The Department of State Security officer attached to the Osun State Command, identified as Seyi Adebowale, is said to have died from a stray bullet wound inflicted on him. The bullet was retrieved from the guns of a Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) operative identified as Sunday Dada during the commissioning of a bridge constructed by the Nigerian Army on September 15 in Kuta, Ayedire State Local Government Area. The source added that since the victim was rushed to the General Hospital at Iwo, where he was treated and stabilized, the incident did not even attract guest attention…
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In Kano, Hauwa, a jealous housewife, allegedly killed two of her children because of rivalry, and because her husband, Ibrahim Haruna Aminu, married a second wife. Yusuf, 5, and Zahra’u, 3, were identified as the deceased children. It was confirmed that the incident took place on Saturday morning in the village of Diso in the Kano State Local Government area of Gwale. Sadiq Haruna Aminu, the uncle of the deceased children, said that Hauwau, the wife of his brother and the mother of the deceased kids, had been living with envy and resentment ever since his brother married another wife,…
A Chief Priest has been stabbed in the Delta State for impregnating a Muslim woman. The Chief Priest of the Igbudu group in the Delta region of the Warri South Council, known as Victor Alawuru, was stabbed to death for allegedly impregnating a Muslim lady in the group axis of the Hausa Quarters on Degbori Lane. The InfoStride found that the ‘Hausa lady’ was impregnated by the victim, which did not go well with her Muslim parents, who are opposed to the relationship based on religious differences. Some other people in the region say that because he denied the pregnancy,…
Unlike Android, Apple was created in 1976 by Steve Jobs , Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in a workshop. Apple started as a pioneer of personal computers , making anything from laptops to portable media players today. Headquartered in Cupertino , California, the consumer electronics giant joined the iPhone mobile market in 2007 and the iPad tablet market in 2010, as well as the Apple Watch smartwatch market in 2014. Apple has built a number of continuity features that allow you to move work and information from one of its devices to another, and you will definitely save time with…
After she was allegedly raped several times in Lagos, a 13-year-old girl known as Favour Okechukwu was gruesomely murdered. It was also confirmed that on Wednesday, September 30, a 13-year-old girl was murdered by her rapists in the Ejigbo region of Lagos State. According to a statement released by the State Police Command Spokesman, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, at approximately 8.30 pm, Favour was sent on an errand by her mother to go and buy a Gala carton for her at Olanrewaju Lane, Ejigbo. search party was raised to look for her when Favor did not return on time; before her…
Ten individuals are being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for suspected involvement in internet fraud. The suspects were arrested by Commission members from the Ibadan Zonal Office at Ajinde Road, Akala-Expressway, Ibadan, in the early hours of Friday. Their arrest followed reliable intelligence and several weeks of surveillance at the venue, according to the anti-graft commission. A statement signed by the Zonal Head of Media and Publicity of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren, stated that at the point of detention, several fake documents were retrieved from the suspects. As soon as the inquiries are done, they will…
In what can be termed a bank robbery, some gunmen have attacked a new-generation bank in Iyin Ekiti region of Ekiti State on Friday. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident through a phone call to some newsmen. He said no injuries had been reported in the bank robbery, adding that the police team was working to launch a criminal gang manhunt. In addition, the robbers have not been found and are yet to be identified at the moment. However, reports from witness it was said that armed men left with hands full after the attack…
Following his act of sexual assault with a dog that had recently given birth, a Kenyan man known as Dickson was arrested. The 28-year-old Kenyan man was nabbed on Tuesday, September 30, committing animal bestialism. The incident took place in Kakamega District , Kenya, in Mulitu Village in Lumakanda, Lugari Constituency. “I had gone to buy vegetables from a nearby store”, according to the dog’s owner, Margaret Wachanzu; and upon returning home, i found the perpetrator in the act, Dickson Boyi. According to Margaret, “On arriving home, I heard my dog yelping in the hen house. I tiptoed to the…
A nursing mother, Blessing Bassey and her baby have been sleeping on the floor of one of the wards of Mojol Hospital, Church Lane, in the Shasha region of Lagos State, for seven months for the N95,000 hospital bill. It was concluded that nurses and doctors were directed by the hospital management to ensure that Blessing and her daughter did not leave the hospital premises. The 27-year-old and her child sleeping on the floor were discovered by our correspondent during a visit to the hospital. The nursing mother, Blessing, who cursed her fate, said her husband’s attempts to raise the…
The Sokoto State High Court Judge, Justice M. S. Sifawa has convicted and sentenced six internet fraudsters, popularly referred to as yahoo boys, to prison for fraud. Henry Chukwuma Uche (a.k.a Andrew Tucker James), Okereke Ifeayi Daniel, Iyiola Elvis Azuka, Onyeiwu Stanley Chibuike (a.k.a Jonathan Stavidris), Nwanaforo Daniel, Iyiola Elvis Azuka, Onyeiwu Stanley Chibuike (a.k.a Jonathan Stavidris), Nwanaforo Wilfred Chukwuka (a.k.a Manfred) and Nwanaforo Chibuike Shedrack, are the fraudsters, yahoo-boys, who were tried on a one-count separate charge of conspiracy and cheating by the Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. One of the charges reads:…
Police officials in Lagos have arrested a police inspector for attacking Innocent Adadu, a photojournalist, during a protest in the state’s Maryland city. This was stated in a statement released by Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the State Police Command spokesman. The police inspector was said to have struck the journalist, Kayode Jaiyeola, who works with The Punch Newspaper, with a stick, Adadu, attached to the Police Mobile Squad, injuring him. The Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, ordered the immediate detention of the officer in response to the growth. “The Police Commissioner, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered the immediate detention and orderly…
These days, the so-called “flying cars” may be all the news may be all we hear, howbeit Hyundai has formed a new team in Silicon Valley to build a production version of the future-oriented Elevate walking vehicle concept that was unveiled at CES in 2019. The vehicle is equipped with robotic legs with wheels instead of feet that allow it to drive like a car and also raise the body off the ground in a walking motion to cross rough terrain. In a statement by the vice president, Dr. John Suh, who is the director of the New Horizons Studio,…
The arena where the #RevolutionNow protesters are demanding an end to bad governance and leadership amongst the government of Nigeria has been raided by Nigerian police officers to arrest protesters. Numerically, the police have detained about thirty (30) people. Agba Jalingo, one of the core protesters, referring to the protest said,” We’re tired of Buhari, the Nigerian President and we want to tell the whole world that we’re tired. We are here to show them, even with all the police mobilization, our determination to challenge this administration. We will not be scared of them. Irrespective of what they do, we…
On Wednesday, September 30, the Nigerian Police Force paraded several alleged kidnappers, robbers and armed bandits detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) office in Abuja in various states. Among those paraded were seven armed robbery suspects connected to a deadly assault on a bullion van in the state of Ebonyi that claimed the lives of four policemen on 29 July 2020. Arms confiscated from robbers depicted in the Special Anti-Robbery Squad office of the Nigerian Police Force during the suspects’ parade in Abuja on 30 September 2020. 46-year-old Sunday Shoyemi, the gang leader, said it took them two days…
In the battle for the property of their late father, a 59-year-old woman identified as Maureen was allegedly assaulted by her elder brother in Enugu State. The 59-year-old woman twitches in pain, after being assaulted by her sibling. Human rights group, Women’s Aid Collective WACOL, who shared the story online; stated that the victim said their late father left the said property in her custody and made her promise to take care of the property; she also mentioned that her late father told her not transfer ownership to Mr Francis Egbujie. Women’s Aid Collective WACOL, a Human rights group which…
The Big Brother Nigeria 2020 edition, BBNAIJA LOCKDOWN finally came to an end on Sunday 27th of September, 2020, as Big Brother housemate, Laycon emerges the winner amongst five Fina contestants. The night started with a performance from Nigerian Music Star Fire boy DML as the audience waited for the verdict of who goes home with the grand price amongst the final Five (5) contestant. As the tension grew stronger Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, Vee, was first evicted from the show. This leaving four more contestant as they battled for the grand price. Neo followed Vee as he was…
A tumultuous chaos enveloped at Nsukka, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, after the incidence of the attempted murder of the chairman of the Ogige Market Traders Association Nsukka (OMATAN), Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Ozioko. The incidence was said to have been carried out by yet-to-be identified gunmen who shot at her. The chairman was said to have closed from the Ogige Market after the day’s trading when gunmen trailed her to her residence and shot her at a close range. Although she survived the assassination attempt by the whiskers, when she hit the gun which one of the…