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Man charged with attempted murder in UK soldier stabbing

5 months ago1054 min

A 24-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder over the stabbing of a British soldier earlier this week, UK police said on Thursday. Detectives investigating the serious assault of a soldier in Gillingham have charged Anthony Esan in court. This is according to a Thursday statement obtained from the Kent Police website. It was titled, “Suspect charged with attempted murder of soldier in Gillingham.” ” Kent Police was called to Sally Port Gardens at...

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Court jails Akwa Ibom man for spraying naira notes

5 months ago843 min

The Akwa Ibom Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Etiusen Stephen for spraying naira notes before Justice M.A.Oyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. This was disclosed in a statement posted on X.com on Wednesday. Stephen was arraigned on July 19, 2024, on a two-count charge of naira abuse, which violates Section 21 of the Central Bank of Nigeria...

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Man arrested for impersonating Lagos neighbourhood safety corps operative

5 months ago884 min

Men of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps have arrested a 35-year-old suspect, Mevo Alex Sunday, for impersonation. This was made known in a statement Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency on it’s Website on Wednesday. According to the statement released by the Agency, Sunday claimed that he purchased the uniform from an unknown LNSA officer, Mr. Femi, in November last year for N25,000. He alleged that Mr. Femi promised to secure him a job with the...

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Hired thugs kill man for stealing brother’s doors in Anambra

5 months ago62211 min

Some yet-to-be-identified hired thugs have beaten a 28-year-old man identified as Kingsley Okoye, to death for allegedly stealing and selling his elder brother’s doors from a construction site. The incident, PUNCH Metro gathered, happened in Okpuno Umuogali community of Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Sunday. The deceased was accused of selling some “foreign doors” he allegedly removed from a yet-to-be-completed building belonging to his overseas-based elder brother, Joseph Okoye,...

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Man jailed 14 years for sexually assaulting minor in Ekiti

5 months ago2894 min

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division on Tuesday sentenced a 24-year-old man, Sunday Asere, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. Asere was arraigned on March 22, 2022, on one count of rape. The charge read, “The defendant sometime in January 2020 at Moferere in Ado Ekiti, did rape a six-year-old girl. “The offence is contrary to Section 31(2) of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State...

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Brother’s hired thugs beat man to death for stealing doors in Anambra

5 months ago9512 min

Some yet-to-be-identified thugs have beaten a 28-year-old man identified as Kingsley Okoye, to death for allegedly stealing and selling his elder brother’s foreign doors from a construction site. The incident happened in the Okpuno Umuogali community of Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Sunday. The deceased was accused of selling some foreign doors he removed from a yet-to-be-completed building belonging to his elder brother, Joseph Okoye who lives abroad. His...

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Abuja man protesting hardship on mast released on bail

5 months ago943 min

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said a man identified as Shuaibu Yushau, who was arrested on July 8 for attempted suicide, had been released on bail to his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju. The FCT Police Command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, in a statement on X.com on Friday, said Yushau’s release followed a mental assessment conducted by the FCTA SDS. She said, although the assessment report indicated that he is mentally stable, symptoms of anxiety, persistent worry,...

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Ogun police arrest man for stabbing girlfriend’s brother

5 months ago904 min

The Ogun State Police Command said a 35-year-old man identified simply as Dada Taiwo had been arrested for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend’s brother, Damilola Momoh, in the Agbado area of the state. Our correspondents learnt that the victim was stabbed in the neck with a bottle during an argument over a phone he borrowed. In a statement on Sunday, the command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, said the incident was reported to the Agbado Division by the...

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Police nab man, 30, for allegedly defiling minor

5 months ago5085 min

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old, Gbadegeshin Olakunle, for allegedly defiling and sexually grooming a minor at Kings Avenue, Ojodu Abiodun, in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered from a police source, who was privy to the incident but was not allowed to speak officially, on Sunday, that Olakunle was arrested after the minor confessed that she was defiled by him. It was said that the minor’s...

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NDLEA arrests physically-challenged man found with cannabis

5 months ago827 min

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced the arrest of Amadu Garba, a 48-year-old physically challenged man who was found in possession of six bags of cannabis weighing approximately 67 kg at his residence in Yawuri town, Kebbi State. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, announced the arrest in a statement on Sunday. He said, “In Jigawa State, the trio of Tukur Yahaya, 55; Idris Haruna, 28; and Tanimu Umar, 29, were nabbed with 90...

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