Abdulrahman Bala and Zakariya Ayuba, two friends, were sentenced to be detained in custody on Tuesday by a magistrates’ court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, for allegedly stealing rail track equipment. Bala and Ayuba were accused with criminal conspiracy, malicious harm, and theft by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC). The matter was postponed until October 9 for a hearing by the magistrate who issued the order, Michael Bawa. Earlier, the NSCDC Counsel, Mr Marcus Audu told the court that matter was reported to...
A French court on Tuesday found three police officers guilty of manslaughter over the death of a black man in Paris in 2015. The court sentenced...
The Ugandan health ministry has reported that the deadly Ebola virus has spread to the country’s center. Local officials report that a patient with Ebola symptoms was taken to the Mubende regional referral hospital on September 15 and passed away on September 19. Following reports from nearby towns that individuals were dying from unusual ailments, the police stated six further fatalities are being looked into. Following the World Health Organization (WHO) announcement of an Ebola case in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda increased surveillance along its western border in August (DRC). The ministry did add that there was a high probability of illness spread in 21 neighboring areas. Uganda has had over five Ebola outbreaks in the last two decades, mostly along its western regions...
At least 21 people died in India’s eastern state of Bihar in incidents of lightning amid rains over the past 24 hours. An official at the...
The Police in Jigawa, in collaboration with a local vigilance group, have arrested two suspected kidnappers in in Taura Local Government Area of the state. The...
The average price of 5 kg of cooking gas cost N4,456.56 in August, up from N4,397.68 in July. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated this in its Cooking Gas Price Watch, which was published on Tuesday in Abuja. It was reported that the pricing in August showed a monthly increase of 1.34 percent from July’s results. The price in August 2022 was a 101.17 percent rise from the N2,215.33 paid for the same amount of gas in August 2021, according to the report. According to the survey, Taraba had the highest average price for 5 kg of cooking gas at N4,925.44. Adamawa came in second at N4,920, while Lagos State had the highest average price at N4,782.50. It also stated that Katsina State had the lowest pricing in August ($4,020), followed by Ogun ($4,057.14) and Yobe ($4,078.46), respectively. Following the North-East, which had the second highest average retail price for 5 kg of cooking gas at N4,548.03, according to an analysis by geopolitical zones, was the North-Central. The lowest retail price was N4,285.51 in the North-West....
Former Senator of Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani has reacted following the bursting of the Cocaine Warehouse in Lagos by the NDLEA. It can be recalled...
The Ikeja Special Offenses Court sentenced Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, and his accomplice Victor Aduba on Monday to 21 years to life in jail for kidnapping...
There are a lot of strange, hard-to-understand cultures in the world, but they are all intriguing enough to draw others into their debate. The Yanomami tribe,...
According to a report, The gruesome killing of Ummukhulsum Buhari by her chinese boyfriend took place few days ago. Following the sad incident, Police Public Relation...