Two widows identified as Mrs. Martina Osom and Mrs. Rose Akom were beaten to death by youths of the Ebbaken community in Boje, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State for allegedly practicing witchcraft. According to an eyewitness also the son-in-law of one of the widows, both women were returning from early morning prayers on Saturday, August 27, when the youngsters accused them of initiating a member of the community into witchcraft. “They met my mother-in-law within the Church environment. As it was her tradition to weed and clean up the Church vicinity every Saturday immediately after the Morning Mass,” he…
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A housewife in Adamawa State, Laraba, whose husband, Elisha Tari, confessed to killing two of their children after the couple had earlier lost two to natural causes has narrated how she escaped death from her husband. Elisha who is currently being held by the police, narrated how he fatally stoned his last two children aged 3 and 5 because they disobeyed his instruction. Elisha who is of Himike village in Michika Local Government Area was apprehended after he was reported to the police for hitting his two sons to death with stones. The wife Laraba had earlier escaped from the husband on…
The Bauchi State Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested two vigilantes for allegedly gang-raping a married woman at gunpoint in the Ningi Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson of the Police Command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, August 30. The suspects identified as Lawali Sule, aged 30, and Babangida Shehu, aged 30, of Dogon-ruwa village, were arrested by the police detectives attached to Ningi Division. “On 25th August 2022, at about 0200hrs the two suspects conspired among themselves and stormed the house of one Alhaji Gare, all armed with Dane-gun broke…
A data processing agency on terrorism, Jihad Analytics, has described Nigeria as one of the largest spenders in the area of military expenditures. Nigeria also remains the second most attacked country by terrorist groups globally, according to the agency. The federal government has spent a total amount of N11.18 trillion on tackling insurgency in the country from 2015 to 2022, according to The Punch. The agency said that Nigeria recorded 305 attacks from January to June 2022, with Iraq being first with 337 and Syria third 142. This is happening against the backdrop of the claims by the President Muhammadu Buhari, that…
Landowners and residents of Oluwa Palace community, in the Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, have blamed policemen of the Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit and hoodlums for demolishing their houses and leaving them homeless. The hoodlums alongside the policemen stormed the community with bulldozers and destroyed over 50 structures, including houses, and shops, among other properties worth millions of naira. The residents, while lamenting over the event, said they were not issued a notice for the demolition, adding that people who lost their property had been traumatized over the development, The PUNCH reports. A resident in…
The Edo State Police Command on Wednesday, September 7, paraded a medical doctor, Abass Adebowale, for allegedly injecting a cab driver, Emmanuel Agbovinuere, to death in the Benin City area of the state. Adebowale, after committing the crime, allegedly carried Agbovinuere’s corpse to a bush and stole the victim’s Toyota Voltron car. He was said to have driven the car to the Osogbo area of Osun State where he was arrested by policemen on Monday, September 5. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, while addressing the press at the police command’s headquarters in Benin City, Edo State, said…
The Adeosun/Idi Orogbo Community in the Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State was thrown into shock on Sunday, September 4, when they found one of their landlords, Mr John Aderemi Abiola, dead in his room, almost four years after he was last seen in December 2018. The discovery was made after the community decided, with the approval of the police authorities, to go into his compound to clear the bush in his compound which had overgrown his fence into the next house, causing an invasion by reptiles, Nigerian Tribune reports. As 2019 crept into 2020, the residents started pondering on his…
Four women and a seven-month-old child have lost their lives after the canoe they boarded from Nguru, Yobe State, to Adiyani village in the Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa State, capsized on Tuesday, September 6. Police Public Relations Officer, Jigawa State Police Command, DSP Lawan Adam, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday, The PUNCH reports. DSP Adam stated that the canoe capsized when the victims were nearing their destination, adding that during the accident, the canoemen escaped, while the passengers drowned. He said, “On September 6, 2022, around 6 pm, information at our disposal revealed that around 4.30 pm,…
The Lagos state commissioner for physical planning and urban development, Dr. Idris Salako, has resigned after the recent building collapse in the state. The reason for his resignation is not known at the time of filing this report, however, it may be connected with the recurring collapse of buildings in the state. The state commissioner for information and strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, announced this in a statement on Monday, September 5. The statement partly reads, “The resignation of Dr. Salako is a prelude to the restructuring of the ministry and its agencies. “Governor Sanwo-Olu appreciates the commissioner for his services to…
Nine ladies trapped when a storey building around Akinwunmi Street, Mende, in the Maryland area of Lagos State, sunk due to torrential rainfall, have been rescued. This was disclosed in a statement by the Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye. Ibrahim stated that the agency’s officials were deployed to rescue the victims after receiving a distress call about the emergency, Punch reports. He said, “NEMA received a distressed alert on a sinking storey building where nine people are said to be trapped. The building is located at 47 Akinwunmi street, Akinwunmi North Estate, Mende, Maryland, Ikeja, Lagos. “The torrential…