The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has identified an increasing trend of men becoming victims of sexual and gender-based violence in recent times. The agency’s Director General, Fatima Waziri-Aza, disclosed this at a workshop organised with support from FORD Foundation in Abuja. She stated that the cases border on physical violence,…
Troops of the Joint Task Force Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have rescued 31 kidnapped victims in Sokoto State. This is as the Northwest Operation under the command of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Major General Godwin Mutkut, intensified the onslaught and conducted a series of clearance operations to terrorists/bandits’…
The Lagos State Fire Service has said it had begun legal actions against one Waheed Balogun for assaulting an officer of the agency who was on duty in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. The Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Ololade Agboola, disclosed this in a statement made available to…
Police operatives in Bayelsa State have nabbed one of the killers of Late SP Bako Angbashim, former Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Ahoada Division, Rivers State. According to report, the arrested suspect whose name was given as Onyekachi Ikowa, male, 43 years, is the second in command to TuBaba, leader of the dreaded Icelander cult…
An apprentice carpenter identified as Onome, has reportedly been beaten to death by his master in Sapele, Delta State. According to witnesses, the event happened a few days ago at the master’s workshop on Sapele’s New Ogorode Road. It was learned that the apprentice’s supervisor, Orunor, had reprimanded him for allegedly arriving late to work….
The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, said it has handed over seized fake $10, 000 to officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Announcing this in a statement today, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Juliana Tomo, said a 41-year-old suspect, Ifeanachor Ugbor, was arrested in connection with the seizure. She said…
The Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Graft Commission, Muhuyi Magaji, has been arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja on a 10-count charge of corruption. The charges filed by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) include alleged breach of the code of conduct for public officers, conflict of interest, abuse…
The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, has cleared Oladokun Ayomide, a final-year student of the school, over the allegation of poisoning his girlfriend and another lady. Newsmen had earlier reported that the Ogun State Police Command arrested Ayomide for allegedly poisoning Ugbokwe Mmasichukwu and another lady, Odumosu Semilore. The police said the suspect administered a…
A 20-year-old wife, Amina Hassan, of Mubi North LGA, Adamawa State, has set her husband’s house ablaze for refusing to divorce her. Amina Hassan, from Shuware community in Mubi North, who married Muhammed Auwal about five weeks ago, revealed that there was a pre-wedding arrangement that the man would divorce her shortly after their marriage…
A woman identified as Sughshater Ushahemba from Mbadyur council ward in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State has been accused of poisoning her 11-month-old baby. It was gathered from the community that the woman allegedly fed the baby with a substance believed to be a chemical in the early hours of Saturday. Another source…