The Nigerian Senate has summoned the heads of the National Security Adviser, the National Intelligence Agency, and the Defence Intelligence Agency to appear before it over allegations that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been funding Boko Haram. The call for an urgent investigation followed a motion by Senator Ali Ndume, who …
A$AP Rocky found not guilty in felony assault trial
Rapper A$AP Rocky has been found not guilty of felony assault, following a high-profile trial in Los Angeles. A jury returned the verdict on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 18, after deliberating for just three hours. Upon hearing the verdict, the hip-hop star, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, turned and ran to embrace jubilant supporters behind him, falling over as …
Two suspected killers of Anambra lawmaker escape from police custody
Two of the suspected killers of a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka, have escaped from police custody. The lawmaker was abducted by gunmen in Inland Town, Onitsha on December 24, 2024. A joint security team recovered his decomposed body at Second Niger Bridge in Onitsha on February 6, 2025, and arrested nine suspects in connection with …
Serial rapist sentenced to two life terms and 44 years imprisonment for raping and killing minors in South Africa
The High Court of South Africa, Northern Cape Division sitting in Kimberley, has sentenced Itumeleng Reclin Machabe, aka Bendow (27), to two life terms and 44 years of imprisonment after he was convicted of r3ping and killing 11-year-old Relebogile Segami, raping two other minors and distribution of p0rnographic images of young people. The National Prosecuting …
Kwara court remands Islamic cleric, phone repairer, farmer and two others over murder of female student
An Ilorin magistrate’s court in Kwara State on Tuesday, February 18, ordered that Abdurahman Bello, the suspected killer of Hafsoh Lawal, a final year student of Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, be remanded at the Correctional Centre, Ilorin. Bello and five other suspects arraigned alongside him were not represented by any counsel in the …
Kidnappers kill two abducted FCT residents over delay in ransom payment
Kidnappers have killed two victims abducted in Gwargwada in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory over delay in the payment of ransom. According to Daily Trust, the two victims, Mohammed Danladi Bako and Nasiru Yusuf, who are natives of Gwargwada village, were abducted alongside a herder and a woman at Gwombe junction, along …
FCT police apprehend suspect who allegedly killed friend after a meal
FCT police apprehend a suspect who allegedly killed a friend after a meal. The FCT police command has arrested a 23-year-old Iliayasu Mohammed, from Dakwa, Municipal Area Council, Abuja for allegedly murdering his friend, Safillahi Muhammad. A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, says the police received a distress call about the …
Police officer and his wife hack each other to death during violent altercation in Ekiti
A senior police officer and his wife have died in a domestic altercation in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The tragic incident occurred on Tuesday, February 18, 2024, in the Ita-Eku area along Igirigiri Road. It was gathered that the policeman identified as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Leramo Caleb, allegedly engaged in a heated argument with …
Court sentences banker to jail for fraud in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Ugenyi Kalu, before Justice R.A. Oshodi of a Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for fraud. The convict, a banker, was arraigned on a five-count charge, bordering on official corruption and gratification. In a …
Man beheaded in Ebonyi community
A man was beheaded on Monday, Feb. 18, in Akparata village, Effium autonomous community in Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi State. Godwin Odah was killed and beheaded at the back of his compound in Akparata village. Afterwards, other parts of his body were chopped up. Reacting to the incident, the Ebonyi State Police Spokesperson, …