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The Anambra State government has arrested a couple for starving their five-year-old daughter over alleged witchcraft. The state’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare Mrs. Ify Obinabo, told journalists on Thursday that the couple were arrested at Adazi-Ani, Anaocha local government area of the state. Obinabo said the state government intervened in the case following reports from the chairman …

Four persons were on Monday confirmed dead and three others sustained varying degrees of injuries when a luxury bus rammed into a truck on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway along the Abeokuta, Ogun State axis. Public Education Officer of the State Sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Florence Okpe, who confirmed the accident in a statement, attributed the incident to …

A Peer-to-Peer (P2P) crypto trader, Lawrence Success Karinate has been convicted by a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for computer related fraud. According to a statement issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)on Monday, Justice Nicholas Oweibo convicted Karinate who was prosecuted by its Lagos Zonal Command. According to the EFCC statement, Karinate was prosecuted on …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspected cattle rustlers in Jigawa State. The NSCDC spokesman in the state, Adamu Shehu, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday in Dutse. He said one of the suspects was arrested on July 29 while attempting to steal a cow at the residence of one Alhaji Umar Mande …

Rev Agbadamashi Emmanuel, an Anglican pastor, together with his wife and children have been reported kidnapped by gunmen along the East-West Road by Evwreni Junction, Warri, Delta State. The incident, which was confirmed to journalists in Warri on Monday morning by the Public Relations Officer of the Anglican Communion, Ughelli Diocese, Hon. Justice Iyasere, was said to have happened on …

President of Ladipo Auto Central Executive Committee (LACEC) Jude Nwankwo, has called in the Lagos State government to rethink its decision to shut the Ladipo Auto Spare Parts market in Mushin area of the state. He stated that Ladipo traders are law-abiding citizens, even as he also called on the traders to remain calm over the closure of their market. …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has revealed that deaths from road crashes reduced by 23.1 percent in the first nine months (January to September) of 2023 compared to same period of year 2022. The Corps further stated that it achieved a 22 percent reduction in road traffic crashes and 21.3 percent in injuries arising from road traffic crashes during …

The Commander of the 23 Armored Brigade, Yola, Adamawa State, Brig. Gen. Gambo Mohammed, has given reasons why soldiers invaded the State Police Command Headquarters on Tuesday, where a police Inspector identified as Jacob Daniel, was killed during a clash between military operatives and police officers. The State Police Commissioner, Afolabi Babatola, who confirmed the death of the Inspector in …

Afolabi Babatola, the commissioner of police for Adamawa state, on Wednesday denounced the recent altercation that took place between state police and military soldiers near Target Junction in the Yola North Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. Jacob Daniel, a police inspector, was killed in the attack on the police complex. According to Daily Trust, in the wee …

At least eight persons were injured in an auto crash at Anthony near the Ojota area of Lagos on Monday. The General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Bolaji Oreagba, confirmed the accident in a statement issued by the agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Taofiq Adedayo. He said that a LASTMA Commander, Mr. Popoola Olushola, led the …