Breaking: R. Kelly gets 30 years jail term for sex crimes Singer R.Kelly was on Wednesday handed a 30 years jail term for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse. Details later…...
Gunmen attack Enugu bar neutralize pregnant woman, vigilante member There was tension in Enugu as gunmen invaded a drinking joint at Akwuke, Enugu South Local Government Area of the state and shot dead a pregnant woman and a vigilante member. The...
Gunmen kill 8 in naming ceremony State-owned news agency AIB, on Tuesday reported that gunmen stormed into a naming ceremony and killed eight people in Sandiaba village, central-east province Koulpelogo of Burkina Faso Gunmen kill 8 in naming ceremony State-owned news...
We’re not aware Amotekun arrested Owo massacre masterminds – Monarch, CAN The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, on Thursday said some suspects have been arrested in connection with the terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo. Terrorists...
JUST IN: Ondo Amotekun arrests suspected masterminds of Owo massacre The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed “Amotekun Corps” has confirmed that some suspects have been arrested in connection with the terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo. Related News...
No fewer than 18 lecturers in the nation’s tertiary institutions have been indicted and dismissed over sexual misconduct in one year, analysis of media reports by The PUNCH has revealed. The issue of sexual harassment has been recurring in Nigerian institutions...
Police to Portable: report or face arrest The Police in Ogun State have asked singer Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable to report for questioning over inciting violence or risk being arrested. The Zazu crooner was seen in a viral video asking his...
Gunmen have invaded a Celestial Church of Christ, Oshofa, Wasimi, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, abducting the Assistant Shepherd (assistant pastor) of the parish, Oluwaseun Ajose, and a Sunday school teacher, Dagunro Ayobami. Our correspondents gathered that...
Two lecturers of Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, have been sacked by the Governing Council of the institution over alleged sundry academic fraud. This was contained in a statement published in the University’s official bulletin made available to...
Four travellers were shot in the early hours of Sunday along Ijabe/Ila road in Osun State by some men bearing arms. The victims were said to be travelling in a vehicle heading towards Ijabe from Ila-Orangun when some armed men opened...
Suspected attackers of the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, have been reportedly arrested. A trending video shows a crowd protesting within the palace of the Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye. One of them could be heard saying:...
No fewer than 140 suspected internet fraudsters popularlly known as ‘Yahoo Boys’ have been arrested in Ikorodu area of Lagos. However, four of them were released as no incriminating item was found on them. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
The Senate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has moved against a former chairperson of the institution’s governing council, Wale Babalakin. At its meeting of December 22, 2021, the Senate, led by the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, declared Mr Babalakin, an...
No fewer than six persons were shot dead at Sabo Area of Ondo town, Ondo State on Wednesday night by some men suspected to be bandits. This came 72 hours after some terrorists attacked St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, killing about...
A two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father in Florida after his parents left a loaded gun unattended, local authorities said on Monday. When police officers, alerted by a 911 call, arrived at the victim’s home near Orlando on May...
Aftermath of Sunday’s terrorists attack at the St. Francis Catholic church, Owo that killed over 50 people, the Police Force headquarters has disclosed that Explosive Ordinance Experts discovered three (3) unexploded bombs at the church premises. Also recovered by Police Investigators...
There was pandemonium at Uti junction in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State on Sunday as gunmen shot dead a policeman conveyed on a motorcycle, and escaped with the service rifles on him. Witnesses said that the motorcycle rider...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and sadness over the heinous killing of worshippers on Sunday at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, in Ondo State. President Buhari in his condemnation of the dastardly act said that eternal...
Unknown gunmen reportedly shot dead two people and abducted unspecified number of people along Obbo Ayegunle- Osi road in Ekiti local government area of Kwara state. Vanguard reliably gathered that the incident happened on Saturday when the gunmen attacked an 18-seater...
An explosion on Sunday rocked the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in Owo town, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State capital. It was gathered that some worshippers were feared killed as a result of the incident. The explosion, reportedly...