Nigeria
Guest house director shoots customer over malfunctioning TV
The director of the facility, who is now facing prosecution, pulled a gun and shot a customer after he complained about a malfunctioning TV in the guest house he was staying at. On Thursday, January 5, 2023, the Nigerian, Kingsley Enageghe, the Director of Queens Victory Guest House, shot his customer, Kelvin Nwabuno, on the premises of the guest house. When the unfortunate incident occurred, the victim, a 35-year-old businessman, was in the guest house with his friend, Abdulahi Animashahun, 30,...[Read More]
Nigeria: FG Registers Two Unions
Different reactions have met with the government’s recent decision as FG Registers Two Unions. The claimed absence of democracy, openness, and improper accounting of check-off dues by ASUU, according to Mr Ngige, allowed for the registration of the new unions. The Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics, two freshly established academic unions in Nigerian institutions, have completed the registration procedure (NAMDA). ...[Read More]
Police apprehend a 17-year-old boy for impregnating ten women
The Rivers State Police Command in Nigeria has arrested a 17-year-old boy named Noble Uzuchi in connection with the impregnation of ten women. The suspect was apprehended alongside his accomplice, 29-year-old Chigozie Ogbonna. According to police, the two suspects and two other women, Favour Bright, 30, and Peace Alikoi, 40, were allegedly running a baby factory. According to Pulse.ng, Rivers Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, the arrests were made in response to a tip. T...[Read More]
3-year old girl flogged to death for entering neighbour’s room
A three-year-old girl died after her 25-year-old father severely flogged her for entering a neighbor’s room. Delta State police in Nigeria have arrested the young father, identified as Godsgift Uweghwerhen, and he is cooperating with their investigations. The suspect committed the heinous crime in the Aladja community of the state’s Udu Local Government Area. “It was reported that Uweghwerhen was at home with his family members and their neighbors when he saw his daughter emerg...[Read More]
Nigeria: 36-year-old man rapes a 5-year-old boy to death
According to pulse.ng, Sikiru Ajibola, 36, was apprehended by Ogun Police Command operatives. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the incident and the arrest of the suspect. Ajibola is accused of committing a crime in the state of Ogijo. Oyeyemi revealed that the chairman of the community development association, Olorunwa Arogbeja, filed a report at Ogijo divisional headquarters, which led to the suspect’s arrest. According to the complaint...[Read More]
Wife stabs husband to death over a sex attempt
After stabbing her husband to death for attempting to have sex with her, a 27-year-old woman has found herself on the wrong side of the law. The suspect, simply identified as Odunayo, committed the crime while her husband, Olamilekan Salaideen, 35, was making sexual advances to her at their home in Oko Oba, Oyo town, Oyo State, according to pulse.ng. According to reports, the couple had recently reconciled after being separated for three months when the unfortunate incident occurred. When the no...[Read More]
Viral lynching to end Nigeria’s mob justice
Jane Toku does not cry as she recalls seeing the smouldering remains of her son’s corpse on the morning, he and three of his friends were lynched ten years ago. At dawn, the four students encountered a local vigilante group in Aluu, a community behind the University of Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria’s oil capital. There had been a string of robberies in the area, and people were suspicious at that hour of the morning. Llody Toku, Ugoing to Obuzor, Chiadika Biringa, and Tekena Elka...[Read More]
Nigeria seizes 7,000 donkey penises for export at airport
Nigeria’s customs service intercepted 7,000 donkey penises en route to Hong Kong at an airport in the commercial hub of Lagos. According to Sambo Dangaladima, the customs controller at Murtala Muhammed airport, the animal parts were packed in 16 sacks discovered in the animal export section. The smell from the sacks, he said, made the authorities suspicious. The shipment is valued at 200 million Naira ($478,000; £416,000). A suspect connected to the package is said to have gotten away. Als...[Read More]
