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Police Arrest Special Adviser to Kogi State Governor Over Okene Killings

The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, Mr. Muhammed Katsina, on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a Special Adviser to Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya
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31-year-old woman stabs and kills fiance on wedding day

An eastern Pennsylvania woman who was supposed to be spending her first full day as a newlywed was instead in jail Sunday, accused of killing...
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Bayelsa State Police officer arrested for killing driver

The Bayelsa State Police Command on Monday evening confirmed the arrest of a police officer attached to MOPOL 30 Squadron in connection with the killing...
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Police Nab Suspected Kidnapper, Release 2 kids

WARRI—POLICE in Delta State have set free two kids; Master Udesen Akpere and Master Akposere Akpere, aged four years respectively, who were abducted in Amukolo...
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OPC Warns Boko Haram Against Attacks in S’West

The Oodua Peoples Congress has warned the Boko Haram sect not to extend its activities to the South-West region to avoid reprisals capable of causing...
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Murder of Monarch: Abia Police Arrest 20 Suspects

UMUAHIA—ABIA State Police Command has said no fewer than 20 suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of the traditional ruler of Ugwuleru...
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Buju Banton's Transcripts of Audio Recording of Cocaine Meeting

CS: Let me ask you. With the ..... I hate to say, ask, with the cocaine, cocaina.MYRIE:  YeahCS:  You friends.  They wanna bring it here...
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Nigeria Drops Charges Against Eight Russians Smugglers

A Nigerian court dismissed charges against eight of 15 Russian seamen arrested in October for alleged illegal arms possession, but set a trial date for...

John Terver, 21 Year Old Father Poisons, Kills Three-Year-Old Son In Benue

A 21 year old man, John Terver has been arrested by the Police in Makurdi for allegedly poisoning the food of his three year old...

FG drops charges against Russian sailors for alleged unlawful arms importation

Lagos – The Federal Government on Tuesday dropped the charges against eight out of the 15 Russian sailors charged with unlawful importation of arms into...

Father arraigned for beating his 14-yr-old child

Ibadan – A 43-year-old man, Lekan Adeoye,  on Tuesday appeared before an Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court  for allegedly beating and inflicting injury on his 14-year-old...

11-yr-old Orphan Molested To Death In Anambra

An 11-year-old girl, Chinecherem from Uruagu Nnewi, Anambra State who was allegedly Molested by a 32-year-old son of her mistress is reportedly died. Chinecherem, an orphan...

Kwara Student Shot By Policeman Recovering From Bullet Wounds

A student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ahmed Dayo, allegedly shot by a policeman has undergone two operations to remove bullets from his legs and...

Bomb discovered in Imo 40 years after the Nigerian civil war

A family in Umuoma Autonomous Community, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, was shocked at the weekend to discover undetonated dynamite buried in...

Okeke Allegation: Falana Denies Ever Appearing For Mrs. Ibru

The intrigues surrounding allegation by retired Justice Okechukwu Okeke of the Federal High Court that a Justice of the Supreme Court tried to influence a...

Henrietta Samugana, Oluwatobi And Olaseni Adegbenro, Nigerians In UK Jailed For Fraud

UK -- Three Nigerians who tried to trick their way to a new life in the UK through sham marriage and illegal employment have been...

Man sues Dantata and Sawoe for N50m over loss of eye

Abuja – A former employee of Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company in Abuja, Mr Shedrack Ishiekweme, has sued the company, claiming N50 million for the...

55 Year Old Headmaster Arraigned For Inserting Finger In 8-Yr-Old Pupil’s Private Parts

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arraigned a 55-year-old headmaster of a private nursery and primary school in Akaba community, Yenagoa Local Government, Bayelsa State,...

Man, 26, steals cell phone in court

 A Kaduna Sharia Court Two, Magajin Gari, on Friday ordered one Ayuba Haruna, 26, to be remanded in prison custody for two weeks after he...

