Groom, 11 others remanded in custody over alleged killing of woman police Inspector in Nigeria

A High Court of Rivers State, sitting in Port Harcourt and presided over by Justice Augusta Chukwu has sent 12 suspects to the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre. They are accused of being involved in the killing of a female Police Inspector named Christiana Erekere. The suspects, including a groom named Efeoghene Uwheraka, were brought before […]

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Police Inspector in custody for cutting off his pregnant wife’s hand over N3,000 in Nigeria (Graphic photos)

Police Inspector has been detained for allegedly cutting off his pregnant wife’s hand over N3000 in the Dong area of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Reports say the man committed the act after his wife allegedly took N3,000 out of his savings. It was gathered that the Inspector left the money at […]

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UK-based Nigerian doctor loses custody of his 16-year-old son for flogging him (Video)

UK-based Nigerian doctor has reportedly lost custody of his 16-year-old son after flogging him with a belt. A Nigerian woman, a child rights advocate known as pepstalk1, who shared the story after turning up in court for the case, said the Nigerian doctor flogged his son after he caught him watching an inappropriate video with his […]

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Court refuses ex-parte motion to release DCP Abba Kyari from custody

Nigeria’s Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo, on Monday, refused to order the Federal Government to release the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, from the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Instead, the judge ordered that Kyari should put the Federal Government on notice […]

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Why Sunday Igboho is still in custody —Ilana Oodua

Efforts to get the Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, released from custody is delayed by the vacation embarked upon by judges in Benin Republic. Spokesperson for the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups worldwide, Ilana Omo Oodua, Maxwell Adeleye, said this on Tuesday. The Beninese Court had ordered that Sunday […]

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EFCC arrests ex-Nigerian governor at airport, puts him, son in custody

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, arrested a former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji. Mr. Orji, who had for long been on the Commission’s watch list, was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 10am, and driven to the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja. He is currently […]

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