Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Suspected serial rapist set ablaze in Delta


An angry mob on Wednesday set ablaze a suspected member of a gang of serial rapists that had terrorised Ughelli and its neighbouring communities in Delta State.

Policeman beaten to coma by Nsukka mob dies


A policeman who was beaten to coma by a mob in the Nsukka area of Enugu State on Tuesday has been confirmed dead.

Spokesman, Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this in a statement.

Abductors demand N44m ransom for Sierra Leonian envoy


The Sierra Leonean Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Maj.-Gen. Alfred Nelson (retd.) has been kidnapped along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway in the Federal Capital Territory.

Crayfish sellers lose N15m goods to sea pirates


Dealers of fish and crayfish at the Marina Beach in Calabar have expressed worry over the incessant robbery attacks on them by sea pirates along the Ikang-Bakassi waterways.

One killed, 20 buried in China landslide


Heavy rain unleashed a landslide Friday that killed one person and left 20 others missing in China, state media said.