A hit-and-run driver, identified as Dauda Bello, has been apprehended by the Lagos State Taskforce for reckless driving. The Taskforce Director, Press & Public Affairs, Gbadeyan Abduraheem, said in a statement that the incident, which occurred on Tuesday, January 21, left the victim, Oluwole Bukola, a resident of Ibafo, Ogun State, severely injured. …
A 2-year-old boy, and a man, 41, have been stabbed to de@th after a suspected asylum seeker armed with a knife ambushed a nursery group in Germany. The child and adult were k!lled in Schontal Park, located in the Bavarian town of Aschaffenburg, Germany, at around 11:45am. On Wednesday, Jan. 22. Local police said: “A 28-year-old man…
Police on Wednesday arraigned three persons for allegedly kidnapping and selling three children at the Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State. The defendants – Thank-God Taiwo (35), Patience Chikezie (54), and Folake Oluyinka (43) – were arraigned for conspiracy, kidnapping and human trafficking. The Magistrate, Mrs. O.O Fadairo, however, did not take their pleas but…
OWERRI – A 35-year-old businesswoman, identified as Edith Nwachukwu, has been arrested by the police in Imo State for battering her 13-year-old house help, Kelechi Ejieke. The suspect was apprehended on Tuesday evening, January 21, 2025, by operatives of the Owerri Urban Divisional Police Headquarters after the minor was rescued from her at the popular…
Turkish security agents have detained nine people in connection with a deadly fire that killed 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the western part of the country. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya who disclosed this early Wednesday, said the owner of the hotel has also been detained. Yerlikaya also revealed that the…
CALABAR – The Management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) has terminated the appointment of a locum radiographer following the death of a patient at the facility. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the radiographer was sacked for negligence of duty. A competent source, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN on Wednesday…
The legal battle over the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State took center stage on Tuesday as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, presented witnesses to contest the victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo. The PDP, represented by its counsel Abiodun Owonikoko, SAN, argued before…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), in collaboration with other security agencies, has arrested 90 foreign nationals in Rivers State for alleged involvement in cybercrime. Rivers State Comptroller of NIS, Y.I. Abdulmajeed confirmed the arrests in a statement on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Abdulmajeed said the operation, which was based on credible intelligence, targeted a hideout…
A woman, Oluwakemi Akala and two men, Onyekachi Aguguo and Tsolaye Eburajolo, were on Tuesday arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly dealing in 28 kilogrammes of Cannabis Indica. The trio are facing two counts bordering on conspiracy and importing of the hard drugs…
The Rivers State Police Command has apprehended five suspected cultists for allegedly kidnapping and k!lling a 34-year-old entertainer, Rowland Horsfall, in Port Harcourt. Rowland, popularly known as Speech Horsfall, a radio presenter, event host and OAP was abducted in September 2024. Spokesperson of the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement on Tuesday, January 21, 2025,…
