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An Only Son Beaten To Death By SARS For Buying 10k Stolen Phone by Gossipblogger: 2:52am A young man who was to resume school Next Week has passed on, After been beaten by SARS, According to reports the young man who’s a 300 Level student got into the hands … Read more via www.nairaland.com –...

A South African lady accused of murdering her former partner by throwing acid over him has told a jury that she did not mean to hurt “her boy” and felt “so sad” at the terrible injuries he suffered. According to the woman, she thought it … Read more via Laila’s Blog –...

Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, will be remanded in custody of the Nigerian Police Force till June 11, 2018, after losing his appeal for bail. Melaye was arraigned for alleged gunrunning at the Magistrate Court.... Read more via...

The Public Relations Officer, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Ibrahim Ribeji, in an interview with Punch said herdsmen are Human beings too, people should treat them with respect. He said "It is so sad and we are not happy with what happened. Many people are blaming us...

File photo Former football coach Barry Bennell has pleaded guilty to seven child sex crimes, a court heard Monday at the start of his trial for dozens of such alleged offences. The 63-year-old, a former coach at fourth-tier League Two side Crewe Alexandra, entered six guilty pleas when he …...

The police have said that making phone calls at filling stations is a criminal offence which could land the offender in jail. The Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, stated that an offender could be prosecuted and jailed for attempted arson. He noted that police officers have the...

Punch reports that a group of soldiers of Ekiti State origin who had just completed their recruitment training attacked some policemen in Ekiti on Thursday. The soldiers stabbed a policeman, Corporal Abdulkadir Yakub, with a jack-knife. An eyewitness said Yakub, a Traffic Police Officer, was...

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Aliyu Mohammadu, for allegedly cutting off his cousin’s manhood. It was learnt that Mohammadu, from Babana Borgu, in New Bussa Local Government Area of Niger State, allegedly attacked his cousin, Farouk Ibrahim, on the claim that...

Punch reports that there was a mild drama at Ekwulobia prisons in Anambra State on Friday when an inmate, Tobias Mbaekwe, who was granted amnesty by Chief Judge of Anambra State, Justice Peter Umeadi, on health grounds, declined the pardon. Mbaekwe, from Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government...

The Nigeria Police Force have dismissed allegations of torture and crimes levelled against the the special anti-robbery squad (SARS). SARS was established by the Nigeria police to fight violent crimes. On Saturday, Some Nigerians took to the social media to condemn the “careless” regard for...

The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice has told the BBC that the jailed Liberian war criminal and ex-President Charles Taylor is not dead, contrary to rumours circulating on social media. Taylor, 67, is serving a 50-year prison sentence in the UK following his conviction by a UN-backed court...

A Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun state on Monday sentenced Joshua Sunday, 23, to six months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to stealing N50,000 from one Olaoye Temitope. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.O. Abimbola, however, gave the convict an option to pay N40, 000 as fine. Sunday, who...

A young man believed to be on drugs had reportedly murdered his father in Abesan Estate, Ipaja area of Lagos State and escaped with his heart. Nelson Oamen was said stabbed his father, Ehiremen Oamen to death during an altercation. It was gathered that Nelson who fled the scene of the...

A middle-aged man was stabbed to death on Friday by a security guard for allegedly intruding into a girls secondary school in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Punch reports. The guard was said to have accosted the victim and three others and questioned their mission when he noticed...