Crime

Chidinma Ojukwu: I didn’t Report Ataga’s Death Due To Fear

Chidinma Ojukwu, the 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, who was arrested last Wednesday, over the murder of Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in a service apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State

A University of Lagos 300-level student on trial for the alleged murder of Super TV CEO Michael Ataga, Chidinma Ojukwu, told a Lagos State High Court on Monday that she refrained from reporting the incident to the police because she was afraid of being falsely implicated. Chidinma, who testified before Justice Yetunde Adesanya in the court’s Tafawa Balewa Square division, explained that she was reluctant to do so because she had seen people accused after reporting crimes in the past. She also said that, out of nervousness, she had thought of calling the apartment’s security man but ended the conversation.Read More

UN Urges NHRC To Probe 27,858 Torture Cases In Nigeria

United Nations (UN)

The United Nations Committee against Torture has urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), to investigate 27,858 complaints of torture in Nigeria. Noting that the Commission has a mandate to Read More

Scores Reported Dead In Kebbi As Bandits Attack, Burn Corpses

Bandits

Scores of residents have been feared killed in a midnight raid by bandits in Kebbi State, Flavision has learnt. It was gathered that the bandits in their large numbers invaded Read More

Gunmen Abduct Another Traditional Ruler In Plateau

Gunmen

Gunmen have kidnapped the Da Gwom Rwei of Vwang District in the Jos-South Local Government Area of Plateau State, HRH. Da Gyang Balak Gut. It was gathered that the monarch Read More

Kidnappers In Military Uniform Abduct Two Federal Workers On Lagos-Ibadan Road, Demand N40million

Bandits and kidnappers with their victims

Two staff of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) have been abducted around the Isara axis of Lagos-Ibadan expressway end of Ogun State. The victims were said to Read More

Bandits’ Leader, Turji With 150 Groups In Zamfara Flees To South-West Forest – Federal Lawmaker

Notorious bandits’ leader, Bello Turji

A federal lawmaker representing Gummi/Bukkuyum Federal Constituency in Zamfara State in the House of Representatives, Suleiman Abubakar Gumi, has said that a notorious bandits’ leader, Bello Turji, who controlled over Read More

Banditry: Katsina Government Reopens Filling Stations, Cattle Markets In Troubled Areas Five Months After Closure

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has ordered the immediate reopening of all filling stations and cattle markets earlier closed as a result of cattle rustling and banditry in the Read More

Police Arrest Woman For Pouring Hot Water On Daughter’s Breast In Delta

Police arrest

Policemen from Ekpan under Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State have arrested a woman, Mrs Nwankwo, for allegedly pouring hot water on the breast of her 20-year-old daughter identified Read More

Terrorists Attack Southern Borno Community

Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist group

Members of the Islamic State West Africa Province terrorist group have launched an attack on Mainahari community near Wakabiu in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. Reports had it Read More

Man Stabbed To Death After Disagreement With Bouncer At Lagos Nightclub

Knife stabbing

A man, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, has been stabbed to death in Lagos following a fight, which broke out at a nightclub located in the Iju area Read More

Ondo Women Protest Half-naked Over Insecurity

Akure, Ondo State

Hundreds of women across four local government areas in Ondo State on Saturday protested against worsening security challenges in the area. The women, who took to the streets of Oka Read More

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