Thursday 6 October 2016

Three dead, 14 missing as bus plunges into river


The Kaduna Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of three persons and declared 14 others missing after an 18-seater bus plunged into River Rijana on Kaduna-Abuja road.

EFCC arrests man for duping ‘wife’ of N6.7m


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has arrested one Chike Nnaemeka, for allegedly tricking an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps into marrying him and paying for the wedding.

Two girls die after circumcision


A teenage girl died after undergoing a botched female circumcision in Sierra Leone, police said Thursday, just days after the death of a 10-year-old girl in Guinea.

My husband gives me N10 upkeep allowance, wife tells court


An Oja Oba Panel of Sharia Court of Arbitration in Ibadan on Friday heard that Abdulrasheed Yusuf, gives his wife, Sidikat, N10 per meal as upkeep allowance for a family of six.

Student risks 15 years’ imprisonment over N16,000 fraud


A 21-year-old student of Osun State Polytechnic, Adaramaja Olawale, was on Friday docked for alleged Facebook fraud.

Police arrest three suspected pipeline vandals in Akwa Ibom


The Akwa Ibom Police Command has arrested three suspected pipeline vandals in Eket Local Government Area of the state.