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A Benin High Court has sentenced to death a house wife and her pastor for the murder of a senior staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Company NNPC, Benin city, Engineer Victor Gabriel Isonguyo. The woman, Eniobong Isonguyo was the wife of the deceased before his death while the second convict, …

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old single mother, Nneka Donatus, who allegedly sold her baby girl a day after putting to bed. Also arrested was a level 12 civil servant at the state Ministry of Women Affairs, Ujunwa Udechukwu, 40; and Nneoma …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Enugu zonal office on May 8, 2019, secured the conviction of former staff of a Bank,  Kenechukwu Abarth have been convicted by Justice A.A. Nwaobodo  of the state’s High Court, sitting in Enugu on a one-count charge bordering on internet fraud to the …

A Nigerian national living with an expired visa has been nabbed with crystal meth from northeast Delhi during a midnight raid. A team led by ACP Gokulpuri Anuj Kumar nabbed him while he was on his way to a party where he was about to sell the contraband. Later, when …

An Emir from the Zurmi community in Zamfara state is now at the centre of allegations that some traditional rulers are conniving with bandits to wreak havoc on citizens. Herald Nigeria had earlier reported the conversation in a leaked tape made available by sources from the Nigerian military, in which …

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a three gang syndicate who specializes in stealing children from unsuspecting parents. The suspects are Kate Njoku, Joy Okorie  and Onyeka Joseph (male). Members of the syndicate were found to have succeeded in stealing eight children from different locations across Ogun State and …

A 37-year-old woman, Mrs. Josephine, has been arrested for allegedly dousing her neighbour, Mrs. Blessing Christopher, 33, with hot water for allegedly greeting her husband. Blessing, a worker with Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), incurred the wrath of Josephine on the night of Tuesday March 26, 2019, at Agbotikuyo, …

A banker has told a Federal Capital Territory High Court 7, Apo, Abuja, how a former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Sunday Ehindero, allegedly received interest fraudulently on Nigeria Police funds lodged in a fixed deposit account with the bank. According to a release signed and made available to …

BY OGUNJI AZEEZ A suspected cultist, Omiyor Endurance has explained that, wife of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, Betsy Obaseki was the person who bought his prosthetic leg after amputated in Libya. The Edo State Police Command had recently arrested the 27-year old amputee, a Libya returnee for alleged cult-related …

Senator Oluremi Tinubu of Lagos Central senatorial district national assembly office has been reportedly burgled. In a statement made on Thursday January 11, 2019, Nifemi Aje, the senator’s aide, said the incident was discovered on Wednesday January 10, 2019 when the staff resumed work. According to Aje, the suspected burglars …