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Fire engulfs residence of acting Permanent Secretary, Mr. Seker Akaa, in the Benue State Ministry of Science and Technology, burns pregnant wife along side two kids to death. The family of Four was burnt to crisp in the early hours of…

A 31-year-old mother, Shaki Adebayo, who allegedly burnt her 12-year-old son with hot pressing iron, has been arraigned before a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The defendant, who resides at 210 Bamgbose St., Lagos Island, is…

The effects of global warming continue to be felt all over the World with freak heat waves, flooding and wildfires from Australia to Japan, Sweden, Norway and now a wildfire in Greece. Reports coming out of Greece reveal that at least 50…

An elderly couple was set ablaze in Homa Bay County of Kenya allegedly over a land dispute, Standard media reported. 78-year-old Harrison Ogeka and Isca Atieno, 70, were in their house when it was set ablaze at Kobala village in…

Raphael Jaja the houseboy of a naval officer, Lieutenant Abubakar Yusuf, has admitted to killing his 35-year-old boss and his boss's girlfriend, Lorraine Onye. He blamed the crime on frustration. After strangling Onye to death, a 300…

Lukman Madotti, a 33-year-old has been charged for attempted murder after allegedly pouring acid on his fiancée, Toyin Muyiba, His plea was, however, not taken at the court and he was remanded in Ikoyi Prisons. The Police Prosecutor,…

Ogolo Eke, a student in her 100-level student at the Cross River University of Technology in Calabar, died on Wednesday due to a kerosene explosion in her house in the Eight Miles area of Calabar. The victim was 21 and a student of the…

Four policemen in South Africa are facing charges for the alleged killing and maltreament of Nigerians in their country. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora Affairs, revealed on Monday via a…

Idemudia Obamonyi, a landlord in Benin city reportedly set ablaze the building of his deceased father’s house, a residence he inherited, over the refusal of his tenants to pay rents. According to Herald correspondent reports,…

A Fulani gateman allegedly killed his boss whom he was working under as a gateman, stolen her jewellery and bailed. This was said to be in the presence of some of his Fulani kinsfolk. Pictures of the burnt corpse of the victim have…