A 36-year-old labourer identified as Abdullahi Garba has been arraigned before a Sharia Court in Kano State for allegedly stealing an amplifier worth N80,000 from a mosque. The suspect who resides at resides in Kawon Lambu Hotoro, Nasarawa Local Government in Kano, was arraigned on Monday, March 18, on …
Read More »The spirit told me to do it – Labourer beheads farmer in Ondo after taking meth and marijuana
An Akure Chief Magistrate Court has ordered the remand of a 24-year-old labourer, Sunday Clement in Olokuta Correctional Centre, for allegedly beheading a 30-year-old farmer, Taye Alatoye. Clement, whose address was not provided, was arrested by men of Ondo State Police Command after he allegedly killed the victim on …
Read More »Labourer claims self-defense after k*lling man with machete in Ondo
An Akure Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 27 -year-old labourer, Paul Agbor at the Olokuta Correctional Centre, for allegedly killing one John Udor, 25, with a machete in Ondo state. The police charged Agbor, who lives in Oke-Igbo, with murder. The prosecutor, Inspector Mary …
Read More »Labourer hacks 4 female farmers to death in Enugu community after allegedly taking ‘Mkpuru Mmiri’
Tragedy has hit Nkerefi community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State following the killing of four female farmers by one of the labourers hired to work in the farm. According to BBC News Igbo, the incident happened on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, while the women and …
Read More »Labourer falls and dies in Lagos church soakaway
A labourer identified simply as Dogo died after falling into a septic tank belonging to a church in Badore, Ajah area of Lagos State on FridayJune 2. According to reports, Dogo was contracted by the church to evacuate its septic tank. While carrying out the job, Dogo reportedly fell …
Read More »Police parade suspected cultists and a farm labourer who allegedly raped 80-year-old grandmother to death in Ondo
Ondo State Ondo Police Command has paraded a farm labourer, Mima Chinecherem, who alleged raped an 80-year-old grandmother, Madam Felicia Aderibigbe, to death. Chinecherem, 27, from Ebonyi State, was paraded on Tuesday, May 23, alongside 18 other suspects arrested for various crimes in different parts of …
Read More »Togolese labourer arrested for allegedly killing his landlady in Ondo
Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old Togolese labourer, Gbegele Mustapha, for allegedly murdering his landlady and house wife, Mrs. Adijat Olaoye, in an attempt to rape her inside her room. Mustapha was paraded on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, alongside other suspects arrested for different crimes in different …
Read More »Farm labourer sentenced to life imprisonment for raping teenager in Lagos
A farm labourer, Isiaka Adeoye, who raped a 17-year-old girl was on Wednesday October 12, sentenced to life imprisonment, by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos State. Asides ruling that the prosecution proved the charge of defilement against the convict beyond reasonable doubt, Justice Soladoye …
Read More »Former Child Labourer Free Quality Education Key to Ending Child Labour
Lucky Agbavor survived child labour in Ghana and put himself through school by selling ice cream. The Pentecostal Church pays for his tuition during his nursing studies, but he still sells juice to put food on the table. Credit: Cecilia Russell/IPS by Fawzia Moodley (durban) Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Inter Press …
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