BURNING HOUSE Three children identified as Chiemerie Nwafor, Onyedika Nwafor and Esther Nwafor have been burnt beyond recognition in a shop owned by their mother, Mrs Blessing Nwafor. It was gathered that Mrs Nwafor left the children in a container, which she uses as shop in Awada area of Onitsha, when the mysterious fire suddenly … Read more
Three teenagers who allegedly gang-raped an 18-year-old girl were on Monday remanded in Kirikiri prison by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs olufunke Sule-Amzat, refused to grant the bail application for the accused persons and ordered their remand in prison. The accused, Wasiu Lawal, 18; Tosin Taoreed, 18, and Peter Joseph, 19, … Read more
The Rivers State Police Command says it is investigating a case of homicide in the case of Patrick Arcibong, the man who allegedly strangled his four children and killed himself in Alesa, Eleme Local Government Area of the state. The decision of the Police may not be unconnected to the eyewitness’ accounts of some of … Read more
The General Overseer of the Bible Christian Crusade Mission (BCCM), Pastor Joseph Okoro, has been kidnapped. Pastor Okoro was kidnapped on Wednesday night in the Church by unknown gunmen. It was gathered that the incident, which occurred at about 8;45 pm Wednesday at the Church Headquarters located at 55 Webber Street,Calabar-South Local Government Area took … Read more
Suspected ritualists have reportedly kidnapped a 13-day-old baby at Ajowa-Akoko in Akoko North-West local government area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the incident happened at Uro Quarters area of the town when the mother of the baby was said to be in deep sleep. According to one of the residents of the town, … Read more
The Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole of the Nigerian Army has suspended the Operations of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in the North East, till further notice. In a statement by the Deputy Director Public Relations, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu and made available to Naija News, today, UNICEF has abdicated its primary duty … Read more
The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) on Saturday, said two persons died while six others sustained various degrees of injury in an accident involving four vehicles near Kara Bridge on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Mr. Akinbiyi Babatunde, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of TRACE, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in … Read more
The trailer of the much anticipated movie “Aquaman” has been released online. According to Comic Book, the trailer was released ahead of the movie’s premiere this holiday season, so that fans can have a view of the DC Comics’ King of Atlantis, especially the scene which shows the character squaring off against Black Manta. Aquaman … Read more
After the Leicester meeting on Saturday, the club owner’s helicopter crashed near the stadium. The Thai billionaire would have died in the accident. England football is in shock. Leicester owner’s helicopter, Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, crashed near the stadium on Saturday night after Claude Puel’s Foxes meet West Ham (1-1). According to Canal +, there … Read more
Some things do not add up. Some information went out to the authorities that a brothel in Kubwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was a thriving centre for not just teenage prostitution but also child trafficking. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) briefed its officers. The police … Read more
Hundreds of passengers are reportedly stranded at the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2(MMA2) on Wednesday, as aviation unions carried out their shutdown threat over the sack of workers by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited. The unions involved in the shutdown are Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), the National Union … Read more
No fewer than 23 cows have been killed by thunder in Ekiti State. NAN reports that the incident, which occurred at Okeowa Eluju, a farmstead in Iloro-Ekiti, Ijero Local Government Area of the state, has caused apprehension among local residents. While confirming the incident, a Fulani herder and owner of the dead cows, Abdulkadri Kadiri, … Read more
A commercial bus driver, Raheem Bolarinwa, has died after a tin-tomato laden truck fell on his bus in the Mushin area of Lagos. It was gathered that the truck driver, who was driving against traffic, had hit a median while trying to take a U-turn. The truck reportedly lost its balance and fell on the … Read more
– A Nigerian undergraduate identified as Daniel Chukwuebuka Udechukwu has opened up about his daily job – According to Daniel, many people suspect him to be making money illegally because he lives ‘large’ – He revealed that asides school, he works as a taxi driver and makes between 20-40,000 weekly It’s no news that unemployment … Read more
However, it is interesting to note that there are still some selfless people around who would act kindly without any hope of getting a reward. A Twitter user, identified Abbas (@_MrSIMPLE_), shared the wonderful experience he had after he helped a pregnant woman and her mother get to the hospital. According to Abbas, he saw … Read more
Iraqi model and Instagram starlet Tara Fares has been shot dead at the wheel of her Porsche convertible in central Baghdad, sending ripples through social media circles. Tara Fares The interior ministry opened a probe into Thursday’s murder of the 22-year-old who suffered “three fatal bullet wounds” as she drove through the capital’s Camp Sarah … Read more
