(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A middle-aged woman, on Wednesday, attempted taking her life in Osogbo by jumping into Osun river before she was rescued by residents of the area. The woman, who identified herself as Kafayat Alake, shortly after the rescue, said she decided to end her life out of the frustration, occasioned by economic hardship. […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of a non- governmental organisation, NGO) Women for Women (WFW), has dragged a former State and South- East zonal Chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, (NAWOJ) Mrs. Chieso Aninwagwa to the police over alleged misappropriation of the organisation’s N5 million naira. In a petition […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi state police Command has confirmed the kidnapping of two chinese working in a quarry site at Ihietutu community in Ishiagu, Ivo council Area of Ebonyi, state, South- East. This was disclosed to newsmen in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital, by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Loveth Odah, who said police had […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the Enugu state government begins total closure of public places, such as markets, border crossing inter-state transportation, amongst others, on Tuesday, the State Police Command has vowed to enforce the government’s directives to the fullest. Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, had through Secretary to the State Government SSG, Prof. Simon Ortuanya announced that all […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A groom-to-be, Mr Samuel Yarling, of Lamingo, Jos, has reportedly died on his wedding day leaving his bride-to-be and both families devastated. The wedding, which was slated for March 21, at the ECWA Church Seminary, had sent two families into mourning after the sudden death of the groom. Late Yarling was set […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Policemen have rescued four National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who were kidnapped on Monday, March 9, 2020 along the Funtua-Gusau Road on their way to the Orientation Camp in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital city. The Force Public Relations Officer and a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Frank Mba confirmed this Wednesday […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …. Lunch Manhunt On Fleeing Others (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a female member of a kidnapping gang conveying 13 of their victims in a Toyota Hiase bus with Reg. No. MSA 657 XA. According to the Command’s Spokesman, (ASP)Daniel Ndukwe Ekea, who disclosed this […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police Command has paraded a total of 32 criminal suspects involved in various crimes in parts of the state and were apprehended within the month of February, 2020. Parading the suspects at state police headquarters Enugu, Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Ahmad Abdurrahman, disclosed that within […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, have apprehended a 38-year-old man, identified as Mr. Emmanuel Bassey, an indigene of Cross River state, for allegedly defiling 6 teenage boys in Awka, the state capital. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed this to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Students Union Government (SUG), Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Mr. Adegboye Olatunji, has been arrested for alleged cultism. The arrested SUG Leader is a Higher National Diploma (HND) II student of Banking and Finance. He was elected to the office in December 2019. Following the development, students’ parliament impeached […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to checkmate the incessant use of Tricycle popularly known as “Keke” in Nigerian parlance, in perpetrating robbery and other forms of crimes in Enugu metropolis and environ, the state branch of Association of Tricycle riders, has lunched what it described as “Operation identify yourself” programme. Under the […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Policemen Invades NGO Office In Enugu, Beat Female Lawyer Handling Rape Case Involving Wealthy Man’s Son to Stupor Heavily armed policemen in Enugu state, South- East Nigeria on Friday invaded the headquarters of a non-governmental organization NGO, Women Aid Collective (WACOL), where they beat a human rights lawyer, Barrister Ibangah Goodness black […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bauchi State Police Command said it had apprehended a man, Solomon Peters, who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend, Miss Patience Zakari, to death. Peters was alleged to have taken to his heels after committing the heinous crime in the early hours of Friday. Police Public Relations Officer in charge of Bauchi Command, DSP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Police Command on Friday vowed to fish out the killers of a trado-medical practitioner, Alhaji Fatai Yusuf, popularly known as ‘Oko Oloyun.’ The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convoy of the deceased was attacked on Thursday on the Igbo-Ora-Eruwa road by gunmen who shot at his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ebute Meta, Lagos on Friday, ordered that two men who allegedly robbed and murdered the wife of the Managing Director of Maersk, be in Kirikiri Correctional Centre, pending legal advice. The police charge Olamilekan Oke and Adeyinka Akande, both electricians, with five counts bordering on conspiracy, murder, attempted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos based and popular trado-medical practitioner, Alhaji Fatai Yusuf, aka Okooloyun, has been shot dead by suspected gunmen on the Eruwa-Igboora Road in the Ibarapa Local Government area of Oyo State, South Western Nigeria. The popular traditional physician was reportedly shot dead Thursday, while returning from an outing around 4.30pm, when the gunmen […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria and the governors of the South west have resolved their differences regarding the controversial security outfit of the region named “Amotekun.” The resolution followed a meeting on Thursday in Abuja between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, South West Governors, the Attorney General of the […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu, Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Police Command is to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a serving National Youth Service Corp NYSC member in the State, identified as Miss Bolufemi Princess Motunrayo, who allegedly committed suicide after drinking Sniper insecticide at the weekend. Confirming the incident on Saturday in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has called on personnel of the Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun) not to betray the region on the ideals behind setting up the security outfit. Ogunwusi stated this on Thursday in Ibadan during the launching of Amotekun by the governors of the South West region. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said on Thursday it had arrested a fleeing member of the armed robbery gang that attempted to rob a bank at Mpape, FCT. A statement by DSP Anjuguri Manzah, the Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, said that the arrested suspect, Ernest Ewim, 29, had […]
