A 23-year-old commercial tricycle operator has lost his life as he was killed by members of a secret cult in Ilorin, Kwara State capital of Nigeria, reports said. The victim’s corpse was found dumped in front of a mosque in the Abayawo area of Ilorin. “The assailants cut off his …
Read More »A meat seller died during a sale in Lagos
A male meat seller has slumped and died while attending to a customer on Branco Street, in the Mafoluku area of Lagos State, Nigeria, reports said. The deceased, a regular meat hawker was hawking along the street when a woman called him to sell meat for her. “The deceased had …
Read More »24-year-old man shot dead in Ogun State
Suspected cultists have killed a 24-year-old man in Igode, Ogijo, the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased, a native of Benue State, was shot dead at about 8 p.m.“ “The deceased was outside their house at Fakile in the Igode community, when the assailants …
Read More »Woman sells her 18-year-old baby for N600,000
A 33-year-old woman has sold her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 to offset her bank loan in Sango in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. “She borrowed money from a microfinance bank and was unable to pay back the money,” reports said. “The bank agents …
Read More »Man arrested for burying three-year-old child alive
A 30-year-old man from Sabuwar Santa in Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State has been arrested after allegedly abducting and burying a three-year-old boy alive in Nigeria. “The suspect was have buried the abducted boy alive despite collecting N150,000 out of the N800,000 ransom he demanded from his father,” …
Read More »Nigeria: church founder in court for raping two worshipers
A court in Ikeja charged with sexual offenses and domestic violence has remanded a cleric accused of raping two members of his church in Nigeria. The Clergyman is the founder of “I Reign Christian Ministry” in Kirikiri Correctional Center pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions. Justice Ramon Oshodi admitted …
Read More »Seven-storey building collapsed in Lagos
Seven people were rescued from the rubble of a seven-storey building under construction that collapsed in the Banana Island area of Ikoyi, Lagos State, Nigeria. “Construction workers were performing their daily tasks in the building that had been under construction for months when it suddenly caved,” reports said. Some of …
Read More »Angry mob killed driver for reckless driving
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested two suspects for stoning a 35-year-old man to death in the Ijoka Area of Akure in Nigeria, reports said. The deceased was killed by an angry mob for alleged reckless driving leading to a road crash. The accident resulted in the death of …
Read More »Man arrested in Nigeria for attempting to traffick teenage girls
Police in Nigeria’s Osun State announced the arrest of a man, for allegedly attempting to traffick four teenage girls from Osun to Kano state enroute Tripoli in Libya, local media reported. This is contained in a statement released by SP Yemisi Opalola, spokesperson for Osun Police in Osogbo, quoted by …
Read More »Man tortured to death for stealing watermelons
Four people have been arrested for allegedly torturing a suspected watermelon thief to death in Bauchi State, Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased was caught after stealing seven watermelons valued at N2,000 from a summer farm in Dallaji Village,” Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil said. “His hands …
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