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12 Apr
Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, yesterday, condemned the brutalisation of two officials of the Oyo State Road Transport Management Agency (OYRTMA) by Nigeria Immigration Service personnel in Ibadan.
22 Mar
Relegation-threatened Gombe United sank deeper yesterday when the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) announced that they have been ducked three points and three goals from its total accrued for the season as punishment for their assault on match officials. NPFL Chief Operating Officer, Davidson Owumi, who signed the notice, warned other clubs to ensure the…
19 Mar
For allegedly defiling and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old minor, Justice Abiola Soladoye of a Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has remanded a man, Oluwafemi Olumoro at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre.
22 Feb
Controversial rapper Kodak Black was seen hiding behind an air conditioning unit, and throwing rocks at a photojournalist before telling the reporter that he would punch him. Having spent some time behind bars for violating probation, Kodak’s freedom was short-lived as he immediately found himself in a heated altercation with the press. The scene unfolded…
9 Jan
Nigerian musician Tiwa Savage has filed a petition with the Lagos State Commissioner of Police against fellow artist Davido, alleging threats of assault and grievous bodily harm. In the petition dated January 9, 2024, Savage cites a December 23rd incident where Davido allegedly threatened her through a message to her manager, stating, "I will f-ck…
22 Dec
People of Mgbarakuma Ubakala, in Umuahia South Local Council of Abia State, yesterday, embarked on a peaceful protest to the abattoir in their community, calling on the state government to remove the facility and specifically, relocate it to the State Cattle Market, at Lokpa, in Umunneochi Council. The cattle market was recently converted to a non-residential conventional daily market…
19 Dec
OPBarrister Ubong with battered wife. Federal government has arrested 55 year old Uyo base lawyer, Ekere Sunday Ubong, who was seen beating and kicking his wife in a viral video. Minister of women affairs, Barrister Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, made this known while briefing the press on the development yesterday in Abuja. She said that the government…
18 Dec
The Akwa Ibom Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a lawyer identified as Ekere Ebong, who was captured in a viral video brutalising his wife in Uyo, the state capital. Ebong was seen in the video which went viral on social media beating up his wife at their Uyo residence with blood stains on…
13 Dec
A 34-year-old woman, Jamila Hamza, was on Wednesday arraigned in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up her neighbour. Hamza, who resides at Daura Road, Kaduna, is standing trial on a three-count charge of assault, willful damage and breach of peace. The Prosecutor, Insp. Chidi Leo, told the court that the defendant committed…
28 Nov
Nigerian singer Lil Frosh has publicly called out actor and media personality Yhemolee, accusing him of assault. Lil Frosh claims that Yhemolee slapped him during a recent encounter simply because he did not greet him. Expressing disbelief, Lil Frosh lamented that he had done nothing to provoke the actor's actions and emphasized that he does…
23 Nov
Actor Jamie Foxx. PHOTO: Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP KEVIN WINTER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP Court documents obtained by @tmz_tv reveal a serious accusation against actor Jamie Foxx. The unnamed woman alleges that Foxx sexually assaulted her eight years ago at Catch NYC & Roof, shedding light on a disturbing incident that allegedly took…
14 Nov
The police from the Azikiwe Division, Mile 2 Diobu, in Port Harcourt City Local Council of Rivers State have arrested a man, simply identified as Alabo for allegedly attacking his female tenant with a machete for refusing his love advances. Alabo had been on the run after the incident on May 15, but was arrested…
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