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8 Oct
A suspected serial killer, Philip Ogunnaike, has urged the police to ensure that he and his accomplices are sentenced to death
5 Oct
A 29-year-old man, Ogunnaike Philip, has been arrested in Ogun State for allegedly killing three young girls in separate incidents across the state. According to the Ogun State Police Command, Philip lured his victims into forests, tied them up, strangled them, and stole their phones. Investigations revealed that Philip is a suspected serial killer who…
22 Aug 2024
Kenyan police offered a cash reward on Thursday for information leading to the arrest of a suspected serial killer who escaped from a Nairobi police cell. Police launched a manhunt on Tuesday after Collins Jumaisi, who is accused of murdering and dismembering dozens of women, broke out of a police station in an upmarket area…
20 Aug 2024
A Kenyan man who police claim has confessed to murdering and dismembering 42 women has escaped from a Nairobi police cell, along with a dozen other detainees, police said Tuesday. READ ALSO:95-year-old man weds longtime love, 90, in Kenya Collins Jumaisi, 33, described by police as a "vampire, a psychopath," was arrested last month after…
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The Federal Ministry of Works has clarified that the Otedola Bridge in Lagos remains structurally sound and is not under any threat. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made the clarification following a gas tanker fire incident on Tuesday night. Kesha, who visited the scene on Wednesday morning, confirmed that the…
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The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, says the Federal Government will create an online application for skilled workers and artisans. Dangiwa made this known in a statement signed by Salisu Haiba, the Director of Press and Public Relations, in Abuja on Wednesday. He spoke after receiving the Senior Special Assistant to the…
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Elder Statesman, Chief Chekwas Okorie, said on Wednesday that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has suffered grievously, restating his appeal to President Bola Tinubu to facilitate his release and the release of other prisoners of conscience in the country from further incarceration. He stated that since 2015, Kanu…
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Dr John Asein, the Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), says copyright law plays a crucial role in protecting the creative works of authors, artists, and innovators in this current digital era. Asein said this on Wednesday when the commission sensitised the students of Lead British International School, Abuja, to the infringement of copyright law and…
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Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue says he will not dump the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Alia dispelled the rumours of his defection in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Tersoo Kula, on Wednesday in Makurdi. The governor said that he had never contemplated leaving the party that…
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Justice Williams Aziegbemhin of a Benin High Court on Wednesday remanded six men in a correctional centre for allegedly killing a deaf and dumb man at a construction site. The defendants are Joshua Edo, 50, Ohio Kennedy, 42, Obayuwana Happy, 25, Osarumen Simon, 39, Osayi Adabonyin, 41, and Adagbonyin Flex, 43. They are standing trial…
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Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja has fixed March 21 for the trial of Mr Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to begin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reliably gathered on Wednesday, that Justice Omotosho fixed the date after the case file…