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The Bauchi state police command has confirmed the arrest of 3 men who abducted a 14-year-old girl, locked her in a room and repeatedly raped her.  The suspects identified as Usman Adamu, 20, Adamu Muhammad, 21, Nura Musa, 20, and Khalid Abdullahi now at large are all from Nasarawa area in Misau, Bauchi. Bauchi police spokesperson, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil said the suspects kept the victim in a house located at the Nasarawa area for almost a month were they all allegdly raped her. They were arrested after the police were alerted.  While the suspects have reportedly confessed to the crime, the girl was rushed to General Hospital Misau for medical examination.    Wakil said;    ‘Moreover, on receipt of the report a team of detectives drafted to the scene victim was rushed to General Hospital Misau for medical examination, suspects were arrested and they confessed to the crime. Investigation is on progress after which suspect...

  Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, says unless President Buhari " retraces his steps in presiding over the affairs of the nation, there will be no Nigeria left by 2023. " Femi Fani Kayode stated this in a post shared on his Facebook page this evening. His post comes days after former President Olusegun Obasanjo opined that Nigeria is slowly becoming a failed and divided state under the Buhari-Led administration.   Read FFK's post below In 2015 I said Buhari WOULD divide Nigeria, you didn't believe me. In 2017 I said Buhari HAD divided Nigeria, you didn't believe me. In 2019 I said Buhari had pushed Nigeria to the BRINK of disintegration, you didn't believe me. Today I say unless Buhari retraces his steps and we build bridges between ourselves there will be no Nigeria left by 2023, you do not believe me. At every point over the last 5 years my words have proved to be prophetic, I have been proved right and I have been vindicated. Those ...

  The police in Anambra state have arrested five members of a child stealing/trafficking syndicate operating in the state and rescued eight stolen children suspected to have been stolen from different states including a fifteen-year-old pregnant girl.     In a statement released today September 15, Haruna Mohammed, the spokesperson of the state police command, said on Sunday, September 13, police detectives attached to Onitsha Area Command received an intelligence report on the illicit activities of members of the syndicate. In collaboration with the Command's State intelligence Bureau(SIB), the police detectives arrested five members of the syndicate. They are identified as; (1). Mrs Joy Lazarus 'f'' aged 40years of NO. 138 Urata area Aba, Abia State, (2) Janet Gideon 'f'' aged 22years of No. 12 irete Street Owerri, Imo State, (3) Gideon Bobby Gods power 'm' aged 26years of Port Harcourt in River State, (4) Wisdom Ndubuisi 'm' ag...

  The Redeemed Christian Church of God says it is investigating a pastor who was accused of sexual assault by a former basketball player. Beatrice Wealth took to Twitter on September 11 to claim she was sexually abused by the church’s Director of Sport, Pastor Paul Bankole, in his office in 2016. Wealth, who represented the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, in basketball competitions, said she was only 20 years old at the time. After she shared her story, the Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa commended her for her "courage".   Funso Odesola, an Assistant General Overseer in RCCG, replied to the former basketball player's tweet, writing: "Our attention has been drawn to your tweet on sexual harassment by Pastor Paul Bankole during your visit to his office at the Redemption Camp. "We would like to have a physical meeting with you at your earliest convenience in order to further investigate these allegations to forest...

  A 25-year-old man drowned while bathing in a river at Zangon Buhari in Bunkere Local Government Area of Kano State on Tuesday, September 15. The Public Relations Officer , Kano State Fire Service, Saidu Mohammed, who made this known in a statement said the incident happened on Tuesday morning. "We received a distress call from Zangon Buhari in Bunkure local government at 06:30 am hours through Malam Muhammad Mai Anguwa," "In response to the call we sent our rescue team with equipments to the scene of incident and discovered it was a man of about 25 years drowned into a pond. The victim was pulled out unconscious and confirmed dead. His corpse was handed over to ward head of Zangon Buhari on behalf of his families"  

 

  The UK government is set to allow fans return to watch live sport next month amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a letter written to a Conservative MP from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, the number permitted now is set to be heavily reduced to around 1,000 - 2,500 instead of the initial plans for up to 30 percent of a venue.  Nigel Huddleston of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport wrote to fellow Conservative MP and former Sports Minister Tracey Crouch to underline the plan to continue to open sporting events for a small number of spectators from October 1. 'I know how important this is for sports clubs for whom paying spectators are vital,' Huddleston wrote to Crouch. 'Subject to public health conditions, we hope to open elite sport fixtures including the National League for socially distanced spectators under covid-secure conditions from October 1.'    The Times reports that in the Premier League, Tottenham and Aston Vill...