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The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Autdu Bosso, has denied any ransom payment for the release of 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and a civilian abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road. His position, however, contrasts with claims by relatives of some of the rescued victims, who said theyContinue Reading
A 24-year-old Sri Lankan migrant worker is facing execution in Saudi Arabia after an appellate court sentenced him to death over a Facebook comment deemed blasphemous, according to the BBC. Anoján Sivarasa was initially sentenced to five years in prison and fined three million Saudi riyals under the country’s cybercrimeContinue Reading
A notorious bandit kingpin, Kachalla Mu’azu, and six members of his gang have reportedly been killed during a clash between rival armed groups in Zamfara State. Counter-terrorism expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a statement posted on X on Wednesday. According to Makama, the incident occurred at about 7:30pm onContinue Reading
Four members of a family have died after a fire allegedly started by a nine-year-old boy destroyed their home in Karasuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State. The victims were the boy’s two stepmothers and two sisters, who were trapped inside the house when the incident occurred on August 21,Continue Reading
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos has remanded a couple, Obinyan Osenonome and his wife, Esther, along with six others, in the custody of the Ikoyi Correctional Centre over an alleged N710 million financial fraud. The couple and their co-defendants, Elvis Eghile, Egharevba Osarieyekemwen, Precious Irbhogbe,Continue Reading
The Irish government has spent nearly €77,000 to deport six Nigerian nationals described as “high risk.” This is coming after authorities determined they could not safely be removed from the country on commercial flights. The six men, who had collectively accumulated 75 criminal convictions while living in Ireland, were deportedContinue Reading
A 50-year-old murder suspect, Bethlehem Nwanlia, on Monday slumped and died at the Bayelsa State High Court in Yenagoa while awaiting judgment in a case involving conspiracy, kidnapping and multiple murders. Bayelsa Commissioner of Police, CP Ajao Adewale, The incident happened at the Justice Amadise Michael Ekadi, Court Eleven. NwanliaContinue Reading
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