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The Niger State Police Command has arrested a suspected drug addict for culpable homicide in Bangi, Mariga Local Government Area of the state.     Spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement at the weekend said the suspect, Hashimu Sani, stabbed one Musa Bala, to d3ath with a knife.     According to the …

Former Nigerian military ruler, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has stated that the coup led by Major Kaduna Nzeogwu in 1966 was not an Igbo coup, refuting longstanding claims of ethnic motivation behind the military takeover.   According to excerpts from A Journey in Service, the coup was not driven by Igbo ethnic interests. The book highlights that Nzeogwu, the …

Rangers fans will look forward to the visit of former Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham boss Mourinho to Ibrox in three weeks’ time. His Fenerbahce team sit second in Turkey’s Super Lig table, six points behind leaders Galatasaray with 13 games left. Manchester United and Real Sociedad met as recently as the 2022-23 season. After Sociedad secured a 1-0 win …

A man who “exhibited fixated behaviour” towards British tennis player Emma Raducanu was detained and given a restraining order, Dubai Police said. An clearly upset Raducanu was seen hiding behind the umpire’s chair two games into a second-round defeat at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday. Raducanu, 22, had spotted the man in the first few rows of the stand …

An acid attack victim’s eye has been saved by a donated placenta. Battery acid was squirted in the face of  Paul Laskey, 43, after his 16 year old son was mugged at knifepoint. His left eye ‘melted’ away after the attack and his vision was saved by a ‘life-changing’ medical procedure using a donated placenta. When the plumber and heating …

A ‘mentally unstable’ man identified as Ibekwe Augustine James, has allegedly m8rdered his sister, Chinonso Nwabali James and her twin babies in Abia State. The incident occurred on the night of Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at Umuokogbuo, at Ndagbo Community, in Afara of Umuahia North Local Government Area of the state.    According to a source, a family member caught …

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 32-year old man, Emmanuel Fasuyi, in a Magistrates’ Court in Akure for allegedly k!lling his 65-year neighbour, Grace Ogunsulire after stealing from her house.      The police charged Fasuyi with one count of murder.      The Prosecution Counsel, Owolabi Edu told the court that the offence was committed on September 16, 2024  …

One George Viktor Nta has called out a Calabar-based pastor, apostle Israel John, over his comment on the report of an Akwa Ibom school vice principal who allegedly impregnated a 13-year-old JSS3 student in Uyo, AKwa Ibom State.     A journalist, Ubon Marcus reported about the incident in a Facebook post on Tuesday, describing it as ‘terrible’.      …

A man was behe@ded on Monday, Feb. 18, in Akparata village, Effium autonomous community in Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi State.  Godwin Odah was k!lled and behe@ded at the back of his compound in Akparata village. Afterwards, other parts of his body were chopped up.  Reacting to the incident, the Ebonyi State Police Spokesperson, ASP Joshua Ukandu, said the …

A 94-year-old man, Adedapo Idowu, has registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).  Idowu, who registered at the JAMB Professional Test Center in Ibadan, Oyo State, said he did sofulfilfill his long-standing aspiration of studying Political Science at the University of Ibadan.  The 2025 UTME registration started on January 31.  Last week, JAMB revealed that over 700,000 candidates …