‘How I Killed 20 Persons’ – Murder Confesses Shocking The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Saheed Wasiu, popularly known as K-Federal. According to a statement signed by Yemisi Opalola, the Command’s spokesperson, Wasiu was earlier wanted by the police for murder and cult related activities. The statement also revealed that the suspect is a member of the Rasheed Hammed, a.k.a. Oko-Ilu-led Eiye Confraternity and was arrested around Alusekere area, Ede, by detectives from the Special Anti-Cultism unit. She said, “On 07/05/2023 at about 1400hrs, upon tip-off received that, one Saheed Wasiu ‘m’ popularly known as K-Federal,…
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Blasphemy: Nigerians Demand Whereabouts Of Deborah Samuel’s Killers One Year After Exactly one year ago, on May 12, 2022, Deborah Emmanuel, a female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State was killed by Islamic extremists over blasphemy allegations against Prophet Mohammed. The 200-level student was set ablaze after she reportedly advised her classmates against posting religious contents on their WhatsApp group which was created for academic purposes. A motion picture of the student being stoned and beaten with sticks by her Muslim school-mates before setting her ablaze, was shared widely on all social media platforms. A few…
10th NASS Leadership: Heavy Crisis Rocks APC, Lawmakers Protest Zoning Arrangements The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday began moves to douse the tension generated by the zoning and endorsement of candidates for National Assembly principal offices. In reaction to the protests by aggrieved Senators and House of Representatives members, the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, said the National Working Committee (NWC) may revisit the zoning formula. He also said the protests have imposed on the party leadership the urgency of extensive consultations over zoning. APC had on Monday zoned the Senate President to the Southsouth, Deputy Senate President…
Policewoman Arrested For Allegedly Robbing PoS Operators The Osun State Police Command of Wednesday announced the arrest of a 24-year-old woman for impersonation. The suspect allegedly impersonated a police officer to rob different Point of Sale (POS) operators in Osogbo, the capital. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola told newsmen that she was taken into custody on Tuesday after her rescue from a mob. The personnel who saved her from lynching took her to Ata-Oja Police Division in Osogbo. “In April, the suspect went to a PoS stand and presented herself as a police officer serving at Ata-Oja Police…
Fresh Crisis Rocks APC Over Wike’s Ministerial Appointment There is disquiet in the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the somewhat strange romance between the Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike and the party’s hierarchy, especially the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. The development is causing upset among the APC members ahead of the inauguration of Tinubu as President and his formation of cabinet within six months. Against his own political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, the Governor is believed to have worked for the national ruling party during the 2023 presidential election. And this has intensified the…
BREAKING: Sudan: Bus Conveying Stranded Nigerians Catches Fire Again One of the buses conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, to Port Sudan where they will move into Saudi Arabia caught fire in the early hours of Monday. Twenty-six buses conveying the stranded Nigerians left Al Razi around 12:am on Monday for Port Sudan. “One of the buses conveying some 50 Nigerian students from Sudan with a tag number (Katsina 1) heading to Port Sudan as part of the second batch of FGN evacuation got damaged due to excessive heat from one of the vehicle’s tyres. “Dr Hashim Idris…
Man Hospitalised After Received Serious Beating From Wife A 56-year-old man, Edwin Ugwu, has recounted to an Ogba magistrate court in Lagos how his wife, Ebere, used to beat him up at the slightest provocation. The embattled husband said the constant battery got to its peak recently when his wife beat him to a coma and he was rushed to the hospital. The prosecutor, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, who said the couple resided on Lambe Iluyomade Street, Ago Okota area of Lagos, told the court that the couple had a disagreement which degenerated into a heated argument before the wife beat…
REVEALED: What Tinubu Want To Do To Compensate South East Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has assured the Southeast that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu will compensate the region for missing out on the Senate Presidency. Umahi assured that Tinubu would compensate the Southeast with other tangible positions for sacrificing the Senate Presidency seat. He spoke while addressing journalists at the Muhammadu Buhari International Airport, Onueke, Ebonyi State. According to Umahi: “Let it not be as if we are in opposition all the time. “Politics is all about dialogue; give and take. Since we did not get that, we will…
Woman Drags Father To Court Over Force Marriage Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Woman Drags Father To Court Over Force Marriage A 20-year-old woman, Fatima Aliyu, on Monday, prayed a Shari’a court in Kaduna, Kaduna State, to stop her father, Aliyu Muhammad, from forcing her to marry a stranger. Fatima, who spoke though her counsel, Malam Y. A. Bulama, told the court that she had someone she loved. Bulama said, “The father wants my client to marry a man in their village in Niger State. Right now she’s living in her auntie’s house because he threatened to take her…
Man Beats Wife To Coma Over Remote Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Man Beats Wife To Coma Over Remote A man identified as Moses Olapade has reportedly beaten his wife, Tinuke Olapade, to coma for refusing to hand over a television remote to him. The incident occurred at their residence, No. 9, Odama street in Oke-Aro area of Akure in Ondo State. According to sources, Olopade, who is a truck driver, returned from a journey on the day of the incident and wanted to watch a programme on the television. He reportedly asked his 44-year-old wife to hand over…