Pretty lady leaves touching note before committing suicide (Photo)

A young Manhattan dietitian Tara Condell hanged herself in her West Village apartment after posting a suicide note online in which she apologised to her mother. She said “felt absolutely nothing during what should have been the happiest and darkest times in my life,” police sources said Thursday. The 27-year-old Condell, from San Francisco was […]

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PDP executive member assassinated while returning from rally (Photos)

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has been thrown in sadness as an executive member and leader of Ahoada West Legislative Council, Rt Hon EFCC Chiko has died. Chiko who was a dogged supporter of Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, was shot dead on Thursday, January 31 (yesterday) by unknown gunmen who attacked the convoy […]

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Young Nigerian man commits suicide in Italy after authority rejected his residency permit

A 25-year-old Nigerian man, Prince Jerry, committed suicide on January 28 2019,  by jumping under a train in Tortona, Genoa, Italy after his request for a residency permit for humanitarian reasons was rejected, Monsignor Giacomo Martino, the head of association Migrants, said on Thursday. Martino, who is in charge of the association that helps migrants […]

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Singer Melissa Whiskey’s mother killed by her aggrieved workers in Lagos

A Nigerian singer, Melissa Whiskey’s mum, Mrs Abimbola Olusola (right), was recently murdered in Lagos state allegedly by her aggrieved staff. Mrs Olusola who owns Etashol Hotel and Suites, and the manager of her hotel, Tunji Omikunle, were strangled allegedly by some workers at the hotel located on Budland Street in the Ojodu Berger area of […]

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At last, EFCC brings fraud charges against Babachir Lawal, Ayo Oke, others

Coming in is a report that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has at last, filed a 10-count charge against a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir Lawal and five others. EFCC also filed a 4-count charge against a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, and […]

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Taraba State Governor’s Chief Press Secretary kidnapped

Hasan Mijimyawa, the Chief Press Secretary to Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku has been kidnapped today in the state. Mijinyawa was kidnapped in the early hours of Wednesday (today) along Bali Gashaka road by unknown gunmen. A source who spoke to Tribune Online on condition of anonymity said the press secretary was kidnapped while he was travelling […]

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Former MP, Fiona Onasanya, jailed three months for lying to police

The Peterborough MP, Fiona Onasanya, who was charged last year with lying and seeking to pervert the course of justice has been jailed for three months. The 35-year-old, who went viral when she quoted Big Shaq’s Man’s Not Hot during a speech in Commons debate was sentenced to three months in jail for repeatedly lying to police by blaming […]

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Actress beaten beyond recognition by boyfriend for kissing in a play (Photos)

A South African actress is recovering in the hospital after she was beaten beyond recognition by her boyfriend after she kissed an actor in a stage play. The incident reportedly occurred at the weekend after 30-year-old Londiwe Ngcamu featured in a theatre production Seven Days War, set in the 1980s. She was said to have played the […]

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Kidnap suspect commits suicide, leaves a heartbreaking note for his wife (Photos)

A man has committed suicide and left a suicide note swearing he was innocent after he was accused of playing a part in the kidnap of an albino child in Malawi. Police in Karonga have been searching for a one-and-half-year-old baby with albinism and her kidnappers after the child was abducted around 4am when she […]

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Nigerian Youth Corper nabbed with 477 sachets of illegal drugs

Military Commander, Operation Safe Haven, Major General Austin Agundu, has publicly paraded ten criminal suspects, including militia kingpin, Timothy Zakka, for crimes ranging from cattle rustling and terrorizing residents of Plateau and other North Central states since 2001. One of the suspects, Isa Abubakar, a serving member of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), assigned to […]

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Alleged fake Assistant Commissioner of Police nabbed and paraded in Nigeria (Photo)

The Akwa Ibom state police command, Thursday, paraded an alleged fake police officer of the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). The state Police Commissioner, Musa Kimo who paraded the suspect alongside 213 other alleged criminals, said the fake police officer identified as Kingsley Udoyen of No.3 stadium road, in Abak council area of […]

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Ex-INEC officials found guilty of N264.88m money laundering

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, convicted the former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Administrative Secretary in Kwara State, Mr Christian Nwosu. Justice Mohammed Idris found him guilty of laundering N264 million. “I find that the prosecution has proved the case beyond reasonable doubt in the manner required by law. “I, […]

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Man who allegedly impregnated woman in coma for 14 years arrested

A 36-year-old nurse who is alleged to have raped and impregnated a woman in coma for 14 years has been arrested by the police in Arizona, United States. The suspect, Nathan Sutherland, was arrested after investigators obtained a DNA sample Tuesday, according to the Phoenix Police Department. Police said that they had determined that his DNA […]

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Dino Melaye charged to court again, admitted to bail

An Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Yusuf Halilu has granted bail to Senator Dino Melaye who was arraigned on an eight-count charge of evading arrest, conspiracy, resistance to arrest, failure to honour police invitation and intentionally giving false information to the public. While ruling on the application filed by Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Justice […]

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Buhari mourns those who died at Maiduguri APC rally

Nigerian President and APC presidential candidate in next month’s election, Muhammadu Buhari, last night said he deeply condoled with the families of those who lost their loved ones at Monday’s campaign rally in Maiduguri, Borno State. He also prayed for the quick recovery of those injured. A statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President […]

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Nigerian man arrested in US for scamming $78,000 from two Texas women (Photo)

A Nigerian man was arrested in Atlanta Georgia last Friday morning in connection to online scams in El Paso County, Texas. Officials with the El Paso County Sheriff’s office said the suspect, Kelly Itive allegedly convinced two women to send him $78,000 over the internet. Police said Itive was posing as a middle aged white […]

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