A 19-year-old lady, Cynthia Ikade, was arraigned before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for conspiring with a gang to rob her former employer, Esther Okanlawon, of N2.8 million, and other valuables . On Thursday, January 12, 2023, Ikade was arraigned along with her accomplises, Pius Sunday, 28, and Loveth Uloko, …
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A former model, Kelsey Turner, 29, has been jailed for her role in the murder of a Californian psychiatrist, Dr Thomas Burchard, 71 and stuffing his body in the trunk of a car after he stopped paying her rent.Turner, who has posed for both Playboy and Maxim has been sentenced …
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There was panic in Ilorin, Kwara State capital early hours of Friday over the rumoured abduction of an Ilorin-based Muslim Cleric, identified as Mohammadu Buhari Jamiu. A video clip with the inscription of ‘Buhari Omo Musa in the background, now viral reportedly claimed he was abducted at his residence in …
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A woman identified as Florencia Amado Cattaneo has allegedly cut off her husband’s penis and stabbed him to death. Her late trumpet player husband, Pedro Federico Zarate, was found dead in the couple’s flat in the Altos de San Lorenzo area of Argentina.The 41-year-old suspect has been arrested by police …
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The Chinese man standing trial for the murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Buhari, has said he spent N60 million on his deceased lover. Geng Quandong, 47, opened his defence on Wednesday and Thursday at a Kano High Court, at Miller Road. Mr Quandong was charged with culpable homicide for …
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The Police in Ogun State has given details of how the lifeless body of a man, simply identified as Segun was discovered in a hotel in Orile-Imo, in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the State. The Command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a telephone chat with Vanguard …
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Yoruba in Badagry are from Ile-Ife, not Ghana – High Chief Wawu Lagos – High Chief Tajudeen Dosa Ayipe, the Wawu of Badagry Kingdom, on Thursday traced the origin of Yoruba speaking people of Badagry to Oduduwa in Ile-Ife and not from Ghana as claimed in a recent publication. The …
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A 47-year-old man identified as Ganiyu Yusuf, has been arrested by men of the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, for allegedly raping a housewife in Ilorin in June 2022 . Speaking to newsmen, the spokesperson of NSCDC in the state, Olasunkanmi Ayeni, said Yusuf …
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Professor Ibrahim Garba, and Ibrahim Shehu Usman, former Vice Chancellor and Bursar respectively of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria were today arraigned before Justice A.A Bello of the Kaduna State High Court on an eight count charge bordering on theft and money laundering to the tune of over N1billion by …
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it is committed to issuing passports between three and six weeks post biometric capture, where there are no technical hitches or application irregularities. The NIS spokesperson, Mr Tony Akuneme, in a statement in Abuja, quoted the Comptroller-General, NIS, Mr Isa Jere, as saying this …
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