US-based Nigerian Doctor Reportedly Takes Own Life Over $15,000 Child Support Dispute

A 36-year-old US-based Nigerian cardiologist, Ikenna Erinne, has reportedly committed suicide after losing a child support case to his ex-wife.   The Anambra-state-born doctor allegedly took his own life on Sunday, January 26, 2025 following a prolonged divorce battle with his estranged wife, including the custody of their children.   It was gathered that Erinne…

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Businessman Has Surgery to Remove 81 Cocaine Wraps From Stomach a Week After Ingestion

In a near-death experience, a 59-year-old businessman Chijioke Nnanna Igbokwe underwent a surgery, exploratory laparotomy, to let out 57 out of 81 pellets of cocaine stuck in his stomach seven days after he ingested the illicit substance in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Igbokwe was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at…

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FCT Police Save Woman from Alleged Ritualist Posing as Online Love Interest

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has successfully rescued a young woman from the clutches of a suspected armed robber and ritual!st, launching an immediate manhunt for the fleeing suspect. A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, says On January 31, 2025, at approximately 11:30am, said the Command received a distress…

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Suspended Adamawa REC Fails in Effort to Halt Trial

A high court in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, has dismissed an application by Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to halt the case against him. The presiding judge, Benjamin Manji, rejected Yunusa-Ari’s request to stay proceedings indefinitely, pending the judgment of an appeal filed at…

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