Joseph Onwukwe

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Lightning strike kills 5 in Cross River

At least five people were struck dead by lightning in Cross River State on Tuesday.

8 rescued as fully loaded bus plunges into river in Rivers

Rescue operations are still ongoing to recover occupants of a bus that skidded off the road and plunged into a river.

Best performing pupils receive goat gifts in Anambra

Some students of Santa Mary Nursery and Primary school 2, Nibo, Anambra State received goat gifts on Tuesday.

Woman, 49, jailed for 9 years in Benin for human trafficking

Christy Ehirobo has been sentenced to nine years in imprisonment for human trafficking by a Federal High Court in Benin.

Nigerian man, 32, married to 50-year-old Russian dies of heart attack months after welcoming twins

Gabriel Ajayi died after suffering a suspected heart attack, reports in Russia say.

Woman returning from a visit to her husband crushed by container in Ogun

A woman, Comfort Adeyemi was killed on Sunday after a container-carrying truck rammed into a vehicle she was in.

Motorcycle thief claims he committed crime because of girlfriend’s needs

Audu reportedly told the police he committed the crime in order to raise enough money to take care of his girlfriend.

Hit-and-run driver knocks, kills former council leader in Delta

A driver knocked and killed one Henry Dudu, a former first Vice President of Aladja Community Council, Friday morning.

Niger police arrest four suspected kidnappers

A four-man gang has been arrested by the police in Niger while allegedly trying to kidnap a victim, Abdullahi Aliyu.

Enugu police nab serial ATM card thief pretending to help customers

An alleged Automated Teller Machine card thief, Obinna Okafor, has been nabbed in Enugu.

Salesman burgles employer’s shop in Ogun, carts away over 50 monitors

Police in Ogun have arrested Daniel for allegedly conniving with robbers to burgle his employer’s shop.

Power cable vandal electrocuted to death in Abuja

One suspected vandal identified as Isah Yusuf has been electrocuted to death in a satellite town around Karu, Abuja.

Police nab four kidnappers disguising as commercial drivers in Edo

Four suspected kidnap kingpins disguising as commercial bus drivers were paraded by the police in Edo State on Wednesday.

Woman kidnaps local herb seller’s 5-month-old baby in Lagos

Lagos police said Wednesday that an alleged kidnapper of a five-month-old baby had been arrested.

19-year-old arraigned in court for raping 13-year-old girl in Osun

An alleged rapist identified as 19-year-old  Alabi Princewill has been arraigned before an Osun Magistrate’s Court in Ile-Ife.

Masquerader, aide stab 30-year-old man to death in Ondo

Femi, 30, was stabbed to death for allegedly refusing to give the masquerader, identified as Olu Olowokere, money.

ICYMI: INEC bans APC from producing candidates in Zamfara

INEC will not allow the APC to produce governorship, state and federal legislative candidates in the 2019 election, it has said.

At Least Six Nigerians Deported from U.S. Arrive in Lagos
Passengers stranded as Aviation unions shut down MMA2

Members of the unions were protesting the alleged dismissal of some workers by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited.