News as it breaks
A total of 106 Nigerians were arrested in India last year for drug trafficking, making them one of the largest groups of foreign nationals implicated in the crime, according to a new report by the Indian Express. The report, which cited the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) annual data, revealed that…
Former defence minister Marguerite Gnakadé, a prominent critic of Togo’s long-serving leader Faure Gnassingbé, has been arrested in Lomé, security sources confirmed. Gnakadé, who is also the sister-in-law of President Gnassingbé, recently urged the military to side with the people and end decades of dynastic rule. “She was arrested for…
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a top National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) leader, Shamsideen Adio, popularly known as Shameleon, over allegations of assault and murder. Adio, 55, is currently in custody at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti-Yaba, where detectives are investigating…
The Delta State Police Command has uncovered a fake kidnapping staged by a newlywed woman who sought to defraud her family of N3 million to repay debts incurred from her wedding expenses. Spokesperson for the command, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the development in Asaba, revealing that what was initially treated…
A 25-year-old man, Michael Ikuedowoni, has died following a domestic altercation with his girlfriend, Augustina Mowari, in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The incident, which occurred over the weekend, reportedly stemmed from an argument over allegations of infidelity. According to witnesses, the confrontation escalated when Mowari allegedly stabbed…
Kano State authorities have arrested 11 students of Government Boarding Secondary School, Bichi, in connection with the gruesome murder of two fellow students in a shocking incident that has rocked the local community. The deceased students, identified as Hamza Idris Tofawa and Umar Yusuf Dungurawa, were reportedly attacked by their…
Following the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo, the Federal Government has said sanction would be extended to more countries like Uganda, Kenya and Niger Republic. “We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo,” the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman,…
Troops of Operation Desert Sanity in Maiduguri, Borno State, have arrested three soldiers for allegedly stealing ammunition. They were arrested during a covert operation at the motor parks along Njimtilo Road in Maiduguri. A military source told our correspondent that two of the soldiers were heading to Markudi, while one…
Mrs Mercy Bassey, the wife of a school teacher at Government Day Secondary School, Model, Jalingo, Bassey Sarduana, who was stabbed to death by a former pupil on November 11, 2023, talks to JUSTIN TYOPUUSU about the incident Can you confirm your relationship with the deceased? My name is Mrs…
The suspect was on their wanted list.
