Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has rescued a 25-year-old woman who had been locked up allegedly by her father in a room in Jigawa State for five years. Disclosing this to newsmen, the Public Relations Officer, Dutse Command of the NSCDC, Adamu Shehu, said the woman was locked up by her father, 67-year-old Garba Musa, in a tiny space which she used as her bedroom, restroom, and dining area. He said Safiya Mustapha, …
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Canadian authorities are looking into the deaths of five people in the catastrophic Titan submersible implosion. Superintendent Kent Osmond, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Saturday June 24, said a team of investigators has been established with the “sole purpose” of determining whether a criminal investigation would be warranted. British adventurer, Hamish Harding and father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood were killed on board Titan, alongside the chief executive of the company responsible for …
Unknown gunmen have killed five policemen and a couple at the Okpala Junction in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State. The incident which happened on Friday morning, April 21, 2023, has thrown the entire community into a state of panic as commercial activities had abruptly come to end. The couple identified as Mr. and Mrs. Chinaka Nwagu, who hailed from Amankwo Okpala community, had relocated from Lagos a year ago. A source who …
A man has killed five of his family members including his father and three younger siblings after he took them hostage. According to Mail Online, the 22-year-old man barricaded himself in a house with his father, stepmother and three children in the small eastern town of Douvres about 30 miles east of Lyon on Tuesday night, July 19. Local reports said negotiators descended on the scene overnight and set up a perimeter around the town, before they ‘attempted in …
A family of 12 were found unconscious in their apartment at Obinze community in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State on Monday June 6. They were immediately rushed to Imo Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, Owerri where five out of the 12 victims were confirmed dead while doctors and nurses battled to save the lives of the seven others. Punch reported that the head of the family, who happened to be one of the victims, is the Chief Driver of the …
A bride-to-be and five children of a traditional ruler were among 29 passengers who lost their lives in the boat mishap which occurred at Gidan Magana village, Ginga settlement in Shagari local government area of Sokoto state. It was gathered that the passengers were crossing the river to a nearby bush to fetch fire wood which they sell to make a living. There were 35 persons on the boat when it capsized around 8:am on Wednesday, April 13. Six of the …