A Malaysian High Court in Kuala Lumpur has sentenced a Nigerian man, Ibekwe Emeka Augustine, 48, to death by hanging for murdering his four-year-old step-grandson five years ago. Justice K. Muniandy handed down the verdict on Thursday after considering the evidence presented during the trial, according to reports by Malaysian media. The court found Augustine guilty of causing the child’s death by throwing him from the third floor of an apartment in Setapak between 7:45 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. on November 29, 2020. He was convicted under Section 302 of the Malaysian Penal Code, which mandates either the death penalty…
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The remains of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer, Lasisi Oluwamayokun, and her daughter, Adesewa, were laid to rest yesterday in Osogbo, Osun State, following their tragic deaths. The funeral service took place at St John’s Anglican Church, Ita-Olookan, Osogbo, drawing family members, colleagues and sympathisers who came to pay their last respects. Oluwamayokun, 38, who served with the Ogun State Command of the FRSC, and her daughter went missing on Sunday, November 2, 2025, after leaving their residence at Obasanjo Hilltop Estate, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Their sudden disappearance sparked concern among relatives and colleagues, prompting reports to security agencies. Investigations…
The Federal Government has moved to halt elaborate graduation events in schools, limiting such ceremonies strictly to pupils and students in terminal classes, Primary Six, JSS3 and SSS3. Education Minister, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, and Minister of State, Prof Suiwaba Sa’idu, disclosed the decision on Friday as part of ongoing reforms in the nation’s education system. Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Boriowo Folasade, said in a statement that the moratorium seeks to check spiralling costs and ease the strain on parents compelled to fund celebrations at the end of every academic year. According to the ministry,…
A renewed wave of violence has hit Plateau State following the killing of a prominent youth leader, Ayuba Pam Choji, by assailants believed to be armed bandits. Choji, who served as president of the Rahei Foron Youth Congress, was reportedly stabbed to death on Wednesday night along the Kumex Mararaba Foron stretch of the Heipang Foron Road. A community youth leader, Moses Dung, confirmed the incident to reporters on Friday. He explained that the forty four year old Choji and another rider were returning home on a motorcycle when armed attackers ambushed them from the nearby bush. Dung alleged that…
Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has lodged a fresh corruption petition against former chief executive of the Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The petition filed through his counsel, Dr O J Onoja SAN, marks a tactical shift from the earlier submission to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, which has now been formally withdrawn. In the petition, Dangote urged the EFCC to probe what he described as mounting concerns over abuse of office and questionable financial enrichment by the former regulator. He pledged to provide documents…
Labour Party’s 2023 vice presidential candidate Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed has renewed his call for a new crop of political leaders to steer the country lamenting that the same personalities have continued to dominate the presidential field for decades. Speaking on Channels Television yesterday Datti took a swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar noting that the Peoples Democratic Party PDP flagbearer had been chasing the presidency since the days he Datti served in the National Youth Service Corps NYSC. “I remember clearly when I was doing my NYSC Alhaji Atiku was already an aspirant he said. Datti recalled squaring…
Publisher and political commentator, Dele Momodu, has taken a swipe at Labour Party’s 2023 vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, over his recent verbal attacks on members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Speaking on Sunrise Daily on Thursday, Momodu likened Baba-Ahmed’s outbursts to “the tantrum of a jilted lover,” insisting his comments betrayed deep-seated frustration. Baba-Ahmed, while unveiling his 2027 presidential ambition a day earlier, had dismissed some ADC coalition members as “disgruntled politicians” and branded former Labour Party defectors now in the ADC fold “political travellers.” Momodu said the remarks were unnecessary and unbecoming of someone seeking national leadership,…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arraigned two men before a magistrate court in Yola over their alleged role in a deadly communal clash that left three women dead in Lamurde Local Government Area. A statement issued yesterday by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed that the suspects identified as Joshua William and Ezekiel Luka were brought before Chief Magistrate Court I on a five-count charge borders on terrorism and related offences. The police said the men were apprehended following last month’s violence around Tigno village, where the victims were reportedly attacked and killed while working on their farm.…
A pall of grief has descended on Kano State following the deaths of a two-year-old boy and a 28-year-old man in two separate well accidents recorded on Wednesday. The tragic cases occurred in Kwankwaso town, Madobi Local Government Area, and Karofawa Yan Kifi Village in Ghari Local Government Area. The Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed the incidents in a statement issued on Thursday. According to him, the toddler, identified as Sa’idu Ahmad, slipped into a well shortly after noon. The Service said it received a distress call from Deputy Director Rabiu Garba…
The Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises–Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) project, jointly funded by the Federal Government, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has unveiled a fresh intervention expected to uplift no fewer than 14,800 residents across Ondo State over the next three years. State Project Coordinator, Dr Ademola Olawale, disclosed this yesterday at a media parley organised by the LIFE-ND coordinating office in Akure. Olawale explained that the additional financing phase, which kicked off after the conclusion of the first tranche that ran from 2020 to October 2025, would run till 2028, with a renewed…