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…