The police in Oyo state have re-arrested Sunday Sodipe, the prime suspect in the series of ritual killings at the Akinyele Local government Area of Oyo State. He was recently declared wanted by the Police following his illegal escape from Police custody on August 11. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP. Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed his rearrest…
The body of a retired headmaster had to be exhumed nine days after he was buried by the wrong family due to a ‘terrible’ mortuary mix-up. According to the Sun, undertakers arrived at a hospital mortuary to collect Jimmy McDonald, 90, but they ended up taking John Hetford, 89, who had died two days earlier. Mr. Hetford,…
Manchester United captain, Harry Maguire has been arrested on the Greek island of Mykonos for allegedly attacking police following a fight outside a bar. The 27-year-old centre-half who is in Mykonos on holiday with his girlfriend Fern Hawkins was involved in an altercation with other British tourists last night. When the officers tried to intervene, three men including…
The Defence Headquarters has confirmed the death of three soldiers in a clash with insurgents in Kukawa town of Borno State. Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations (DDMO), Major General John Enenche disclosed that 8 terrorists were killed in the clash which also left two other soldiers injured. Eneche maintained that the attack by the terrorists was…
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has admitted that the elections that produced Olumide Akpata as President were not perfect but cannot be cancelled in response to a petition from one of the contestants, Dele Adesina. Dele Adesina (SAN) who came third in the election, had petitioned NBA BoT to cancel…
A bereaved wife has begged the police to arrest her husband’s killers. Aderonke Balogun, 25, narrated how her husband, Sulaimon Ajayi, was rushed to a hospital following an attack on him. He was later discharged but was admitted again when he developed complications. He died days later in the hospital. Trouble began when members of Ijegemo-Omilende community in…
Two men were arrested in Angwete Village in Kakamega Town, Kenya on Friday morning while engaging in a homosexual act. Nyumbi Kumi Initiative elder, Reuben Otiende disclosed that they had suspected that Wanyeso alias Gili was a homosexual after he recently “committed the crime with a neighbour’s son”. Residents of the community broke down Wanyeso’s door after they saw a…
Abdulrahman Bashir, the Chief Executive Officer of Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Limited, has denied reports of being jailed in the United Kingdom. Premiumtimes had on Wednesday, August 19, reported that Justice Butcher of England and Wales High Court had handed a 10-year sentence on the Nigerian oil mogul after he was found guilty of breaching multiple orders of the court…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Paul Usoro has reacted to the association’s withdrawal of Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s invitation as a guest speaker at its Annual General Conference. In a statement released on Friday August 21, Usoro who insisted that they will remain an association with no religious or ethnic bias or predisposition, revealed that he was among the…
The Catholic Bishops of Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province has reacted to the killings which has occurred in Southern Kaduna in the last few weeks. The Ecclesiastical Province in a statement released by its secretary John Niyiring, stated that the region has been abandoned by their Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in their grief. Recalling how the military announced that it had degraded…