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Woman arrested for allegedly using razor blade to inflict injury on ten-year-old boy because he stole N600.   The police in Ogun state have arrested a middle-aged woman identified as Odeale Fatimah for using a razor blade to inflict injuries on a ten-year-old boy identified as Olasunkanmi Oluwadamilara,    A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola …

Several people including vigilantes were allegedly k!lled in a military airstrike in Tungar Kara village, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.   Garba Umar, a resident of the area, told Punch that the incident occurred on Saturday evening, January 11, 2025, as local vigilantes were heading to assist neighbours in Tungar Kara village, which had come under attack by …

An advocacy group in South Africa has mourned an 11-year-old girl, Boitumelo Ranyamatsane, 11, who was allegedly r3ped and m8rdered by her 50-year-old neighbour.     The group in a statement on Tuesday, January 7, 2024, said Boitumelo’s lifeless body was found on the railway tracks in Bohlokong, Free State, on 29 December 2024.     It’s alleged that the …

A federal high court in Abuja has granted the interim forfeiture of N228.4 million linked to Theodore Orji, the former governor of Abia State, over alleged money laundering.   Orji served as the governor of Abia from 2007 to 2015 and later as a senator representing Abia Central District between 2015 and 2023. The presiding judge, Emeka Nwite, issued the …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) today January 6, sealed a Chinese supermarket for allegedly selling goods labelled in Chinese language without its proper notification.   Speaking with newsmen after the exercise, NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Shaba Mohammed, said that the agency got ‘credible information’ about the supermarket situated at Azba Mall, 2 …

Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in Abuja has granted a N10 million bail to Olamide Thomas, a Nigerian woman who allegedly threatened Seyi Tinubu and the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, with a de@th threat on social media.    The court ruled that she must also provide one surety in like sum.   While delivering judgment …

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man, Daniel Onyejekwe, for the m8rder of one Christian Goodluck in Sapele on New Year’s Day.   The spokesperson of the command, SP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, January 5, 2025   According to the PPRO, Onyejekwe claimed he saw Goodluck quarrelling with and assaulting his …

A 27-year-old woman identified as Fatima Dzuma has been arrested for k!lling her 25-year-old husband, Baba Aliyu, in Lafiyagi Dzwafu village in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State.   Dzuma was said to have married Baba three years ago as his second wife after divorcing her first husband, but she had not given birth to Baba, while Baba’s first …

The police in Delta state have arrested a man identified as Mr Okandeji for allegedly hiring thugs to assault his daughter’s boyfriend, 35-year-old Ochuko Ikolo, resulting in the latter’s de@th.   Human Rights activist, Comrade Israel Joe, who disclosed this on social media, said the incident occurred on December 12, 2024, at Bright Hope Street in Uvwie Local Government Area …

Goodhair CEO, Chioma Ikokwu has taken to Instagram to call out officials of the Lagos State government for allegedly trying to steal from her while demolishing her office space.   According to her, officials from the Lagos State Building Control came today to demolish the premises where she runs her hair business and restaurant in Lekki. She said while she …