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One Ekelediri Nwankwo, a Rivers man, has narrated how his wife, Hope Nwala allegedly bathed him with hot groundnut oil in the Okehi community in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. According to Nwankwo, he had been having a running battle with his wife over the attitude of her younger sister who lived with them. Narrating the incident to …

At least two persons were confirmed dead and one other injured in an auto crash on the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway on Friday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Mr. Anthony Uga, who confirmed the incident to journalists in Ota, said the accident occurred at 5:10 a.m., on Friday. He added that two vehicles and …

Police on Wednesday arraigned a 39-year-old school proprietor, Paul Okungbowa, at the Oredo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, for alleged breach of peace and negligence. Okungbowa, who is the of Calvary Crown Academy, was arraigned alongside three teachers – Blessing Osarodion (27), Esosa Egharavba (29), and Isioma Nimen (35). The proprietor was arraigned on a two-count charge of …

At least two persons were confirmed dead and three others injured in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday. The spokesman for the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta. He said the accident which involved a Mazda bus occurred opposite the Conoil filling station after the expressway’s interchange at …

The Cross River State Commissioner for Wonem Affairs, Mrs Edema Irom, has confirmed that the State recorded a total of 586 cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) between January and October, 2023. Irom who was addressing a press conference in Calabar on Saturday to kick-start 16 days of activism against GBV, said the figure only represented cases reported officially to the …

Police on Friday arraigned two men – Ilesanmi Vincent and Ajayi Mohammed – at the Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on criminal charges. The defendants were arraigned on a two-count charge of theft and malicious damage. The police prosecutor, Johnson Okunade, told the court that the duo committed the offence at about 9:00 p.m., on September 1 in Ikole-Ekiti. He alleged …

A “motor boy” died in an accident in the Anthony area of Lagos State on Saturday morning. The spokesman for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Adebayo Taofiq, who confirmed the news in a statement, said an articulated with registration number T 20345 LA was involved in the accident. He said the driver of the truck was found unconscious …

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, on Wednesday, disclosed that the state has taken delivery of 3000 bags of rice from the Federal Government as part of palliatives to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy. Eno disclosed this while inaugurating an 18–man committee to handle the distribution of palliatives to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy …

Eight persons died in an auto crash along the Omu-Aran-Ilorin Highway in Irepodun local government area of Kwara State on Friday night. The Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr. Stephen Dawulung, said in a statement issued by the agency’s spokesman in the state, Mr. Busari Basambo, on Saturday in Ilorin that an articulated vehicle …

Police operatives in Zamfara have arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a reporter with the Voice of Nigeria (VON) in the state, Hamisu Danjibga. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Shehu, paraded the suspects at a press briefing on Tuesday in Gusau. He said the suspects were Danjigba’s nephew, Mansur Haruna, and his friend, Ibrahim Garba, both …