An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded in prison a farmer, Kabiru Garuba, for allegedly cutting off the left hand of one Mohammed Haliru, a herdsman. Chief Magistrate Kudirat Yahaya, who ordered that the accused be remanded at the Federal Prison Yard, Oke-Kura, Ilorin, adjourned the
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President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said that the Senate will continue to do all within its power to ensure that alleged sexual abuse and violence against Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) at camps in the North East and across the country are not covered up. Saraki according to a statement by his […]
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has donated five million naira to the victims of windstorm in a downpour, which occurred on Monday in Rafin Gora, Kontagora Local Government Area. Bello made the donation on Thursday during a joint condolence visit by members of the state executive council and the legislature to the victims of the […]
Eight families have showed up for DNA testing in connection with the Otedola Link Bridge fire. The Head of the Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre, Dr Richard Somiari, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. Somiari, a forensic expert, said that more families were […]
The senate has resolved to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Linda Igwetu, a member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) allegedly shot dead by a police officer. At plenary on Thursday, the upper legislative chamber mandated the committee on youth and sports to investigate the death, committee on health to investigate the […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a seven-man team of crack detectives, Scene of Crime Experts and Technical Intelligence Unit of the Force to investigate the killing of seven policemen while on duty in Abuja on Monday by suspected criminals. The force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, said in a statement in Abuja on […]
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