crimes

Sporadic gunshots rocked Aguda, Surulere area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Wednesday as business owners quickly closed their shops and fled. Some streets in the area were deserted as suspected cultists, armed with locally produced weapons, stormed Cassette Bus Stop, Aguda, shooting sporadically to announce their presence. A witness who craved anonymity told P.M.NEWS that he and others hid somewhere ...

There was pandemonium on Wednesday at Ikeja Along, Ikeja area of Lagos as agitated okada riders went on rampage and chased away Task Force officials seeking to enforce traffic law. The Task Force officials had come to the area to stop the okada riders from plying BRT corridor as they were not supposed to even ply the expressway. In the ...

The Defence Headquarters says that Thirteen Boko Haram terrorists, along with six women and 17 children from the village of Kodila, surrendered to the soldiers of the 151st Task Force Battalion at Banki Junction in the Bama Local Government Area of Borno. Coordinator, Activities of the Defence Media, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, announced this. ...

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi – a royal family insider turned critic – was killed and dismembered at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in October 2018 The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday they “forgive” the killers of their father, an announcement analysts said effectively grants clemency to five convicted people on death row. Khashoggi — a royal ...

Hassan, who hails from Itas Gadau Local Government Area of Bauchi, admitted stabbing her husband, Mohammed Mustapha, to death with a knife for attempting to have sex with her without her consent. Salma Hassan, a 17-year-old wife, has been paraded by the Bauchi State Police Command for stabbing her husband to death. Hassan, who hails from Itas Gadau Local Government ...

On getting to the mortuary, the mother of three observed bullet wounds on Onalaja’s chest, adding that marks of torture were also observed on his body because his uniform was torn. The family of Sergeant Onajide Onalaja has accused the Divisional Police Officer of the Ilemba Hausa Division, Yahaya Adesina, of shooting Onalaja dead in the Ilemba Hausa area of ...

Residents of the area in a letter to the Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, on Sunday, said agricultural produce was now on lower rate as farmers no longer feel secure going to farms. There is tension in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State over rising cases of kidnapping and robbery cases. A resident, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said about 15 ...

Two newborn babies who lost their mothers in an attack on a maternity ward in the Afghanistan capital Kabul Gunmen who stormed a hospital in the Afghan capital this week had come to “kill the mothers” at the maternity ward, medical charity Doctors Without Borders has said. At least 24 people were killed — including newborns, mothers and nurses — ...

Spokesperson for the police in Adamawa, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the arrest to SaharaReporters on Thursday. Makana Enan Ngari, a councillor in Adamawa State declared wanted for cattle rustling, has been arrested. Spokesperson for the police in Adamawa, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the arrest to SaharaReporters on Thursday. He said, “The Adamawa State Police Command wishes to inform members of ...

Records from Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) revealed that the People’s Republic of China emerged Nigeria’s major creditor under the bilateral deals with $2.3 billion out of $3.3 billion. The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an investigative committee to look into all extant China/Nigeria loan agreements since 2000, to ascertain their viability, regularise and renegotiate them. This ...