Metro

84-yr-old man kills 75-yr-old wife over s3x in Edo

An 84-year-old man identified as Gabriel Ahuwa, has been arrested by the police in Edo State, south-south Nigeria, for allegedly killing his 75-year-old wife denying him s3x. The octogenarian, according to the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Chidi Nwabuzor, was arrested on Wednesday after family members reported the matter to the police. While addressing a news conference in …

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82 Boko Haram fighters reportedly killed in inter-ethnic clash in Borno

Eighty-two fighters of the terrorists’ group, Boko Haram have been reportedly killed during an inter-ethnic clash in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, Daily Trust reports, quoting local and security sources living in Baga and areas along Lake Chad fringes. The clash, according to the report, was triggered by the killing of seven Boko Haram fighters from the Buduma …

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Court convicts 19 for illegal waste disposal in Lagos

A Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Oshodi on Friday, convicted 19 persons for indiscriminate waste dumping in contravention of the state’s environmental law. The presiding Magistrate, Ademola Adesanya who convicted the suspects out of a total of 24 accused brought before the court, said after careful consideration, 19 of them were guilty as charged. In convicting them, the Magistrate …

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Niger Gov Bago raises alarm over increased activities of bandits

Governor Muhammed Bago of Niger State has raised an alarm over the latest insurge of bandits and other criminal elements into the state which he said has forced farmers and thousands of residents to flee from their homes and communities. Bago who lamented the nefarious activities of bandits, cattle rustlers and illegal miners among other criminalities in the state while …

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Saraki’s Foundation helps with medical bills of ailing actor Mr Ibu

Succour has come the way of ailing Nollywood actor John Okafor popularly known as Mr Ibu after the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation offered to cover his medical bills. The good news was made known to the delight of many in a statement shared on the foundation’s official Facebook page on Friday. The statement revealed that the foundation promptly paid off …

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Husband, wife arraigned over alleged N410m fraud in Kano

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Aisha Salihu Malkohi (a.k.a Ummitah, Arab Money) and her husband, Abubakar Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud (at large) on five- count charges bordering on misappropriation of funds to the tune of NN410,518,000. They were arraigned on Friday, December 8, 2023 before Justice Aisha Mahmud of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano …

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Troops rescue 17 kidnapped persons in Zamfara

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 17 kidnapped victims and recovered rustled cows in Zamfara State. The Force Information Officer, Operation Hadarin Daji, Capt. Yahaya Ibrahim, confirmed the news in a statement on Friday in Gusau. He added that the troops rescued two victims and recovered a commercial vehicle carrying foodstuff along Corner Jollof in the Shinkafi local government …

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Five women die as container crushes bus in Anambra

At least five women died when a container crushed a commercial bus in Anambra State on Friday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to journalists in Awka. He said the container fell off a trailer and crushed the nearby bus along the Nteje-Awka Road at 7:30 a.m., …

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Tragedy as truck rams into market, kills woman in Onitsha

A 40-foot trailer with a faulty brake system on Thursday evening killed a middle-aged female pedestrian along the Ezeiweka axis of the Onitsha-Owerri Road, an official of FRSC has confirmed. FRSC’s Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Awka, the state capital. “According to eyewitnesses, the trailer was …

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Police in Delta arrests school principal for allegedly defiling four-year-old girl

The proprietor of Great Leaders International School in Agbor-Obi has been taken into custody, according to the Delta State Command of the Nigerian Police Force, on suspicion of raping a four-year-old female student. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, made this disclosure in response to a social media post on Thursday. Edafe said that the police …

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