Crime

The son of Oba Abdulahi Okunloye, the Olofa of Ofatedo, Prince Yinusa Okunloye, has been murdered by a suspected cult group.

Anambra Businessman Chukwuemeka Ekwunife has been sentenced to 60 years of imprisonment by Justice Sherifat Solebo from the Special Offences Court in the Ikeja, Lagos.

The case reported by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against the Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who was suspended, has initiated with the first witness who testified in court on Monday, July 18.

Gunmen, locally known as bandits, are reported to have attacked a few members of the Ansaru terrorist sect in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of the Kaduna State in Nigeria while the denomination was preaching to locals. The bandits killed two villagers during the attack.

North Africa: The Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), code-named Amotekun Corps, has caught four suspects reported to be involved in child trafficking in Libya.

Kosara Ugwuka, a middle-aged man, has reportedly killed his elder brother with the use of rat poison due to some land dispute in Akala village in Ezinifite, Nnewi South LGA of Anambra State of Nigeria.

A 32-year-old Brazilian anaesthetist, Giovanni Bezerra, has been caught red-handed while allegedly raping a sedated woman during a C-section operation.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Wednesday, July 13, rescued a 12-year-old girl who was married to a 50-year-old farmer in Adaka village in northeast Nigeria's Benue State.

The Nigeria Police of Oyo State Command paraded 42 suspects on Tuesday, July 5, for several offences such as armed robbery, murder, cultism, and diversion of goods. They also recovered fresh parts of the human body.