Tag: assault
Reports: Boko Haram may have killed 35 Nigerian soldiers
Thirty-five bodies in military uniform have been brought to a morgue in Damaturu, Yobe state, in Nigeria’s restive northeast after…
Court Jails Mom, Son For Assaulting DPO, Constable
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a mother and her son to nine years imprisonment for resisting arrest and…
Oyedepo In Fresh Storm Of Controvery
Jet-owning preacher, Bishop David Oyedepo of Winners’ Chapel, flies into a fresh storm of controversy At about 8:15pm on 8…
Fake Soldier Batters Man Over N3k Bribe
The police at Elemoro Division, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a suspected fake soldier after he battered a…
Winners Chapel workers attack Ogun tax men
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Tax officials of the western Nigerian state of Ogun have been attacked by workers of one of Nigeria’s…
Woman Knocks Off Neighbour’s Teeth
A 35-year old woman has been arrested and charged before a Lagos court for allegedly assaulting her neighbour by knocking…
Carpenter Beats Up Professor
A 43-year old carpenter has been arrested and charged before a Lagos court for allegedly beating up a professor. Solomon…
Nigeria: Rivers majority leader charged
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chidi Llyod, the Leader of Rivers House of Assembly was today brought before Justice L. L Nyordee…
Woman Bites Off Neighbour’s Eyelid
A woman, Mrs. Nike Adekunle, who bit her neighbour in the eye during fighting at their Idi-Araba, Mushin residence, has…
A Governor’s Unending Woes
The suspension of Governor Rotimi Amaechi is the latest in a series of assault against his administration by federal forces…
Man bites off lover’s ear in the name of love
A 25-year-old Nigerian tiler, Ebenezer Makati, who allegedly bit off part of his girlfriend’s two ears, following a lover’s spat,…
The Assault On Public Education
By Chido Onumah There has been a hue and cry about the collapse of public institutions and infrastructure in Nigeria,…
Man Sets 6 Co-Workers On Fire
A Nigerian factory worker at Amuwo Odofin, Moses Ayogu, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State, for allegedly…
Teenager changes plea in trial for theft
A Nigerian teenager, who earlier pleaded guilty to stealing four laptops, on Thursday changed his plea as a Surulere Magistrates’…
7 members of kidnap gang killed by police
The Nigerian police in Rivers State has confirmed the killing of seven suspected kidnappers during a shoot-out in Kaani, Gokana Local…
Court Grants Journalist N100M For Assault
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nearly three years after being assaulted and battered by men of the Nigerian Police Force and…
Set to be Convicted, Accused Changes Plea
Set to be convicted for alleged conspiracy and assault, two unemployed men on Thursday recanted and told an Oshodi Magistrates’…
Man charged with assault on king
A middle-aged man, Sunday Akinseye, was on Monday arraigned before an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting a traditional ruler.…
Woman Bites Off Neighbour’s Nose
A housewife, Mrs Ruka Amoha who claimed her husband has denied her sexual intercourse for some months decided to vent…
Man Jailed 3 Years For Assault
An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced a 31-year old man, Oyedele Omotoye, to three years imprisonment for…
Family convicted for assaulting landlord
An Asaba Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 44-year-old woman, Mrs. Helen Nwokobia and her three children to six months imprisonment…
Trader Docked For Assault
Policemen at the Abattoir station, Agege, Lagos have arraigned a trader before Magistrate Owolabi Komolafe of the Abule Egba Magistrate’s…
Ivory Coast: Fighters Storm Gbagbo’s Palace
Troops supporting the UN-recognised president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, appear poised for a final push to oust his rival,…
Corps Member Charged With Murder Attempt
A youth corps member, Obinna Okoroafor, 24, has been arraigned before an Ojo Magistrate’s Court, Ojo area of Lagos State,…
Handset Dealer Charged With Assault
A 23-year old man, Emmanuel Pine, dealing in GSM handsets, has been arraigned before a Cele Magistrate’s Court, Isolo, Lagos…