Continue ReadingKidnappers have seized and killed a Catholic priest in Enugu, Nigeria. After killing him, they were said to have dumped his body in the bush. Rev. Fr. Clement Ugwu from the Catholic Diocese of Enugu was ordained as a priest in 2010. He was kidnapped from his parish last week Wednesday and his decayed body […]
Continue ReadingI have no words to describe the depths of my pain on the untimely passing of my husband, Pius Adesanmi. He was an extraordinary scholar, husband, devoted father and a fine gentle man. He was an uncommon breed. He wrote about human rights, gender equality and human dignity. He practised what he preached. I am […]
Continue ReadingTrial of the embattled and suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen on charges of non-declaration and false declaration of charges, began today, with the tribunal admitting first set of exhibits. The prosecution led by Mr. Aliyu Umar SAN tendered exhibits were the petition written by a civil society group and which informed the […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Police said they have arrested four more suspects over the murder of House of Representatives member for Lagelu/Akinyele Federal Constituency, Temitope Olatoye. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Frank Mba, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects to journalists in Abuja yesterday, noted that efforts to apprehend other accomplices were in progress. ACP […]
Continue ReadingA medical doctor identified as Ezequiel Fernández Bugin, has been arrested for allegedly masturbating while checking her patient’s private part during an ultrasound session. The 33-year-old medical doctor who has been charged with sexual abuse, was taken into custody at the Canning Medical Center in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires. Bugin’s arrest came after […]
Continue ReadingOyo State Police Command have arrested the Chief Whip of the state House of Assembly, Wasiu Olafisoye Akinmoyede, in connection with the murder of a senatorial candidate, Hon. Temitope Olatoye a.k.a. Sugar. Akinmoyede’s arrest brought the number of those held in respect of the killing to two. Olatoye was representing Lagelu/Akinyele federal constituency in the […]
Continue ReadingMany primary school pupils were feared dead on Wednesday after a three-storeyed building at Ita Faji, Lagos Island, collapsed around 10am, according to Punch. The school was said to be on the last floor. A resident of the area, Prince Adams, who alerted Punch correspondent to the incident on the telephone, said no fewer than […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian passenger on Delta Air Lines Flight DL54 travelling from Atlanta, United States to Lagos was, on Monday afternoon, found unresponsive before landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The 54-year-old passenger (name withheld), who was allegedly ill before boarding the flight, died three minutes before the aircraft touched down at the airport. […]
Continue Reading32-year-old physiotherapist, Rachael Godwin, who works at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, has shared the shocking story of how her boyfriend, a suspected Internet fraudster simply identified as Olumide, allegedly forced her to wear pants which he allegedly used for money rituals. Punch reports that Rachael said she met with Olumide in January 2018 at […]
Continue ReadingA Twitter user, John O. Oba has reported that a prolific essay writer and an English Professor, of Nigerian nationality, died in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airline plane crash. He wrote: “I just got information that Professor Pius Adesanmi, a Nigerian professor with Carlton University in Canada is among those that died this morning on the […]
Continue ReadingIt is sad indeed as all the 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 from Addis Ababa that crashed en route Nairobi have been confirmed dead. Ethiopia’s state broadcaster, EBC, confirmed this in an update Sunday morning. The 149 passengers and eight crew members were of 33 nationalities. “We hereby confirm that our […]
Continue ReadingA boat has capsized along the Ebrohimi Creek in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State leaving electoral materials with Ad-hoc Staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and Security Operatives missing. Reports say that the incident happened late last night after the governorship and state assembly elections in the state. It was […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a party agent in Benue State with millions of Naira rumoured to be the agent of the Benue State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Emmanuel Jimeh. The EFCC, which posted a picture of the seizure, said in a Facebook post that the suspect was […]
Continue ReadingA Lagos High Court has on Friday sentenced Lekan Shonde to death by hanging for killing his wife, Ronke. Lekan Shonde, a depot worker in the Apapa area of Lagos State, was found guilty of the murder of his wife. According to Punch Metro, the 51-year-old Lekan allegedly beat his wife to death at their […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actor, Tony Anyasador, has died. The actor died in the early hours of Thursday, March 7, after battling with an undisclosed ailment. He was on admission in a hospital in Imo state where he died. His remains has since been deposited in the morgue. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
Continue ReadingThere was mild drama in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Mr Yinka Farounbi, a former Chairman of the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the arrest took place at the branch’s secretariat in Ikeja during a […]
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