Chijioke Asogwa, Taxi Driver Imprisoned For Obstructing Traffic

An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a taxi driver, Chijioke Asogwa of Mararaba, Nasarawa State to two months in prison for causing obstruction. The...

One Person Killed, Two Injured As Container Drops In Sango

One person was killed Friday afternoon while two others were seriously injured when a truck carrying a container lost control and crushed a hawker of...

Lucky Bench: Police Camera Bust several Couples doing their Thing on a Public Bench

Kenya has been put on the international map for 'sxe on the bench'. Kenya was hit with a bush sxe scandal in March 2011 when several shots of...

Taxi driver bags 2 months imprisonment for obstructing traffic

An Abuja Senior Magistrates' Court on Friday sentenced a taxi driver, Chijioke Asogwa of Mararaba, Nasarawa State to two months in prison for causing obstruction. The...

Man Murders Prostitute After She Refused To Sleep With Him

A jury acquitted a man of murder after he argued that he didn't intend to kill an escort whom he offered $150 for sex. Ezekiel Gilbert,...

EFCC Press Release: EFCC Arraigns Four For N209m Fraud

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Suicide Bomber Dies In Failed Attack

A suspected Islamist suicide bomber blew himself up but caused no other casualties in an attack in the northern Malian city of Kidal, the bastion...

Don’t victimise repentant B’Haram members – Abdulsalami

FORMER Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar has appealed to members of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenge in the...

Riot at Anambra State University after two students are killed by unknown gunmen

There was riot in Igbariam campus in Anambra State University this morning. Although, things have died down a bit. According to unconfirmed reports gathered from students...

CBN reacts to report on Sanusi Lamido Sanusi's sexapades

If you missed the premium Times report on Sanusi Lamido Sanusi's sexapades and abuse of office, then read it HERE  3rd June, 2013The Ag. Managing Editor,Premium...

Human Rights Commission Says Police Downplaying Scale Of Carnage In Ombatse

By SaharaReporters, New York The National Human Rights Commission says...

Flash: PhotoSpeak! Cache Of Arms Found In Kano; Arrested Owners Of Amigo Supermarket Threatens To Sue SSS

The co-owner of Amigo Supermarket, Mustapha Fawaz and two  Lebanese – Abdalah Tahini and Talal Rouda– who were arrested over the uncovering of alleged Hezbolla...

Flash: 30-Year-Old American Woman Gang-Raped In Northern India

4 Jun Posted June 4, 2013 by newsbytesnow in News. Tagged: America, Crime, Gang Rape, India, Law, Police, Women. Leave a Comment A protest against gang rape in Delhi last...

Flash: “Businessman” Anthony Chinedu Faces Deportation From Kenya Over Narcotics, Forgery

4 Jun Posted June 4, 2013 by newsbytesnow in News. Tagged: Africa, business, Diplomacy, Forgery, Kenya, Narcotics, Nigeria. Leave a Comment Anthony Chinedu (centre) with his lawyer Michael Osundwa (left)...

My Daddy Raped Me 4 Times - Primary 5 pupil

A 14-year old Primary 5 pupil who lived alone with her father at Bishop Oluwole Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has told the police...

Teenage Girl Arrested For Blackmailing Man Into Being Her Sugar Daddy

A teenager was arrested after she tried to blackmail a man into giving her money every week or face jail for rape, USA. The teenager was...

Homosexual Killed And Set On Fire In Russia

A homosexual man was murdered in Russia. This is the second such killing in less than a month, and activists fear homophobic violence is being...

Reform Nigeria prisons, says Falana

Abuja -  Human right lawyer, Femi Falana, on Tuesday in Abuja, called for a revolutionary approach toward sanitising the prison system in the country. Falana made...

Police officer arraigned over alleged murder of three

By BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE A 34-year old police officer, Corporal Abu Bolaji, was Tuesday arraigned before a Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, over alleged murder...

Alleged certificate forgery: Court dismisses suit against Tinubu

Lagos – A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed an application seeking to compel the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to investigate former...